From a Reader - Someone Finds the Book of Concord Relevant and NOT Out of Date
Here are two jewels:Augsburg Confession, Article IV, Justification:Also they teach that men cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works, but are freely justified for 2]...
View ArticleLCMS Synod Convention Votes To Work More Closely with Fuller Seminary, ELS, WELS
Luther clearly defines Justification by Faith in this book,commended by the Book of Concord editorsfor all additional study of the topic of Justification.When Matt Harrison was elected the first time,...
View ArticleHerman Otten, the Accidental Editor. From 2008
Jack Preus is on the far left (for once), cousin David Preus, ALC President, on the far right (for once). Robert Marshall, LCA president, is standing next to David Preus. I met all three men.Herman...
View ArticleUnited Methodists Elect First Openly Homosexual Bishop - Defying Their Own Rules
The Rev. Karen Oliveto accepts her election by the Western Jurisdiction as a United Methodist bishop. Oliveto is currently the senior pastor at Glide Memorial United Methodist Church in San Francisco,...
View ArticleLuther's Three Gospel Sermons on False Prophets - Trinity 8. Matthew 7:15-21....
Luther's First Sermon for the EIGHTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. Matthew 7:15-21This sermon was printed as early as the year 1522, under the title: A Sermon Lately Preached by Dr. Martin Luther, on the...
View ArticleThe Eighth Sunday after Trinity. Matthew 7:15-21. Every Good Tree Brings...
The Eighth Sunday after Trinity 2016Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany Lutheran Church, 10 AM Central TimeThe melodies are linked in the hymn title....
View ArticleLearn from Catholic Forum
This hideous papal crown, suggesting hispolitical authority, is the reason that Pope-King is a titlefavored by the ultras in Roman Catholicism.This also appeals to Protestant...
View ArticleThe Odious Patterson Network in WELS - From 2008
"While hunting in Africa, I shot an zebra in my pajamas. How a zebra got into my pajamas I'll never know."Read - Texas Clone Wars for more details about this odious network.District VP Patterson hunts...
View ArticleFour Blooms on One Stem - Falling in Love Roses. You Didn't Build That
Falling in Love:the four-blossom stem photo will be posted later.We decided to make one row of roses the same kind, so we would have bouquets of the that rose from time to time. As I wrote before,...
View ArticleSelling the Andover Newton Divinity Campus and Merging. A Warning to Lutherans?
The Day Mission Library at Yale Divinity School.https://yalealumnimagazine.com/articles/4323-a-marriage-at-the-divinity-school?page=1#commentsIn 1807, while president of Yale, Timothy Dwight helped...
View ArticleThe road to Despicable Me | Where They Are Now | Yale Alumni Magazine
The road to Despicable Me | Where They Are Now | Yale Alumni Magazine: "Cinco Paul ’86 was known at Yale for, among other things, playing the ukulele. He’s now a Hollywood screenwriter specializing in...
View ArticleFrom Moline Memories Blog - One of the Finest Teachers Ever. Burt Ringquist,...
As readers can see, Coolidge was a tough junior high.Here is the faculty pouncing on a student.We had our own coroner for Coolidge.My first English assignment was, "What I Want To Be,If I Grow Up."We...
View ArticlePutting to Rest Jay Webber's Absurd and Ignorant Claim About Luther Teaching...
Has anything changed? Our congregation's member own a copy of the book,and we have worked through Galatians and Romans in the adult class.When I know a long wait is ahead at the doctor's office, I take...
View ArticleGardening Advice for Our Favorite Physician
Baby the Crepe Myrtle andit will produce enormous flowers, which last a long time.Dear Dr. Lenski (not his real name)We are glad you enjoyed the fragrant roses we brought to my wife's appointment. They...
View ArticleIn Two Days - 7,000 Views. Reaching Critical Mass. Most Viewed New Post in...
Pageviews today4,830Pageviews last month54,224Pageviews all time history4,681,686---Dr. Lito Cruz Asked That Bethany Add a PayPal Acco...Jul 5, 2011, 632Donut DisturbJun 21, 2016, 460Breaking News -...
View ArticlePosted with Permission from a WELS Pastor - Alcoholism Rampant. From 2011
Hey Pastor:About excessive drinking in WELS - "I was taken aback in 2003 attending the WELS biennial convention respresenting the district at the beer tent right on campus in Watertown. I wondered how...
View ArticleWhen Ichabod Had Only 7,000 Posts. From 2011.
Catholic, Lutheran, ProtestantI found it interesting that Ichabod reached 7,000 posts (4+ years) at the same time that the page-reads totaled 700,000 since June, 2010. Google created a statistics...
View ArticleInsects Are So Much Fun To Watch - And Evolutionists Are Good for a Laugh
When my purple Bee Balm bloomed,I counted 7 bumblebees working it at once.An article was posted and I shared it on Facebook - about bumblebees and their special way of gathering pollen, which is...
View ArticleRoman Catholic Abuse Cover-Ups Just Like LCMS, WELS, ELS, CLC (sic). From 2013
Cardinal Roger Mahony at a mass welcoming the Los Angeles Diocese's new archbishop (Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times / May 26, 2010)Cardinal Mahony's moral failureShine a light on church sexual...
View ArticleOver 8,000 Total Views in Two Days. Luther's Three Gospel Sermons on False...
This is how Lindsay Lohan conquered her cocaine addiction.I told her, "Give up the cigs and I will introduce you to Ski."Pageviews today3,265Pageviews yesterday4,830Pageviews last month57,489Views in...
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