Category Archives: Missouri Megatrends

Antioch Community Church, the Parable of the Sower, and Pentecostalism

Posted on October 4, 2021 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

               I now know who is forking over 70 bucks to buy a shirt that looks good untucked. It’s the pastors of Antioch Community Churches. I virtually attended Antioch, Waco on 10-11-20 and Antioch, Bryan in person on 10-18-20. And … Continue reading →

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Why Missouri Will Never Move From the Fence

Posted on August 28, 2021 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

I don’t know the pastor who said this about me, but you do. He is all over the LCMS. He is a fence-sitter posing as pastoral, compassionate, Gospel-oriented to cover his ambiguous confession. I really don’t know the man, so … Continue reading →

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A Lion, an Ox, and a Warning, O My!

Posted on June 1, 2021 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Dr. Horace Hummel has this story in his wonderful commentary on Ezekiel. He tells of the church in Nebraska where he spent his childhood. He describes the reredos having a statue of Christ flanked by Peter and Paul and accompanied … Continue reading →

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If Video Killed the Radio Star, What has the Internet Killed?

Posted on April 21, 2021 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

               The song “Video Killed the Radio Star” was the first video to be played on MTV when the network was launched August 1, 1981. And some pundits and prophets trace all sorts of developments or devolutions from this event. … Continue reading →

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Trying not to be that Fish

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

                While saltwater fishing, If you see a feeding frenzy, you can be sure there are probably sizeable speck, reds, or other larger gamefish there. Underneath them, will be smaller fish feeding on the remains of the bait fish that … Continue reading →

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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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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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Moving On

Posted on November 26, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

Nope this isn’t about the 1998 left-leaning organization formed to oppose the impeachment of Clinton. It’s about my sister. She goes to a large Midwest LCMS church in the Midwest. I first went to Lutheran school here at age 6. … Continue reading →

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Adios LCMS

Posted on September 30, 2019 by Rev. Paul R. Harris

That’s the name for a file folder in my email for the last 2 ½ years. I wasn’t trying to be flippant, but it is. As of 12 September 2019 in the year of Our Lord, I am no longer … Continue reading →

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