Author Archives: Paul Harris

I loath long titles, so I apologize, but the war has been joined and one if by land and two if by sea didn’t seem to apply.  Our side (confessional, conservative Lutheranism) is electing to keep our powder dry.  Their … Continue reading →

Aristotle said it first, and I think this is what the Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran Churches with their Admonition is seeking to avoid.

Have you been party to the recent brouhaha over Dr. Laura’s repeated use of the “n” word during a broadcast?  She was trying to show a caller that it really was just another word.  She came out looking like a … Continue reading →

This falls under the topic: You’ve got to be kidding me!  This information is taken from Acts Church Lakeway, Texas and is current as of August 2010.  Acts Church is a mission of the Texas District of the LCMS.  Here … Continue reading →

Till the end President Gerald Kieshnick was pilloried for his 2001 comment that the LCMS was no longer your grandfather’s church.  He defended or perhaps clarified it in his 2010 report to the Synodical convention. President-elect Harrison and the Association … Continue reading →

I’ve told most everyone I’ve ever married if in an argument with your spouse you find that you’ve begun a sentence with, “And another thing,” don’t finish it.  It will always end badly.  This may be a good time to … Continue reading →

As promised, here is some information about another one of President-elect Harrison’s appointment.  He has returned to the well of Lutheran World Relief to tap the Reverend Doctor Albert Collver as one of his three executive assistants.  To be fair … Continue reading →

A brother directed me to this endorsement of Rev. Matt Harrison after I had noted that one of Rev. Harrison’s first acts was to appoint a woman as one of his assistants.That woman was Barbara Below.  Here is her endorsement … Continue reading →