admin | January 25, 2010
Besides my posts today I haven’t put anything on my blog since October. Have I given up blogging? Have a joined the circus? The answer to both question is, “No.”
The fact is that I have been busy with the end of vicarage and school starting back up again. With that came a move from Wisconsin [...]
admin | January 25, 2010
Pastor Esget from Alexandria, VA posted recently on Luther’s Small Catechism and how it should be the structure for our lives as Christians.
He says:
The Ten Commandments preach repentance, i.e., they show us our sin (2nd use of the Law, as a mirror), revealing to us that we are idolaters, misusers of God’s name, Sabbath breakers, [...]
admin | January 25, 2010
I’m not going to post something of my own, because others have put together superb responses to the earthquake in Haiti.
Rev. Kevin Golden of Village Lutheran Church: A video entitled “Where was God?”
Rev. Gary Dunker from CPH: a post titled, “Haiti. Focus of God’s Wrath?“
Rev. Thomas Messer: a post titled, “Pat Robertson is…“
Rev. Matt Harrison: [...]
admin | October 26, 2009
I grew up knowing only a few pastors. I knew my home pastor and I knew a few area pastors who my family knew through various church dealings. They were all called “Pastor” by my family. No confusion, no problems.
Going off to college at Concordia University, Nebraska opened up a whole can of worms. Suddenly [...]
admin | September 23, 2009
The following quotes were sent out by my district president here in South Wisconsin, Rev. John Wille in his monthly e-newsletter.
“False doctrine is poison to the soul. An entire banqueting party drinking from cups containing an admixture of arsenic can drink physical death from its cups. So an entire audience can invite spiritual and eternal [...]
admin | September 15, 2009
Perhaps one of the worst feelings in the world (okay… not the worst feeling… but close) is losing a book. If you don’t have your name somewhere in the book, the book is as good as gone. What claim do you have to it?
To combat this you have to identify yourself in the book. Some [...]
admin | July 14, 2009
The following is a excerpt of a sermon preached in Germany in 1870. I don’t have much more citation information than that. HT to Dr. Joseph Herl through Rev. William Weedon.
The celebration of the Lord’s Supper is so full of burning love, its reception so full of grace and righteousness, but then also its celebration [...]
admin | June 11, 2009
If you enjoy Lutheran hymnody you need to check out the blog Southern Lutheran Kantor. He’s had two home run posts since the beginning of June. They both were commentaries on two of my favorite hymns:
We Praise You and Acknowledge You
Lord, Thee I Love With All My Heart
If you aren’t subscribed to his blog, you [...]
admin | June 6, 2009
Some people shouldn’t be allowed to post their opinions on the internet. Period. Take away their keyboards and lock them in a padded room.
On the internet today I saw a man who claims to be Lutheran post the following, “Did St. Paul were clerical collars?” I’m guessing that St. Paul didn’t wear a clerical. But [...]
admin | June 3, 2009
“Whenever Patton arrived at a new post, he lost no time asserting his influence. He summoned the chaplain and bluntly told him that his sermons were too long. ‘I don’t yield to any man in my reverence to the Lord, but… no sermon needs to take longer than 10 minutes. I’m sure you can make [...]
