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Language is Sermonic: To Write the Truth

A name is not just an accident; neither is it a convention which can be repealed by majority vote at the next meeting; once a thing has been given a name, it appears to have a certain autonomous right to that name, so that it could not be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.

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Healey Willan

Healey 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.

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Throwback Thursday: The Man in Black

It'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

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We Have Got to Talk About Usury (Part III): The New Testament

In 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).

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Point of Order!

But 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.

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