Gottesblog

Note: Today is the feast of St. Ambrose of Milan. Below is my daily devotion for today based on the Treasury of Daily Prayer lectionary.

One of the best things ever from CPH is the one-two punch of the Treasury of Daily Prayer and the Pray Now app.

If a state government can do this, could our synod do this with our Concordias?

With the Thanksgiving feast upon us, many of our churches will sing the old Lutheran hymn, Nun Danket Alle Gott (“Now Thank We All Our God” LSB 895).

This kind of thing is inevitable once the substance of reverence is removed from a place of worship and replaced by the style of the world.

As Patton observed concerning the men who were beaten at Kasserine Pass, I believe we in the ministerium suffer for want of discipline.

In an earlier post, I mentioned the conversion and baptism of Katherine Von Drachenberg, also known as the TV personality Kat Von D. She recently appeared on a podcast, in which she said (as quoted in a Relevant Magazine article): “I want to worship. I don’t want to go to a concert.”

We thank God for the second unanimous acquittal today for Bishop Juhana Pohjola and Dr. Päivi Räsänen.