Category Archives: Missouri Megatrends

What do Seminex, Kloha, and ELDONA have in common?

Posted on December 26, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

The answer to this query comes from me, but it is based on an article written by the Reverend Doctor David Scaer. It is good to know not everyone is asleep at the switch at the seminaries, not everyone is … Continue reading →

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Playing First Century in Red Pantaloons

Posted on December 11, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Krister Stendahl, a Swedish Lutheran theologian, gave a lecture at an Episcopalian seminary in 1982. It was on Romans. I was in attendance. I remember thinking either this man is too smart for me to understand or so stupid he … Continue reading →

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The Fabricated Luther

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

In Dr. Uwe Siemon-Netto’s helpful 1993 book The Fabricated Luther he shows how it takes a misreading of history to lay Hitler and Nazism at the feet of Luther. But the Luther fabricated by William Shirer in his 1960 book … Continue reading →

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Coupage Coal Miner’s Communion, and Mutage

Posted on August 21, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

The 1970 book Wines for Everyone says this. “It would be neat to say that there is only one kind of bad wine but a million sorts of good. Unfortunately, this is untrue, for the ingenuity of some wine merchants … Continue reading →

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A Boat with Billowed Sail

Posted on May 22, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Whether it’s Peter, Paul, and Mary’s 1963 “Puff the Magic Dragon,” or the 1977 – rather annoying – song by Styx “Come Sail Away” or the 1980 – less annoying – song by Christopher Cross “Sail Away”, images of the … Continue reading →

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Execrabilis     

Posted on April 10, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

That is the title of a papal bull of 1460. Its name comes from the opening word of the Latin text declaring it “execrable” to appeal to a council concerning a papal ruling.  No confessional Lutheran is a Catholic, big … Continue reading →

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Two Blogs in One: Another Letter Not from the Trashcan & Bombs Away

Posted on March 21, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

This is a June 27, 2000 letter I sent to the Austin American Statesman, and they published it. They titled it.  Medicated society         We now have a pill to kill children in the womb (‘FDA approves abortion pill,’ … Continue reading →

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Send Me Romans and I’ll Send You John or Money – An Open Letter to All Missionaries Seeking Money

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I have been bombarded in the last two years with LCMS pastors seeking funding for their mission field. My response is “Send me the Book of Romans.”

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The Great Debate – Inherit the Wind

Posted on November 7, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

The debate between Doctors Kloha and Montgomery was truly great in that instead of pretending there are no differences among us those differences were brought into the light of day. However, like the Scopes Monkey Trial in which Clarence Darrow … Continue reading →

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Walk Back Now or Be Marched Out Later

Posted on September 12, 2016 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

No prophet to be sure, but I am willing to predict that the churches that have women voting now will have women preaching within fifteen years and LGBT pastors within twenty.

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