A blog of the Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy
A name is not just an accident; neither is it a convention which can be repealed by majority vote at the next meeting; once a thing has been given a name, it appears to have a certain autonomous right to that name, so that it could not be changed without imperiling the foundations of the world.
Read MoreHealey Willan (1880-1968) was an English-Canadian kantor, organist, and composer of both sacred and secular music from the Anglo-Catholic tradition. For reasons unknown to me, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod and/or Concordia Publishing House came to own much of his work.
Read MoreI find it ironic that we aren’t in fellowship with ELS or WELS because it seems that they have a lower view of the ministry than we do.
Read MoreIt's a miserable, hot, drought-stricken summer here in the Midwest. On Monday I had some shut-in calls to make as well as some errands to run. These were to take me in different directions so I figured I could do the errands first and skip the clergy uniform, then head for home to get dressed for the shut-in calls
Read MoreIn the previous part of this series (Pt. II), I noted that in the centuries following Luther, certain theologians began to interpret the Old Testament prohibition against lending at interest as pertaining to civil rather than moral law. This view, however, stands in contrast to the prevailing consensus throughout most of church history, and it was not shared by many faithful voices in the early years of the LCMS. Nonetheless, admittedly, some respected Lutheran theologians adopted this position (the rationale for which will be examined later in the series).
Read MoreWe have been lied about for 500 years. Eck lied about us and broad-brushed us in the 404 Articles of 1530. Also in 1530, the Roman Catholic Church’s finest theologians employed the strawman fallacy in their laughable response to the Augsburg Confession, known as the Confutation (prompting the Lutheran response in the Apology of the Augsburg Confession).
Read MoreNearly every single critique of Sola Scriptura that I see online is based on a straw man fallacy.
And it is tiresome
Read MoreKantor Jonathan Wessler of First Lutheran in Boston has been writing a marvelous series on the sung propers of the mass, and it is well worth the time of every church musician and pastor. The first installment can be found here, and I’ll provide you with a few words from the second installment to pique your interest.
Read MoreSome ways to distance yourself from the non-Lutheran “Protestants” . . .
Read MoreHere comes the Trinity issue!
Read MoreBut there are simply resolutions that are a waste of time, and they actually resolve nothing, as I said before. Then there are those that should be ruled out of order, and frankly, a more knowledgeable floor committee should have quashed.
Read MoreOld school Lutherans, that is. Like Chemnitz and Andrae who wrote Church Orders that mandated fixed liturgical forms, prayers, readings, vestments, times of service, etc. If you refused to follow the Church Order, then you were ousted from your parish
Read MoreExodus 22:25: “If you lend money to any of My people who are poor among you, you shall not be like a moneylender (usurer) to him; you shall not charge him interest.”
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