LATEST WRITINGS FROM PASTOR PHILIP HOPPE

Posted inMarriage and Family / Theology and Practice

A Love Story Worth Retelling

Let me tell you the story you of the best husband that ever lived.  This man had his eyes set on one particular women as … A Love Story Worth RetellingRead more

Posted inTheology and Practice

Women’s Suffrage in the Church

Before anyone has a coronary issue requiring emergency services, this post is not about about trying to take voting rights away from women who have … Women’s Suffrage in the ChurchRead more

Posted inMarriage and Family / Theology and Practice

Table of Duties: Husbands and Wives

If you want to find the happiest people in life, find people who are married and in love. On the other hand, if you want … Table of Duties: Husbands and WivesRead more

Posted inCommon Salvation

Common Salvation: Episode Four

Episode Four is up. This episode reflects on the Fourth Commandment. Please share this with your friends, especially laymen and laywomen in the church. You … Common Salvation: Episode FourRead more

Posted inMarriage and Family / News Clippings

Apologizing for the Bible?

Sorry FCWC, I cannot apologize. For to apologize would not only be denying what the scripture clearly and repeatedly teaches, but it would also be … Apologizing for the Bible?Read more

Posted inAugsburg Confession

30 Days of Augsburg – Day 17 – Article Sixteen

Day 17. Welcome. The text is from Triglot Concordia: The Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church: German-Latin-English (St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House, 1921). These … 30 Days of Augsburg – Day 17 – Article SixteenRead more

Posted inTheology and Practice

Synodical President: My Thoughts

Soon, my church body will gather in convention. And while many important things will occur there, one is being talked about more than any other. … Synodical President: My ThoughtsRead more

Posted inCreationism and Science / Marriage and Family / Sexuality / Theology and Practice

Chiseling an Idol with a Hermeneutic

Does it really matter if you believe in the creation story? Does it really change anything if you dismiss the account of the flood? What … Chiseling an Idol with a HermeneuticRead more

Posted inTheology and Practice

We can not help but speak….

Almost every missionary I have heard recently says some variation of the following:  due to the government’s opposition to the gospel, we cannot speak openly … We can not help but speak….Read more