Category Archives: For Anyone who dares
The Well of Holiness
G.K. Chesterton said, “Men may or may not expect an act of healing to take place at a holy well, but nobody expects it ten miles from the well” (“The New Jerusalem,” Collected Works, Volume XX, p. 308). Nobody except … Continue reading
The Rosebush
A man wakes in the middle of the night to find a rosebush growing resplendently in the middle of the bedroom. He knows it’s his bedroom, his bed, his furniture, his floor, yet from that floor sprouts this magnificent rose. … Continue reading
Public Doctrine
Much fanfare was made when in 2001 when the LCMS in convention affirmed “The book The Voice of our Church on the Question of Church and Ministry, by Dr. C.F.W. Walther…as the definitive statement under Holy Scripture and the Lutheran … Continue reading
Bonheoffer, Hitler, and Holocaust
The January Concordia Theological Quarterly has an article entitled “Themes of the Cruciform Life in Bonheoffer.” Bonheoffer was executed for his participation in the plot to assassinate the one man every man thinks ought to have been: Hitler.
Issues with Issues, Etc.
I write supportive of Issues, Etc. I will support my congregation funding Issues, Etc. “resurrection” in Pirate Christian Radio as much as the crew of the Black Pearl supported rescuing Captain Jack Sparrow from the nether world.
The Lioness’s Share
G.K. Chesterton said that “every high civilization decays by forgetting obvious things” (The New Jerusalem, 211.)
“I Know” Christians
Please note I’m not saying the following aren’t Christians, but it is not a Christian response to respond with, “I know,” when someone speaks the Gospel truth to you, yet, this often the response I get.
This Jeremiah Wasn’t a Bullfrog but a Friend
“Jeremiah was a bullfrog. He was a good friend of mine,” so sang “Three Dog Night.” Well Rev. Jeremiah Wright isn’t a bullfrog, but he was a good friend of Senator Baraak Obamba. Keep reading; this isn’t a political screed … Continue reading
Radio Shows Go Mercy Stays & Politics Rules the World
Several members sent me Radio Silence by Mollie Ziegler Hemingway in the March 28 Wall Street Journal. Here is what troubles me:
Heaven Waits for those who Congregate
Don Williams sang in 1980 that he didn’t “believe that heaven waits for only those who congregate.” With due respect to the truth of country music in general and Don Williams in particular, I disagree.