A Resolutionary Idea

I remember a few years ago hearing an “expert” say that the best New Year’s resolution is not to make resolutions.

Larry BeaneDecember 28, 2021 Comments

Beloved disciple of Jesus, what St. John saw with his eyes, and looked upon, and touched with his hands, is here given and poured out for you. Recline here upon Body of the Lord who loves you at His Supper, and know that in His Flesh and Blood you are safe in the bosom of the Father, because the Blood of Jesus Christ, God’s Son, cleanses you from sin and releases you from death. For where there is forgiveness, as there is forgiveness for you here, there you shall not die but live.

Sermon, SaintsRick StuckwischDecember 27, 2021Saints, Sermons, St. John the Apostle and Evangelist Comment

A Meditation for the Feast of St. Stephen

John BussmanDecember 26, 2021 Comment

On the Morning of Christ's Nativity by John Milton

Anthony DodgersDecember 25, 2021Comment

Whether the Unvaccinated, Too, Can Be Saved

Your conscience must be ruled by God’s Word regardless of how many vaccines you’ve received or masks you wear.

Adiaphora, Culture, Death & Dying, Doctrine & Practice, Pastoral care, SynodAdam KoontzDecember 23, 2021 Comments

GOTTESDIENST is Coming to Cullman!

John BussmanDecember 21, 2021Comment

The ELCA is Off the Rails

I mean…

Larry BeaneDecember 20, 2021 Comments

Guest Essay: The Need for Strong Laymen by Nathan Koenig

As a young Lutheran man, I often hear the same well-intentioned mantra: “You should become a pastor!”; “Have you considered going to seminary?”

Larry BeaneDecember 18, 2021 Comments

Christ is Proclaimed from Envy and Rivalry

This recent article is a master class on the politicization of the Gospel - ironically couched as a denunciation of the politicization of the Gospel.

Larry BeaneDecember 17, 2021 Comments

Out of the barn!

Gottesdienst bolts ahead, just in time for Christmas…

Burnell EckardtDecember 13, 2021Comment

SANTA LUCIA: LIGHT IN THE DARKNESS

December 13 marks the feast of Santa Lucia or Lucy. She is regarded as a virgin martyr who was put to death during the Diocletian persecution, 304 AD.

Karl FabriziusDecember 13, 2021 Comments

Watch Your Language!

In response to my piece “Judaizing Christians: Yesterday and Today,” I received some angry correspondence from a guy who, in his reaction against judaizing, repeated the same fallacy as the judaizing Christians.

Larry BeaneDecember 12, 2021 Comment

The Second Reformation in Brandenburg

As I, along with many others, continue to chip away at the Lutheran Missal Project, we spend a great deal of time with PDFs of liturgical books from the late fifteenth through the early seventeenth centuries. Spending a substantial amount of time in the missal or service book of any diocese is something like acquainting yourself with a pen pal. It isn’t nearly the same as being present, but you can gain both a sense of the scribe’s scrupulous (or lackadaisical) nature, as well as a sense of the priorities and peculiarities of each diocese or region.

Stefan GramenzDecember 11, 2021 Comments

On Post-Evangelicalism

I ran across a fascinating article from the Washington Post called: “In a Post-Trump World, These Pastors are Ditching the Evangelical Label for Something New” by Religion Editor Sarah Pulliam Bailey - October 22, 2021. It is illustrative about the spiritual bankruptcy of Progressivism.

Larry BeaneDecember 10, 2021 Comments

The Kingdom to Come

In our western rite, we’re used to the notion of proper prefaces. That is, the preface (the prayer of thanksgiving) prior to the singing of the Sanctus will lift up one or another aspect of our salvation to thank God for, changing with the progress of the Church’s year of grace.

William WeedonDecember 9, 2021 Comment

Judaizing Christians - Yesterday and Today

In response to this Internet meme, I take a look at modern Judaizing Christianity…

Larry BeaneDecember 8, 2021 Comments

Scaerisch Tischreden

Rev. Jody Rinas has done it again, as he has for nine years now: provided a calendar (this for 2022) with snappy quotes from our revered teacher the Rev. Dr. David P. Scaer.

Burnell EckardtDecember 6, 2021 Comments

“Being careful not to turn his back on the Blessed Sacrament”

Do not turn your back on the elements, most particularly at the moment of consecration.

Burnell EckardtDecember 3, 2021 Comments

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