An Admission: Ok, maybe what I am about to say doesn’t mean your Christmas will be RUINED, but my hope in writing this is to show that Christmas can be more than what so many TV ads and pop culture want it to be. GEAR UP! It’s the day after Thanksgiving. The Tryptophan from the […]
Grace, Mercy, and Peace in Jesus Christ, our Lord. The deplorable, miserable condition which I discovered lately when I, too, was a visitor, has forced and urged me to prepare [publish] this Catechism, or Christian doctrine, in this small, plain, simple form. Mercy! Good God! what manifold misery I beheld! The common people, especially in […]
If you’ve ever been part of a family quarrel or had a skirmish with someone at school, you already have some idea of what forgiveness, or the lack of it, can do. No matter how small or simple, quarrels set up barriers between people. Take a fight between friends, for instance. As long as friends […]
Before you stumble over the principles of Lutheran textual criticism and hermeneutics again, you should read Robert Preus, “The Theology of Post-Reformation Lutheranism” (St Louis: CPH, 1970). I believe it is still in print. Dr. Preus’ dissertation at Edinburgh was on this topic, so he should know–and no one questions his orthodoxy that I know […]
Who is Jeff Kloha? I’m not really sure. During my time at Seminary, I only referred to him as “Dr. Kloha” because he deserved that much. I never took any classes from him. I do remember him: 1. Being a nice dresser 2. making our softball team regret pitching him a meatball. (He can field […]
Around 2,000 years ago, a group of very important people were gathered in an upper room (Mark 14:18, Luke 22:13). Though God had gathered them all together, it was clear that the focus was on one particular person. The time they had spent together was unique. It was filled with preaching and miracles, lynch mobs […]
Thy kingdom come. What does this mean? Answer: The kingdom of God comes indeed without our prayer, of itself. But we pray in this petition that it may come to us also. How is this done? Answer: When our heavenly Father gives us His Holy Spirit, so that by His grace we believe His holy […]
34 I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian Church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen. 35 I cannot connect this article (as I have said) to anything better than Sanctification. Through this article the Holy Spirit, with His office, is declared […]
A Zion Ghost Story… What does Proverbs 22:6 have to do with ghosts? Do you believe in ghosts? I do. I’ve seen them. I have seen dozens at the Church! But before I talk about that, let’s talk about June 12th, 2011. Were you there? I was! And I saw something wonderful! I saw a […]
