Author Archives: Rev. Paul R. Harris

About Rev. Paul R. Harris

As of June 2019, Pastor Harris is an independent confessional Lutheran clergyman shepherding an independent confessional Lutheran church.

If You’re Going to Run Through the Bosporus Give Heed to CCR

Posted on June 20, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

This article was published in Christian News, June 8, 2020. I couldn’t find an online edition so I offer it here for those interested.

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You Won’t Believe this Communion Statement!

Posted on May 18, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I freely admit this is clickbait, but it’s also true. The following story shows how it’s possible to go from Closed to Communion to Open in less than a generation. Christ Our Savior Lutheran Church was founded in 1985 by … Continue reading →

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Displaying Sins like Sodom

Posted on April 29, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

“The expression of their faces bears witness against them. And they display their sin like Sodom; They do not even conceal it.” So says Isaiah 3:9. This passage came to mind as I watched a show involving all flavors on … Continue reading →

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Believing as Bludgeoning

Posted on April 8, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

To anyone who has memories of WW II and certainly those who remember the Depression, what is going on now probably seems like an overreacting at best or a “Chicken-littleing” at worst. People are definitely unnerved and some are undone. … Continue reading →

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Warning Sevin Dust Needed

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

A Review Essay of The Christian Faith: A Systematic Theology for Pilgrims On the Way ©2011 by Michael Horton Introduction I keep corn for deer and hogs in my garage. I couldn’t figure out why  neither were stopping for it. … Continue reading →

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Bucket Lists, Binge Watching, and Social Distancing

Posted on March 24, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

It’s intriguing how quickly people adopt the latest way of labeling something. It becomes a shibboleth to me gauging how close one is to the world around them. This may be too strident of a judgment, something Logia editors said … Continue reading →

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Sword, Famine, and Coronavirus, O My

Posted on March 9, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Read the 19 Bible passages below and tell me that the way of the world is not sword, famine, and pestilence? Christianity and Christians, historically, have stood out in times of pestilence. We were not the man who dressed like a … Continue reading →

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Eight Months Out and Not Dead or Dying

Posted on February 24, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

A LCMS seminarian told me back in circa 2002 or so: You leave the Synod you die. That’s definitely what you’re led to believe by the churchmen and bureaucrats, who equate to Sauron and Saruman in the Lord of the … Continue reading →

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Nothing New Under the Sun

Posted on February 4, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

We think everything has changed with the advent of the Internet in the late 1997 and the Smartphone in 2007. No, the smartest man in the world said there was nothing new under the son, and this tidbit from over … Continue reading →

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If Righteousness Could Be Gained Through the Law – Visit to a Church of Christ

Posted on January 13, 2020 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

While attending that bastion of learning, Southwest Texas State University in the late 70s, I took a course for credit taught at a Church of Christ by a Church of Christ elder. It was notable in that he “proved” Jesus … Continue reading →

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