Recycling Cardboard in the Wild Garden. Roses Are Still Blooming in...
When we went outside for photos of his birthday present, Alex said, "Grampy, could I walk on your cardboard?" Adults would scoff at half the yard covered in cardboard and say, "What a Dogpatch!" but a...
View ArticleRoses for Mrs. Wright
California Dreamin' RoseIt began with our neighbor Mr. Wright struggling to clear snow from his car. They live next door. He and his wife drove their cars but were not able to do much, due to their...
View ArticleRefuting the Doctrinal Fallacies of Justification without Faith. Those Who...
Pastor Michael Henson - click this link for the seven part video series.
View ArticleEveryone Is Reading about the Bullying WELS District President John Steinbrenne
WELS' first female Minister of the Means of Grace.No one wants to open that can of worms, anotherChurch and Change operation.But now starring at Steinbrenner's hive of Enthusiasm.Improper communication...
View ArticleSassy Signals - With Her Tail, Eyes, Barks, Growls, and Singing
Sassy does not like the flash, so she tends to look away for photos,even outdoors.Our neighborhood knows Sassy quite well. One boy came up to me and asked, "Did your dog lose her leg in Viet Nam or...
View ArticleSpenerQuest Is Now Shunning the Emergence of Justification by Faith
Readers often remind me how the Missouri Synod imagines all Lutheran discussions to be centered in Holy Mother LCMS, its history, its dogma, and its leaders past and present.Otten's friend Bill...
View ArticleTis the Last Rose of Summer
California Dreamin is our last hybrid tea rose this summer."The Last Rose of Summer" is a poem by Irish poet Thomas Moore, who was a friend of Byron and Shelley. Moore wrote it in 1805 while at...
View ArticleLuther's Sermon on the Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity.
Norma BoecklerLuther's Sermon for the TWENTY-FIFTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.This sermon is found in all editions of the Church Postil and in two pamphlet prints, both issued at Wittenberg in 1525, under...
View ArticleThe Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 2015. 1 Thessalonians 4:13-18
The Twenty-Fifth Sunday after Trinity, 2015Pastor Gregory L. JacksonToday is our 46th anniversary.http://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany Lutheran Church, 10 AM Central TimeThe...
View ArticleThanksgiving Service - 9 AM Wednesday Morning Central Time
Wednesday Morning Matins will be at 9 AM Central Time - for the Thanksgiving Service.The file will be saved as "Thanksgiving 2015" so people can watch it when convenient for them, given the travel and...
View ArticleFrom 2007 - Thanksgiving History
Thursday, November 22, 2007History Channel - The First ThanksgivingPilgrim's First ThanksgivingFirst ThanksgivingIn 1621, the Plymouth colonists and Wampanoag Indians shared an autumn harvest feast...
View ArticleThanksgiving Service - Wednesday 9 AM
Thanksgiving, 2015Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany Lutheran Worship, 9 AM Central Standard Time The Hymn # 203...
View ArticleTip of the Iceberg - Thrivent. Schroeder, Pope John, and Matt the Fat Feed at...
Why the crooked smile, Mark and Avoid Jeske?http://www.channel3000.com/news/former-thrivent-adviser-faces-more-charges/36639946Oshkosh Police said in a news release that 56-year-old Jean...
View ArticleOur Thanksgiving Matins Service Is Recorded Here
Our Thanksgiving service is posted here.Midweek Advent services will be done the same way, broadcast in the morning and saved.Lincoln did not start Thanksgiving Day, but re-booted it. Here are...
View ArticleNo Fixing the WELS, ELS, Missouri, or the Micro-Mini Sects - Man-Made...
This cat lost his confrontation with a bee.People ask about fixing the WELS or the other abusive sects. Just for perspective, the Church of England has appointed a woman bishop who promotes...
View ArticleLuther's Sermon on the Gospel for the First Sunday in Advent
St. Matthew the Evangelist, by El GrecoLuther's Sermon for the FIRST SUNDAY IN ADVENT. Matthew 21:1-9This sermon is found in the Erlangen Edition, vol. 10, page 1; in the Walch Edition 11, 1; and in...
View ArticleThe First Sunday in Advent, 2015. Matthew 21:1-9
El Greco's portrait of St. MatthewThe First Sunday in Advent, 2015Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany Lutheran Church, 10 AM Central TimeThe Hymn #...
View ArticleFirst Mid-Week Advent Service - Tonight at 7 PM Central Standard Time
Our first mid-weekservice will be at 7 PM tonight, Central Standard Time. Future mid-week services may be in the morning, depending on the tent-making schedule.Next week's will be in the morning.
View ArticleSYNERGISM -- ITS LOGICAL ASSOCIATION WITH GENERAL OR UNIVERSAL JUSTIFICATION...
By Norma BoecklerSYNERGISM -- ITS LOGICAL ASSOCIATION WITH GENERAL OR UNIVERSALJUSTIFICATION – By Pastor Vernon H. HarleyMany Lutheran theologians who teach a “General Justification” and also call it...
View ArticleFirst Mid-Week Advent Service - Wednesday, 7 PM Central Standard Time
Advent, December 3, 2015Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipMid-Week Advent, Wednesday, 7 PM Central StandardThe Hymn #81 Gerhardt O Jesus,...
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