WELS Discipline under Mirthless Mark Schroeder - The Ski Scrotum Sermon Where...
Pastor Randy Ott, who graduated in 89 with Joel Lillo and other Shrinkers,has proudly posted this sermon on his church websty.The sermon is reproduced verbatim below.The sermon remained posted - with...
View ArticleLuther's Gospel Sermon for the Twentieth Sunday after Trinity. Matthew...
TWENTIETH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY. This sermon does not appear in c edition. It was printed first In the “Two sermons on the festival of all saints,”1523. It is also one of the collection of 12 sermons....
View ArticleThe Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, 2016. Matthew 22:1-14. The Parable of the...
Jesus turned water into wine at the Cana wedding,by Norma Boeckler.The Twentieth Sunday after Trinity, 2016Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany...
View ArticleLast Big Harvest of Roses - Three Dozen For North Arkansas Chiropractic
This is the family portrait on the Ichaboat hood.I had a tall order for October 10 - find as many roses as possible for a promotion at North Arkansas Chiropractic. Chris has been seeing him for pain...
View ArticleMen Overboard - First Female President of Luther Seminary - Where Jack and...
Robin Steinke came to install the new female head of the Berkeley ELCA seminary,which has very few students but very valuable land.The seminary has merged with California Lutheran U., so Boss...
View ArticleFall Planting and Winter Growth
I make the coffee each morning and justswitched to de-caff. But we have regular coffee for back-up.I planted a small White Profusion Butterfly Bush to serve as a screen or shade for the kitchen...
View ArticleToo Many Turtles on Fenceposts
"If a Turtle Is on a Fencepost, Someone Put It There"This quotation has been attributed to various people, so it must be true.When fenceposts are garnished with turtles out to infinity, a lot has been...
View ArticleSocial Activism and Politics
The Brotherhood of the Kingdom was a small group of men who met to get political activism worked into the mainline denominations. Their victories included the Federal Council of Churches, which changed...
View ArticleFive Inches of Rain - And the Squirrels Feast
"Is breakfast ready yet?"We had 5 inches of rain in the last 24 hours, with misting and more rain on the way. All my rain-barrels and buckets were full this morning. The birds and squirrels were...
View ArticleMy Favorite Title Is Dad
October 15th marks my birthday, a grilling event for Team Jackson, and a Walmart Saturday Morning meeting, where Dolly Parton is a special guest.On those days, our son and his family come to Springdale...
View ArticleLife Is a Gift from God, With or Without Good Health
Sassy was working me over this morning, since I had a relatively late start. She simply kept looking at me with that expectant expression, so I poured out her breakfast and put on my shoes while she...
View ArticlePat and John - June Allyson Eyes
Sassy interpreted by Norma Boecklerand Photofunia.When Sassy and I walk each morning, we often pass John and Pat's home. I have known them for four years, from walking by, stopping to talk, but we...
View ArticleLuther's Sermon for the Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity - About Faith
TWENTY-FIRST SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY.SECOND SERMON: JOHN 4:46-54.KJV John 4:46 So Jesus came again into Cana of Galilee, where he made the water wine. And there was a certain nobleman, whose son was sick...
View ArticleDolly Parton Sang for My Birthday at the Walmart Meeting. And Walmart Sang...
Dolly Parton promoted her TV movie"Coat of Many Colors."Dolly sang her famous song for the audience, little knowing that it was my birthday. She was about 20 feet from us.Dolly was energetic, funny,...
View ArticleThe Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, 2016. A Matter of Faith
The Twenty-First Sunday after Trinity, 2016Pastor Gregory L. Jacksonhttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/bethany-lutheran-worshipBethany Lutheran Church, 10 AM Central Daylight TimeThe Hymn #268...
View ArticleThe Difference Between Humans and Animals. Behold the Fowls of the Air
Hurricane Matthew left behind this treasure-chestof shells at low tide.Sometimes we have to move from the lesser to the greater, a familiar argument in the Bible.Matthew 6:26 Behold the fowls of the...
View ArticleTo Each His Own - Divine Engineering by Season
Hostas illustrate why people wish they had more shade.Bonus - their flowers attract Hummingbirds.The Hosta garden is now layered with cardboard and garnished with a thick layer of pine needles. Hostas...
View ArticleResearch Tips Using This Blog and Google, Guidestar, And Other Tools
Someone interested in the facts can learn plenty from the Net. The false teachers cannot help boasting, so there is a record - until I post it. Then they erase the evidence. That is why I copy and...
View ArticleWorst Professor at Martin Luther College - WELS - Larry Otto Olson
At one point, long ago, Olson tried to denyearning a precious D.Min. at Fuller Seminary.Like Bivens and Valleskey, he found his Helen of Troy,but he cannot teach, according to his own...
View ArticleHow Long To Wreck a Denomination or Its Schools? - One Short Generation
Exegesis is the fancy word for explaining the Scriptures.The Church Growth Movement - also promoted by Otten and Christian News -is rationalistic marketing,which is like making ice cream by measuring...
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