OK I should probably expound on this... Law without Gospel = Law. Gospel without Law = Law. This is my shorthand way of expressing one of th...

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 w...

Thanksgiving Eve & Day – November 26/27, 2009 Matthew 6:11 “On Daily Bread” Christians pray the Lord's Prayer as Jesus taught us to ...

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 tap...

Scott Diekmann has an excellent post on the LCMS BRTFSSG proposals. These are the proposals for changing the structure and governance of t...

Have you seen this helpful little diagram? I took it out of the CTCR report on Eschatology , from the LCMS website.

Paul McCain has an extensive post regarding the LCMS' historical practice of Closed Communion. I added the following comment: Quite com...

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. ...

All Saints' Day – November 1st , 2009 Revelation 7:9-17 “All the Sinners and Saints” Greetings in Christ, you saints of God. Children o...

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 ...

There are a number of Appendices to this document. Take Appendix 5, "Funding the Mission Reflections" The gist this of this Appen...

Thanksgiving as a privilege (November Newsletter Article) Oh give thanks to the Lord, for he is good; for his steadfast love endures forever...

The Blue Ribbon Task Force on Synod Structure and Governance (BRTFSSG, or TF) has released its final recommendations for changes to the LC-M...

This article from the Wasau Daily Herald (online - and previously in the Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel) is a one-stop-shop for just about every...

President Kieschnick came to the South Wisconsin District and held a Q& A at the district office on October 5th, 2009. The district web...

This Sunday, October 18th, I will be preaching at the congregation of my youth - St. James Lutheran in Baltimore (Overlea), Maryland . We w...

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, ...

Fellow South Wisconsin LCMS pastor from my district, Rev. Dan Torkelson, has posted the following insightful thoughts regarding the sale of ...

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 her...