Pentecost 24 – November 15h, 2009 Mark 13:1-13 “Seeing the Signs” Hollywood is at it again. There's a new movie called 2012, and it taps into the apocalyptic fears of end-of-the-world disaster. Maybe you've seen the previews: explosions,...

Scott Diekmann has an excellent post on the LCMS BRTFSSG proposals. These are the proposals for changing the structure and governance of the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod which will be put forward at the 2010 convention. Stand Firm should be...

Have you seen this helpful little diagram? I took it out of the CTCR report on Eschatology, from the LCMS website.

Paul McCain has an extensive post regarding the LCMS' historical practice of Closed Communion. I added the following comment: Quite common in our LCMS are the churches that practice a form of open communion which goes something like: As long as you...

Pentecost 23 – November 8th, 2009 Hebrews 9:24-28 “A Great High Priest” Some people seem to think that sin and forgiveness are just words. That they are ideas or concepts which are hopelessly outdated and irrelevant, even if they ever applied. ...