Oh where, oh where?

Oh where, oh where has my Gottesdienst gone?

Burnell EckardtOctober 14, 2021Comment

The Heart of the Conflict...

… regarding the never-ending “worship wars”:

Larry BeaneOctober 14, 2021 Comments

When the "Literal-ness" of Simeon's Song Actually Happens

It’s one thing to sing Simeon’s song confidently. It’s another when God seems listen and to take them at their word!

John BussmanOctober 13, 2021 Comments

On Martyrs

A couple of months ago, as I was preparing for the Decollation of St. John the Baptist, I ran into a few interesting things as I planned the service. I surveyed the appointed propers from Lutheran Service Book, and then, as I tend to do, looked around in some sixteenth and seventeenth century books to see what they had.

Stefan GramenzOctober 11, 2021 Comments

Ego Te Absolvo

In a panel of a tract taking aim specifically at the Roman Catholic Church, the late comic book evangelist for Fundamentalism, Jack Chick, tries to use Scripture to disprove Confession and Absolution.

Larry BeaneOctober 10, 2021 Comment

Gottesdienst Conference Redeemer Ft. Wayne May 2-4, 2022

Announcement of Gottesdienst Conference in Ft. Wayne May 2-4, 2022

David PetersenOctober 9, 2021Redeemer Lutheran ChurchComment

Prudentes Sicut Serpentes, et Simplices Sicut Columbae

Trouble just follows certain people. Sometimes such people are troublemakers and criminals. And that fits our expectation about how the world works. But trouble also follows those who tell the truth, especially those who follow Jesus.

Larry BeaneOctober 8, 2021Comment

ON PSALM 34

Come ye to him, and be enlightened: and your faces shall not blush.

Karl FabriziusOctober 7, 2021Comment

Out of the Barn!

Ah! At last! Gottesdienst is out of the barn!

Burnell EckardtOctober 6, 2021Comment

He Knows WHY

"Be perfectly assured of this…

William WeedonOctober 5, 2021Comment

"Salvation is by faith, not by works of the Law"

Today’s meditation from the Treasury of Daily Prayer is a gem from sermon of St. John Chrysostom, preached between 386 and 388 AD, commenting on the day’s lectionary reading: Matt 8:1-17…

Larry BeaneOctober 4, 2021Comment

A Glaring Omission

All across the Western Church (and in some Eastern communities), today is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi.

Larry BeaneOctober 4, 2021 Comments

The Purpose of the Choir

Burnell EckardtOctober 3, 2021 Comments

Ten Reasons to Register Now for Novemberfest

Burnell EckardtOctober 2, 2021Comment

Sticking with Family Devotions Sans Children

When I had children at home, we were quite disciplined, though certainly not perfect, about family devotions after dinner. Since they grew up and moved away, our lives are less structured and Jacqui and I have sometimes gone weeks without doing them. In the recent months, I switched some things around that have been helpful for us.

David PetersenSeptember 30, 2021Family Life, Family Devotions, Bible reading, Parsonage, Greek New Testament, Daily PrayerComment

St. Basil the Great on the Holy Spirit and the Holy Angels

How could the Seraphim cry "Holy, Holy, Holy," were they not taught by the Spirit how often true religion requires them to lift their voice in this ascription of glory? Do "all His angels" and "all His hosts" praise God? It is through the co-operation of the Spirit. Do a "thousand thousand" angels stand before Him, and "ten thousand times ten thousand" ministering spirits? They are blamelessly doing their proper work by the power of the Spirit.

Rick StuckwischSeptember 29, 2021Comment

The Feast of St. Michael, Archangel

“And war broke out in heaven: Michael and his angels fought with the dragon; and the dragon and his angels fought…” (Rev 12:7)

Fr. Mark BradenSeptember 29, 2021Comment

Remembering the Saints and Laying Our Loved Ones to Rest in the Hope of the Resurrection

The example of Sarah is the rhetoric, as it were, which draws, arouses, and persuades us to despise death; but the Sacrament brings about and works in my body what was brought about in Abraham and many saints who were raised from the dead. Therefore examples should not be scorned, since the rhetoric they employ is pleasant; but because the example of Christ is at the same time a Sacrament, it is efficacious in us and not only teaches us, as do the examples of the fathers, but accomplishes what it teaches. It gives life, the resurrection, and deliverance from death.

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