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Pat Buchanan on inflation as taxation
Tuesday, August 30, 2011
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Northland broadcasting legend Lew Latto dies | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota
Northland broadcasting legend Lew Latto dies | Duluth News Tribune | Duluth, Minnesota
Bummer. I always liked listening to Lew, even when he was grouchy, which was much of the time.
Bummer. I always liked listening to Lew, even when he was grouchy, which was much of the time.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Lutherans in Crisis: The Question of Identity in the American Republic from Fortress Press
Lutherans in Crisis: The Question of Identity in the American Republic from Fortress Press
David Gustafson's book on Schmucker and Krauth back in print via Fortress
David Gustafson's book on Schmucker and Krauth back in print via Fortress
Wednesday, August 17, 2011
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Friday, August 12, 2011
Wednesday, August 10, 2011
Ruminations on contemporary worship - an Andy Rooney moment (whoever he is)
Ever notice how the names churches use for their various types of services sound an awful lot like what coffee places use to name their different roasts and blends of coffee?
Ever notice how in our consumer society people have the same expectations of a "worship experience" that they have for going to a movie these days?
Ever notice how the pastors who know the least about liturgy and hymnody claim to be the experts in how to do it right their own way?
Ever notice how the pastors who love to say they are all about Jesus and missions, love to put themselves out front in their sermons, worship style, and in touting "leadership" skills?
Ever notice how weird it is that pastoral winkels still mostly use individual cups at services?
Ever notice how contemporary services use a "call to worship" for the people who are already there?
Ever notice how "praise service" puts the emphasis back on what we are doing in the name of evangelism?
Ever notice that "praise songs" are more repetitive than what contemporary worship proponents allege about traditional liturgy and hymns?
Ever notice that there seems to be a barrier put up by pastors not wearing vestments for service?
Ever notice that what today supposedly qualifies as making a "Spirit-filled church" can also be found at a Metallica concert?
Ever notice that what some call "uplifting worship" bears a strong resemblance with self-esteem talk down here on earth?
Tuesday, August 9, 2011
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Sunday, August 7, 2011
The battle of world history
John R. Stephenson. Eschatology – Confessional Lutheran Dogmatics (Volume XIII). (Dearborn, MI: The Luther Academy, 1993); p.74
Saturday, August 6, 2011
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Thursday, August 4, 2011
The Forgotten Loehe
Loehe, Three Books About the Church; pp.136,137
Korby quote - watch your language
Kenneth F. Korby. “The Pastoral Office and the Priesthood of Believers” in Lord Jesus Christ, Will You Not Stay: Essays in Honor of Ronald Feuerhahn on the Occasion of His Sixty-Fifth Birthday. Edited by J. Bart Day, Jon D. Vieker et al. (Houston, Texas: The Feuerhahn Festschrift Committee, 2002); pp.333,334
The Forgotten Walther
C.F.W. Walther. Pastoral Theology. Trans. John M. Drickamer. (New Haven: Lutheran News Inc, 1995); p.134
Wednesday, August 3, 2011
Walther on laity using the Book of Concord
"The Book of Concord should be in every Lutheran home. If a person isn't familiar with this book, he'll think, 'That old book is just for pastors. I don't have to preach. After working all day, I can't sit down and study in the evening. If I read my morning and evening devotions, that's enough.' No, that is not enough! The Lord doesn't want us to remain children, blown to and fro by every wind of doctrine; instead of that, He wants us to grow in knowledge so that we can teach others." - Dr. C.F.W. Walther
Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Those Old Confessional Lutherans...
“It is a very common subterfuge of those who do not want to accept any single doctrine of the divine Word, that they first ascribe it to a person and then, under his name, reject it as a human doctrine. They act in no other way than as if they also certainly believed the Word of Scripture, but they are only loudly objecting against submitting to the authority of a person who is prone to error, and having to accept a human, uncertain interpretation. Through such a maneuver they hope to mislead others, who might notice that they do not unconditionally submit to the Word of God. So, for example, many now are saying nothing honorable since in their hearts they regard Christ as either a liar or a thoughtless babbler when he says: “This is my body, this is my blood.” But rather, in order to be allowed to not believe Christ, and to be able yet to retain their honor amongst Christians, they say: “Oh, we are not one of those Old Lutherans! We stick with the Bible! Those symbolical books were also written by men!” When they’ve said that, they think they must be excused by everyone for rejecting what Christ’s Words say. Will God also accept their excuse “Oh, I’m not an Old Lutheran”? ”
Source:
C.F.W. Walther
Der Lutheraner
Volume 2, Number 11, January 1846, pg. 42-43
Translated by Joel Baseley
Pastoral Meanderings: What is the truth we don’t want to admit?
Pastoral Meanderings: What is the truth we don’t want to admit?
Good post by Pr. Larry Peters (again!)
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