In This Issue
The Results are In: Evangelical Style and Lutheran Substance are Not Compatible – Burnell F. Eckardt Jr.
The Strength of Youth and Wise Gray Heads: What the LCMS Needs Right Now – David H. Petersen
Why Rubrics? (Continued) – Mark P. Braden
The Three Estates: Let’s Try to Unravel a Knot – John R. Stephenson
The Perfect Family? – Karl F. Fabrizius
Plus Vesting Prayers and the 2026 Liturgical Calendar
On The GottesBlog
The Gottesdienst Crowd Podcast
Training Videos & Educational Resources
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The worship at these congregations is as fake as a Zimbabwe banknote. It really is analogous to paper money, backed by nothing, and easily inflated to worthlessness. And no matter how many zeroes one adds to the piece of paper, it never becomes the equivalent of the gold that it replaced. It is rather a kind of officially-sanctioned counterfeiting.