Doing the Business of the Church
Posted publicly on FB. Posted in its entirety. ANO FAREWELL MISSOURI by Rev. Richard Anton Bolland The first thing I'd like to address to the Missouri Synod before I leave her is my sincere gratitude. What I mean by that is my deep gratitude for the last 60 years of my life having been grounded... Continue Reading →
Greetings fellow LCCers! Ordinarily I'd let my 4-parter on Synod's convention publish under the original one-a-day schedule and then work on some other topics I have sitting in my queue. Then I got some comments to part 1 that resulted in a post I felt important enough to publish in a "lightning round" post. Parts... Continue Reading →
This past weekend I attended the 2019 Issues Etc "Making the Case" conference which featured a range of speakers making the case for a variety of topics including the Lord's Supper, to Pro-Life advocacy, the natural family, and an old-fashioned hymn sing. Something I noticed as each speaker made their presentation was the abundance of... Continue Reading →
When it comes to relationships between church bodies, doctrine and practice (supposedly) matters. Official church fellowships are a way of telling its members that are traveling which churches believe the same things we do, and vice-versa. This allows them to share in the celebration of the various sacraments at each other's alter, have pastors from... Continue Reading →
Trinity Lutheran in Milwaukee WI was constructed in the 1800s as a place to worship God and come together as a community of believers living out their faith. Generations of people were baptised, worshipped, married, and had their funerals inside this storied structure - until yesterday when a fire broke out on the building's roof... Continue Reading →
The guys over on Lutherquest are in need of a bit of correction again - in this article the author states: The LC-C is slightly larger than the LCMS Iowa District West. This is a "half-truth" that's been going around for a while as an argument for restructuring. The full truth is a bit afield... Continue Reading →
Dear readers - If there is one passage that sums up why I do this blog, it'd be this: Blessed are those who hunger and thirst for righteousness, for they shall be satisfied. Matthew 5:6 LCC has been waging a "war of silence" if not an active dis-information campaign on its membership in an apparent attempt to whitewash... Continue Reading →
In a prior article I posted a notice about CPH being banned from Google Adwords "retargeting" platform. CPH has since posted a news release on the issue and concluded with the following statement: CPH President and CEO Dr. Bruce G. Kintz stated, “Clearly, CPH does not agree with Google’s decision in this matter. If we are willing... Continue Reading →
As reported by The Federalist and on Twitter: Update 2018-04-24: Things may not be what they seem.
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