Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Dec 4, 2009, 8:29 am
Midweek Advent 1 – December 2, 2009 Matthew 2:10-12 “Gold for the King” For our midweek Advent series, we'll be looking at the gifts of the wise men from the east. These foreigners who wor...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Dec 2, 2009, 10:12 am
I've enjoyed watching Tiger golf over the years. I'm not huge into golf, but I'm much more likely to watch while he's in the hunt. I guess that's why I am mildly interested in th...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 30, 2009, 8:22 am
OK I should probably expound on this... Law without Gospel = Law. Gospel without Law = Law. This is my shorthand way of expressing one of the dangers of an improper distinction of Law and Gospel. ...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 29, 2009, 10:17 pm
If you take away the Gospel, you have only the Law. (Legalism) If you take away the Law (Anti-nomianism), you have only.... Law. In other words, Gospel - Law = Law. Discuss.
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 29, 2009, 10:13 pm
Thanksgiving Eve & Day – November 26/27, 2009 Matthew 6:11 “On Daily Bread” Christians pray the Lord's Prayer as Jesus taught us to do. In that model prayer, we pray for many things – no...
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Tom C. posted an article on Lutheran Blog Directory - Nov 18, 2009, 3:30 pm
12 new listings: 5 LCMS6 ELCA1 WELS
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 17, 2009, 6:37 pm
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 disa...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 9, 2009, 1:53 pm
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 a...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 9, 2009, 1:44 pm
Have you seen this helpful little diagram? I took it out of the CTCR report on Eschatology, from the LCMS website.
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 9, 2009, 11:45 am
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 op...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 9, 2009, 8:34 am
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 ...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Nov 2, 2009, 9:25 am
All Saints' Day – November 1st , 2009 Revelation 7:9-17 “All the Sinners and Saints” Greetings in Christ, you saints of God. Children of God. Redeemed of God – holy people. Saints. No...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 30, 2009, 9:08 am
Ran across this story from BBC about a Japanese developer who built an English-style church on the 21st floor of a high-rise. He did this because it's quite popular for Japanese couples to be mar...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 27, 2009, 12:16 pm
There are a number of Appendices to this document. Take Appendix 5, "Funding the Mission Reflections" The gist this of this Appendix is this: "The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Funding the Mission" (B...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 27, 2009, 9:55 am
Thanksgiving as a privilege (November Newsletter Article) Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever! Psalm 118:1 I think most of us know we should be more t...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 27, 2009, 9:21 am
The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance (BRTFSSG, or TF) has released its final recommendations for changes to the LC-MS in the summer of 2010. As many of us pore over the 148 pa...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 26, 2009, 1:37 pm

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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 15, 2009, 10:00 am
This article from the Wasau Daily Herald (online - and previously in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) is a one-stop-shop for just about every bad argument rhetorical tactic that is and has been made to...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 12, 2009, 12:58 pm
President Kieschnick came to the South Wisconsin District and held a Q& A at the district office on October 5th, 2009. The district website has posted video here: http://swd.lcms.org/portals/0/html/p...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 12, 2009, 11:10 am
This Sunday, October 18th, I will be preaching at the congregation of my youth - St. James Lutheran in Baltimore (Overlea), Maryland. We will be observing the commemoration of St. Luke the Evangelist...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 11, 2009, 6:30 pm
Pentecost 19 – October 11th, 2009 Mark 10:17-22 “You Know” The Rich young man makes a big show about falling on his knees and asking Jesus, “what must I do to inherit eternal life?” Jesus ...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 6, 2009, 1:16 pm
Fellow South Wisconsin LCMS pastor from my district, Rev. Dan Torkelson, has posted the following insightful thoughts regarding the sale of KFUO-FM radio station in St. Louis. (posted with his permis...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Oct 5, 2009, 11:06 am
Pentecost 18 – October 4th, 2009 Mark 10:1-16 “What God Joins Together” It's no secret that we've had a lot of discussion around here lately about marriage and divorce. I want to remin...
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Tom C. posted an article on Lutheran Blog Directory - Sep 29, 2009, 1:27 pm
6 New LCMS listings2 New ELCA listings and an Australian Blog! Enjoy!
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Sep 29, 2009, 10:21 am
My friend and classmate, Rev. Kevin Golden, has starting blogging. He's a real smarty-pants and an all around good guy, and I've really been enjoying his blog lately. Check it out, "The Gold...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Sep 20, 2009, 10:34 pm
Pentecost 16 – September 20th, 2009 Mark 9:30-37 “It's for the Children” And he took a child and put him in the midst of them, and taking him in his arms, he said to them,“Whoever receive...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Sep 11, 2009, 8:57 am
I participated, yesterday, in a "Pastors' Roundtable" on Issues Etc. You can listen to the entire hour for free here: http://www.issuesetc.org/podcast/314091009H1p.mp3
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Sep 6, 2009, 4:41 pm
Sermon – Pentecost 14 September 6th, 2009 Mark 7:37 “Well Done” Today we see crowds of people becoming more and more impressed with Jesus. His travels in the northern region of the holy land, ...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Aug 17, 2009, 2:49 pm
Rev. Matt Harrison has some excellent thoughts on marriage. (Click for the whole article) Three key points from this piece: The first secret of joy in marriage is that it is God’s own act. The seco...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Aug 16, 2009, 1:55 pm
Sermon – Pentecost 11 August 16th, 2009 Proverbs 9:1-10 "Whoever corrects a scoffer gets himself abuse, and he who reproves a wicked man incurs injury. Do not reprove a scoffer, or he will...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Aug 10, 2009, 9:56 am
Sermon – Pentecost 10 August 9th, 2009 Ephesians 4:17ff Whoever said being a Christian was easy? The truth is there is a great struggle going on inside of every believer in Jesus. There is daily ...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Aug 2, 2009, 9:37 pm
Sermon – Pentecost 9 August 2nd, 2009 Ephesians 4:1-16 Unity, Truth and Love. Three key ideas in Paul's letter to the church of Ephesus. Three Christian virtues we sinners struggle to uphold....
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Jul 27, 2009, 5:08 pm
Pastor Weedon, a well-known Lutheran blogger, has a post worth reading: "Correcting a Misperception": _______________ Some former Lutherans persist in slandering our faith by saying that it is spir...
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Tom C. posted an article on Lutheran Blog Directory - Jul 20, 2009, 2:36 pm
6 Listings added on July 20th. 3 in LCMS Blogs 3 in "Other Lutheran" Blogs
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Jul 20, 2009, 12:35 pm
Sermon – Pentecost 7 July 19th, 2009 Mark 6:30-44 God loves to feed his people. From the very beginning, in the Garden, God made sure to provide food for his people. He fed his people in the wild...
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Tom C. posted an article on Preachrblog - Jul 2, 2009, 3:01 pm
Thanks to Bob Waters for pointing out this interesting article, by Leah Ward Sears, who stepped down this week as Chief Justice of the Georgia Supreme Court.
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