Or, "Another 'Is Mormonism a Cult" Blog Post" No one denies that Mormonism and Traditional Christianity are different...

We've often talked about the three functions or uses of the law, Curb, Mirror and Guide.  I suppose this discussion would fall under fun...

Matthew 21:23-32 Pentecost 15 September 25th, 2011 “Mind Changing” Today's Gospel reading from Matthew takes place during Holy We...

Matthew 20:1-16  Pentecost 14  September 18th, 2011  “It's Not Fair!”  The first will be last, and the last will be first, Jesus of...

A friend of mine likes to say, “All men marry up!” In other words, all husbands are made better by their wives, whom they don't deser...

Matthew 16:13-20 Pentecost 10 August 21st , 2011 “Son of the Living God” Caeserea Phillipi, or what is left of it, is one of the man...

Matthew 15:21-28 Pentecost 9 August 14th, , 2011 “Crumbs, Please!” The woman's request was urgent. It's one thing to have a...

Conservative Christians who take the Bible seriously and live in modern American society have to wrestle with what it means in Ephesians 5:2...

Matthew 14:22-33 Pentecost 8 August 7th, , 2011 “Why Did You Doubt?” It all happened so fast. The disciples were probably still trying to f...

A question of pastoral practice. How does one, in a counseling situation, bring someone who is caught in a sin, to confess it as such? Esp...

Matthew 13:44-51 Pentecost 6 July 24th, 2011 “A Keeper” Growing up in Baltimore, near the Chesapeake Bay, we would on occasion go “crabbing”...

1 Timothy 3:2, in the midst of a long list of qualifications for the office of overseer (i.e., bishop, i.e. pastor), mentions that he must b...

Matthew 13:24-30,36-43 Pentecost 5 July 17th, 2011 “Weeds!” We're in the green season of the church, and the parables are showing it. L...

A question for my fellow pastors, especially: We regularly use the LCMS "Let Us Pray" resource for our Prayer of the Church. This...

12 years ago today I was installed as Associate Pastor at Grace Lutheran Church , Racine, Wisconsin. The time has flown, and yet in some way...

-Pastor as Prophet, Priest and King Introduction While in many ways the Office of the Holy Ministry is diminished or undermined in modern...