Are We Still A Free Church?

There is no peace in a state church - only what is outward, false, and forced, a conformity that knows no peace, only sheer compliance.

Culture, Doctrine & Practice, TheologyAdam KoontzFebruary 23, 2022 Comments

The Hero Ristau is honored by the Federalist

Joy Pullman has done the world a service by writing about the trials of the hero Harold Ristau.

Stand Up for CUW Professor: Gregory Schulz

There is a petition circling to help Rev. Dr. Gregory Schulz after highlighting the issues of CRT that are going on at Concordia University Wisconsin as they seek a new president. Please consider signing it.

Doctrine & Practice, AnnouncementsJason BraatenFebruary 21, 2022Petition Comments

OK, Boomer...

The above quote was in response to my post called “Cancel Culture and the Cross.”

It amuses me for several reasons, and has given me fodder for writing more. So thank you, “Boomer Luther.”

Larry BeaneFebruary 20, 2022 Comments

We Teach Hymns, and Hymns Teach Us

Back in October, I had the privilege to visit Zion Lutheran Church in the Orlando, Florida area. Pastor Rojas has a lovely family and congregation. They desire to be authentically Lutheran, and they are!

Larry BeaneFebruary 17, 2022 Comments

Latest on Trial of Räsänen and Pohjola in Finland

We just learned (thanks to our Sabre of Boldness columnist Jon Shaw) that a verdict is now expected on March 30th in the trial of Dr .Päivi Räsänen and Bishop Juhana Pohjola, which resumed on Monday of this week (February 14th).

Burnell EckardtFebruary 16, 2022 Comments

Ristau v. Tyranny

As Dr. Stephenson noted, The Rev. Dr. Harold Ristau is faithfully confessing and standing against the tyranny of the Canadian government.

Ben BallFebruary 15, 2022 Comment

Thoughts on Sexagesima

After recording the Thinking Out Loud podcast on Sexagesima with Fr. Petersen, I thought I’d put some words to paper as some more food for thought. If it gets the writing juices flowing great. So use it all. Use some. Or use none of it.

Historic Lectionary, PreachingJason BraatenFebruary 15, 2022Sexagesima, Luke 8:4–15 Comment

An Iconic Moment for Canada

My colleague Dr Harold Ristau brings much experience and many gifts to his exercise of a seminary professorship, in which he is rightly celebrated for his emphasis on personal, sacramental, and liturgical piety and for his focus on teaching and living out the whole great area of Christian Ethics.

John StephensonFebruary 14, 2022 Comments

Presentations from Gottesdienst - South

Thank you to the Fr. John Bussman and the saints at St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Cullman, Alabama for their Southern hospitality in hosting Gottesdienst - South on January 31, 2022!

Larry BeaneFebruary 12, 2022 Comment

Septuagesima: What's the Point?

Last Sunday, many of us celebrated the Transfiguration of Our Lord, and the closing Sunday of the Epiphany season. Septuagesima, approaching this Sunday, sees us say farewell to the Alleluia and to the Gloria in excelsis, recalling to our minds the seventy-year exile of the people of God in Babylon and our own exile from Paradise.

Stefan GramenzFebruary 11, 2022 Comments

On Uniforms and Pharisaism

Many of us wear uniforms.

Larry BeaneFebruary 8, 2022 Comments

TrADitiOns oF MeN!!!!

A member of an LCMS congregation posted with great gusto and passion on a Facebook group concerning the Sign of the Cross, of which he disapproved, because it is a “tradition of men.”

Larry BeaneFebruary 4, 2022 Comments

The Virtue of Disobedience

We are taught as Christians to submit to one another, to obey the law, to submit to our rulers, to our pastors, to our parents.

Burnell EckardtFebruary 3, 2022 Comments

Pastors Praying for their People

An admonition to pastors to pray for their people by name.

David PetersenFebruary 1, 2022Prayer, Pastoral Prayer, Pastoral Practice, Intercession Comment

“Was there a Great Trinitarian hymn of Thanksgiving?"

“If the liturgy was originally framed after the form of a Great Thanksgiving, then what is to prevent one from thinking of the Preface as a part of it?”

Fr. Mark BradenJanuary 29, 2022 Comment