What's a Congregation to Do? Reflections on the mission and ministry of the local congregation Rev. Tom Chryst - Elders' Retreat Jan...

Once again I participated in a Pastors' Round Table segment on Issues, Etc. Lutheran radio program. With Pastors Nebel and Walther, we...

Luke 4:16-30 Epiphany 3 January 24, 2009 “The Hometown Preacher” As a preacher, it's always good to take note of how and what Jesus prea...

John 2:1-11 Epiphany 2 January 17, 2009 “The REAL Bridegroom” Jesus first miracle seems unplanned. It happened at a wedding, at the request...

Luke 2:21-22 The Baptism of Our Lord January 10, 2009 “Baptized for You” Short of his death and resurrection, it has been suggested that Jes...

Ecclesiastes 1:9-10 New Year's Eve December 31, 2009 “Nothing New” What has been is what will be, and what has been done is what will be...

December 27th 2009 John 21:20-25 “St. John” In the month of December, we have had the opportunity to hear the Gospel in connection with vari...

Christmas Day 2009 Luke 2:1-20 “Christmas is. Christmas isn't” It's finally here. After all the preparations, all the waiting, all...

Midweek Advent 3 – December 16, 2009 Matthew 2:10-12 “Myrrh for the Prophet” The wise men brought their gifts of Gold, Frankincense and Myrr...

Interesting story about the Samaritans (still around today!) and their genes.

Midweek Advent 2 – December 9, 2009 Matthew 2:10-12 “Frankincense for the Priest” This Advent, we've been taking a closer look at the th...

I live in a town in which the most influential company is SC Johnson, whose tagline is, "A family company". While I hear lots of ...

Midweek Advent 1 – December 2, 2009 Matthew 2:10-12 “Gold for the King” For our midweek Advent series, we'll be looking at the gifts of ...

I've enjoyed watching Tiger golf over the years. I'm not huge into golf, but I'm much more likely to watch while he's in th...

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.