The Church is a Building

David PetersenJuly 20, 2020Ecclesiastical Nomenclature, Church Architecture Comments

Whom to Believe?

Burnell EckardtJuly 15, 2020 Comment

I BELIEVE...IN THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY

Karl FabriziusJuly 10, 2020Comment

St. Peter and St. Paul the Apostles

Burnell EckardtJune 29, 2020Comment

Praedicatio Crucis Satis Est

I recently received an email from a pastor questioning the paradigm in the LCMS that places a high value on “preaching the Gospel” and wondering if that “were enough’ - especially in light of racism, “LGBTQ issues” and “global warming.”

Larry BeaneJune 29, 2020 Comments

DOES THE INCARNATION MATTER?: Covid-19 and the Celebration of the Sacrament

Karl FabriziusJune 26, 2020 Comments

The Augsburg Confession tells a Story

Anthony DodgersJune 25, 2020 Comments

Servus Christi

In several places in his epistles (including a self-application in Romans 1:1), St. Paul uses the term “δοῦλος Χριστοῦ,” usually translated into English as “servant of Christ,” reflecting the Latin translation “servus.”

Larry BeaneJune 25, 2020Comment

Welcome to the Ministry

David PetersenJune 24, 2020Comment

Our Comfort amid Riots

Burnell EckardtJune 23, 2020Comment

God's Word and Prayer in the Life of Father Abraham

“Just as the Word must always be taught and emphasized in the church, so prayer must always be practiced, in order that grace may abound, that the incipient gifts may grow in us, and that the glory of God may be increased everywhere” (Luther).

Quote, PrayerRick StuckwischJune 20, 2020Father Abraham, Martin Luther, GEnesis, PrayerComment

An Argument for the Marriage of Priests

Although this could have been written yesterday by the Roman Catholic watchdog organization, Church Militant, it was actually penned in 1531 by Philipp Melanchthon in response to the Roman Catholic critique of our married priests. Melanchthon takes the gloves off in defense of the restoration of the older catholic practice sacerdotal matrimony:

Larry BeaneJune 19, 2020 Comments

Stop Playing with Lucy

John BussmanJune 18, 2020 Comments

Why Do I Cringe at Praying with Someone on the Phone?

Burnell EckardtJune 17, 2020 Comment

In Times of Insurrections and Tumults

LiturgyJason BraatenJune 16, 2020Collects Comment

Shop Class

Jason BraatenJune 15, 2020Woodworking Comments

St. Columba - Missionary of Scotland

Anthony DodgersJune 10, 2020 Comments

Having Heard the Word of God…

With the adoption of the Common Service (originally put into English in 1888 and later adopted by the English Synod), the people in our congregations got used to making a confession of their sins and hearing either a declaration of grace or absolution right after the opening invocation. However, in the Agenda published by Walther and company and put into English in 1881 as Church Liturgy for Evangelical Lutheran Congregations of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession, a different order obtained. It was the custom in Saxony from the time of the Reformation onward to have the confession and absolution after the sermon. This option was still in place right up to the publication of The Lutheran Hymnal in 1941 (as Divine Service, Second Form). Here, immediately following the sermon, we find this:

William WeedonJune 9, 2020 Comments

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