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Originally published in CN July 17, 1989. Note the stress on the confession the funeral makes as a public statement and Christian privilege—it is not just an evangelistic tool/party favor. Too many pastors are eager to please the grieving, but not with the truth of Christ. Can not doing a funeral make a greater confession … Continue reading How About the Widow? →

Rev Gregory P Schulz, DMin, PhD Professor of Philosophy in Exile Previously I spoke about the worship of Wokeness in our country: When Jesus tells us, "Give unto Caesar that which is Caesar's and give unto God that which is God's" (Matthew 22:21), He certainly does not mean that we should give our children to … Continue reading No Repentance at Concordia this Easter →

Though ostensibly about cities, the main thread running through this issue is that of racial injustice and man’s overcorrections. The Gospel is given lip-service, to be sure, but the main theme is that we must change to meet the felt-needs of city-dwellers—not that the Gospel is sufficient in itself. Dr. Reed Lessing on p25 opines: … Continue reading Problematic Joint Concordia Journal with Concordia, St. Paul →

Jacob A. O. Preus II “You and Your Synod—Present Issues Between the Synod and other Lutherans,”Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois (now at Fort Wayne, Indiana since 1976), April 1975. J. A. O. Preus II (1920-94) was the eighth president of the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod (1969 to 1981). Eugene F. A. Klug: Question asked about the dissolution … Continue reading Historical Footnote on Missouri Synod Institutions of Higher Education →

Abortion is not a logical, thoughtful debate for those promoting it. It is a power-play. Not having a baby is seen as hope and a wide-open future, whereas a baby is painted as the end of the world. Pro-murders can’t imagine a person who has committed murder in the past turning away from it, as … Continue reading More Joy in Heaven over Abortion repenters →

That may seem like a strange title, since evolution seems to be the foundational idea for the unbeliever. The heresy of attributing mankind and our world to randomness, in other words, anything but a personal God we are accountable to, is paramount. But it is really just an excuse, a justification, a convenient mess of … Continue reading Why the World does not Believe in Evolution →

Roger Kovaciny Good religious novels give me insights and information unavailable to those who only read scholarly works. Esther: The Star and the Scepter makes sense of the crazy culture in that Bible book. For instance: why a nice Jewish girl would enter a Gentile king's harem. (Girls were simply arrested and charged with being … Continue reading The Man who Crucified Christ →

Rev. Daniel Herb Work Today The topic of work has been regularly in the news lately; the subject of multiple editorial pages and opinion pieces in the media for months. The number of businesses looking for people to work, the low unemployment rate, people not seeking work, the perceived safety of the work place, and … Continue reading The Theology of Work →

The distinction between reality and virtual reality (which is imaginary, but can feel very real, or even more real) is diminishing. This is evident in virtual communion and substituting online watching with actual fleshly participation. The virtual gives us control and power, like gods, whereas the sinful world we cannot dominate or change like we … Continue reading VR Church →

It seems the real battle today is in the hearts and minds of the worldly, even if they attend services and claim to be Christian. But it has revealed universities as pagan to a large extent, and this battle lost for many individuals, even if they fly the banner of the LCMS or another Christian … Continue reading Wokeism →