The Donatist heresy about which St. Augustine famously wrote had to do with several controversial matters
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In the aftermath of the decades following the demise of the Walther League, there is today a great need for some way for Lutheran young people to meet for the purposes of finding godly spouses.
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In light of the decline in many American churches, I have noticed a troubling trend from our modern American zeitgeist.
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“For as soon as Christ says: “This is my body,” his body is present through the Word and the power of the Holy Spirit. If the Word is not there, it is mere bread; but as soon as the words are added they bring with them that of which they speak” (AE 36:341).
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Brother Pastors,
You simply do not want to miss the 2022 Bugenhagen Conference, July, 25-27 at St. John Lutheran Church, Racine, Wisconsin. The details and registration are all right here.
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Announcing the 2022 St. Michael Liturgical Conference at Zion Evangelical-Lutheran Church of Detroit
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The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America’s presiding bishop offered a take on the Dobbs decision in which the Bible is not quoted a single time, but rather their social statement on abortion many times.
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As Pro-Life Christians rejoice in the aftermath of the Dobbs decision that ends the Roe v. Wade compulsion of states to allow infanticide of the pre-born, and to call it a “constitutional right,” the ruling has revealed fault lines that were probably not obvious to the average member of confessional Lutheran church bodies.
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For our churches to pray:
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…a monumental happening has occurred in our country - one that touches upon both kingdoms.
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Our hearty congratulations to our esteemed colleague and friend Dr D Richard Stuckwisch for his election today as the new district president of the Indiana District of the LCMS.
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Ascension Lutheran Church in Madison, TN is hosting the Henkel Conference August 22-23. Madison is just north of Nashville, and they have put together a really good lineup this year, as you can see above.
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That’s usually the derogatory way of referring to a given pastor’s or parish’s appreciation for three specific church ceremonies: incense, the use of a sanctus or sacring bell, and chanting.
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This presentation was given to the Michigan District in 2019.
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Samuel Johnson, known especially for his contribution to the standardization of the English language by producing A Dictionary of the English Language in 1755, was a devout Anglican and struggled against slothfulness his whole life. Below are a couple of his prayers against this.
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Here is a Gottesblog post from 2013: “On Flags in the Sanctuary.”
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The 1613 Cantica Sacra contains the services for the entire year in the Lutheran Magdeburg Cathedral. It is by all accounts a rather conservative liturgical work, though it does contain some surprises.
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In a public YouTube clip, he makes the claim that he has been denied the Lord’s Supper in Lutheran - presumably LCMS - churches, being prohibited from the Eucharist by Lutheran pastors, because he is black, and that this scenario has played out twenty times. He claims to know that this was done because of “racism” on the part of the celebrant in each of these incidents.
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