Archive for the ‘Church’ tag
New Town. New Church. Good Stuff.
A lot has changed of late. The Stiegemeyer family moved to Elmhurst, IL, a suburb of Chicago, in January 2010. I was installed as the pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church on January 24th. Their pastor for the last 8 years or so is Rev. Robert Fitzpatrick. Though he is retiring this year, I’m very blessed [...]
Pray for Peace in Kenya
February 1, 2008 ……………….. LCMSNews — No. 11
World Mission re-evaluating situation in Kenya
By Paula Schlueter Ross
LCMS World Mission has asked its missionaries to Kenya to remain indefinitely in Ethiopia after they attend regularly scheduled meetings there, according to Travis Torblaa, the mission board’s personnel care manager.
The move came in the wake of post-election [...]
Symposium on the Atonement
Why did Jesus die on the cross? I wrote a blog post on that question a while back and it is by far the number one most viewed post on this blog still to this day. Not that I wrote something so terrific. But I still get Google hits on it daily. [...]
Vatican Blasts "Golden Compass" as Godless and Hopeless
That is the headline from Reuters earlier this week. Calling for a boycott of the recent film based on the controversial trilogy, His Dark Materials, by Philip Pullman, the Vatican statement elaborates: “when man tries to eliminate God from his horizon, everything is reduced, made sad, cold and inhumane”. Also according to Reuters, [...]
May Women Serve as Pastors?
New Book on Women’s Ordination Includes Essays by Several CTS FacultyFORT WAYNE, IN (CTS)—A collection of essays on the ordination of women, Women Pastors? The Ordination of Women in Biblical Lutheran Perspective, edited by Concordia Theological Seminary professor John T. Pless and Matthew Harrison has been published by Concordia Publishing [...]
Laughing at Ourselves: Through a Screen Darkly 2
As part of my preparation for a youth retreat I’m speaking at this weekend in Marshall, Michigan, I’ve been studying a new book by Jeffrey Overstreet called Through a Screen Darkly. I’ve long been a reader of his blog.
Yesterday, I read his comments on a film I actually have not seen. It’s called [...]
Reviving Private Confession
There’s a neat article in the Wall Street Journal about the renewed emphasis on Confession in both Roman Catholic and non-Roman circles. Here it is.
Sometimes when you talk about going to private confession, otherwise conservative Lutherans look at you like you’ve grown a second nose on your face. It’s like they’ve never heard [...]
Seminary President Comments on ELCA’s Approach to Homosexuality
Comment on ELCA’s Action by Dr. Dean O. Wenthe, PresidentConcordia Theological Seminary
Sacred Scripture is the living voice of Jesus. Here the Risen and Ascended Lord speaks to us through His prophets and apostles. His voice is pure, holy, and healing. He names those evils that consume human [...]
Apologetics Site
A man named Scott Diekmann contacted me today to inform me of his group’s website called Sound Witness. I haven’t had the chance to look at their material yet, so please don’t assume I agree with every jot and tittle. However, just from my quick glance, it looks to me like these guys [...]
Jacob’s Confirmation
Our little buddy was confirmed at Redeemer a couple of weeks ago. I was grateful that Pastor Petersen allowed me to participate as we blessed those little rascals.
The rite of Confirmation is kind of a slippery thing in Lutheran practice. We don’t recognize it as a divinely instituted thing but a human tradition [...]
