On my cell and now my home phone, I have Caller ID. Most of the time when I get a call that I can not … I Do Not Answer Calls from “Unknown Caller”…Even From God.Read more
Sacraments
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A Modern Day Reformation?
I will admit that most blogs by Lutherans about trends in wider Christianity are not writing to laud those trends but lament them. And there … A Modern Day Reformation?Read more
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How I Write a Funeral Sermon
For most laypeople, sermons are a bit like sausage. If it ends up good, they don’t care how it was made. I totally understand if … How I Write a Funeral SermonRead more
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Hooking up with Jesus
It is sadly common behavior in our day: hooking up. For those who do not know (blessed are you), the term refers to a casual … Hooking up with JesusRead more
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The Dessert Table
A while back, one of the ladies at my church came up to me at a funeral dinner and asked if I had told the … The Dessert TableRead more
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Unchurched versus Unsaved
I heard today that someone suggested that we must stop talking about the unchurched and change the terminology to the unsaved to get to the … Unchurched versus UnsavedRead more
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15,000 Views and Counting
For many blogs, having 15,000 views in a day would be exciting. I have 15,000 views total for all the days my blog has existed. … 15,000 Views and CountingRead more
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Lent: Giving Up and Giving Out
What will you give up for Lent? Lots of people are asking and telling. Chocolate. Facebook. Other things on their list of favorite things. Lent … Lent: Giving Up and Giving OutRead more
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“Me and Jesus” Christianity meets the Sacraments
Anyone who cares to examine the church at large knows that we have for some time now been inundated with “Me and Jesus” Christianity.  Yes … “Me and Jesus” Christianity meets the SacramentsRead more
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30 Days of Augsburg – Day 15 – Article Fourteen
Day 15. Half way there. Welcome. The text is from Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: German-Latin-English (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing … 30 Days of Augsburg – Day 15 – Article FourteenRead more