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What is the greatest danger you face? Is it earthly well-being, health, or physical security? That ignores the spiritual reality that the Lord presents to us: “do not fear those who kill the body but cannot kill the soul. Rather fear him who can destroy both soul and body in hell” (Matt. 10:28). This is … Continue reading Safety as an Idol →

The theological implications of Ben Mayes’ position Mayes Quotes are from the video “What Does the Bible REALLY Say About Marriage, Divorce, and Remarriage? (w/ Dr. Benjamin Mayes),” from the @javierperd2604 youtube channel. Jesus’ phrase “commits adultery” is explained by Dr. Mayes: “to get remarried is a state of life that is going to include … Continue reading “Remarriage as Ongoing Adultery” →

If I were still an active pastor, I would present this to my Sunday morning Bible Class ahead of Election Day. Jonathan Rupprecht Well folks, we've got an issue to talk about this morning; one that we haven't directly discussed before, but we've got to talk about it due to the times we're living in. … Continue reading Voting as Christians →

Ben Mayes’ new book on marriage has caused some stir as he has been advertising it online. My critique is not from the book itself (yet) but from his presentations online. I contend it is a radical departure from the entire Lutheran heritage and teaching on marriage.Marriage is obvious, yet Christians have struggled to define … Continue reading Roman Theology leads to Roman Practice:A Critique of Annulment and the Forbidding of Remarriage →

The general movement in the LCMS has been to not take public stands of confession. We give lip service to our historic confessions, and officially we are a confessional church body, but do they function as norms and actually rule over people in present-day disagreements? Since our confessions are based on and convey the teaching … Continue reading Is Public Doctrine a Personal Problem? →

John Kuhn Bleimaier My first exposure to the Scriptures was to the King James Version of the Bible. To this day I am most comfortable reading the Word of God as it was translated by believing scholars in the 17th Century. The language is very beautiful. Just consider the Lord’s Prayer or the 23rd Psalm, … Continue reading In the Absence of Charity: Sounding Brass →

This issue of asking babies to confess has caused some consternation among a few modern Lutherans. Some think it contradicts baptismal regeneration (that the Spirit makes alive in baptism) by assuming faith before baptism and treating the unbaptized as Christian even before the application of water and God’s Word. But all supposed problems with the … Continue reading Why are there Baptismal Questions for Infants who can’t Speak? →

Rev. Daniel Fleischer Debate, unrest, and wars over time, relative to Israel, spawn frequent reference to Scripture by evangelical commentators and preachers who promote the idea that Israel has a claim to its geographical site by the original promise to Abraham.   “Now the Lord had said to Abram: ‘Get out of your country, from your … Continue reading God’s Israel Shall be Saved →

What will replace it? It was an impossible ideal, one that levels societies and destroys culture by mandating a forced, unnatural equality in this world, but not before the Lord. Pagans and the world are increasingly turning it back on it. But their “solutions” are equally unworkable. Women are mistreated, and families are not being … Continue reading The World is Turning its Back on Feminism →

John Kuhn Bleimaier  Many of today's churchgoers do not comprehend the significance of the Biblical admonitions pertaining to false prophets. They assume that the multiple of references to false teachers relate to some obscure heresies of the distant past. It should be pointed out that all Scripture is of eternal and everlasting value, for instruction in righteousness. 2 Timothy 3:16. We are treading on slippery ground if … Continue reading False Prophets, At a Loss →