A Blessed End
Congregations come and go, but Jesus said His church continues forever. The power of hell itself cannot overcome it (Matt. 16:18).
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‘Decently and in Order’: The Pastoral Office and the Priesthood of All Believers
Martin Luther and our Lutheran Confessions recognize that there are two very significant aspects of the office of the pastor. One is from above, and the other is from below.
Weathering Vacancies Well
Only a person who rests fully in Christ’s righteousness can serve his neighbor with delight, in the fullest sense of the word.
Hands, Channels and Means
Only a person who rests fully in Christ’s righteousness can serve his neighbor with delight, in the fullest sense of the word.
Leisure in Our Lord: Twelfth Night Feast
Across Christendom, the night before the light of Epiphany is a wonderful occasion set aside for Christian joy.
Rest from Our Labors, Rest from Our Screens?
Leisure, in its historical usage, was about advancing ourselves in ways that foster a life of faith toward God and love toward neighbor.
‘Abounding in the Word’: Looking Forward
If you’ve been around as long as me, you’ll note we have enjoyed great, even dramatic improvement in the Synod’s life of doctrine and practice.
The Thing Around Which Everything Else Must Move
We simply cannot treat anything without Christ’s promise of permanence as the thing around which everything else must move.
Advent and Christmas: Mincemeat Pies
A long-standing custom of Christmastide is the baking of mincemeat pies, a tradition reaching back to the 11th century.
‘I Delivered to You What I Also Received’: Tradition and the Gospel
Tradition is a good thing, provided it does not contradict the Gospel and the Word of God, which is, after all, itself divine tradition.
Tradition: Blessing, Burden or Both?
We should examine all traditions in light of Scripture.
God’s Work, Our Witness
There’s no better way of expressing God’s mission and the church’s part in that mission than through demonstrating “what God does for us and gives to us.”