Category Archives: Missouri Megatrends
Mathematics, Medicine, and Theology
Don’t blame me for being bad at math; do blame me for being bad at theology.
Philosophies Men live By but Don’t Realize It
Surely it can’t be coincidence or accident that in God’s so-called silent years when He only spoke by the written Word and the visible Word of Old Testament Sacraments that the great philosophers did their speaking? Between the Word of … Continue reading
Walther’s Woodshed
I was going to take other’s to C.F.W. Walther’s woodshed, but I found myself being hauled in there too. Well if we’re going to get disciplined by the first president of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod let’s remember the … Continue reading
Why Don’t We Commune Those Who Believe in Open Communion?
This is first and foremost a matter of pastoral care. If I asked an LCMS Lutheran if they believed in infant Baptism and they answered “No,” you know I could not commune them. Well those who believe Christians believing different … Continue reading
What Will Get You Thrown Out of Synod?
All confessional guys have said this for as long as I’ve been in the ministry. “I’m going to stay in the Synod till they throw me out. That’s what Luther did.”
Keith Richards: Higher than Higher Things?
Having finished Keith Richards’ biography Life, I can say with some authority that Keith is higher than Higher Things.
When Second becomes First
Some years ago the St. Louis seminary began writing articles emphasizing the two kinds of righteousness: one before God and the other before men. Even then what they didn’t emphasize is that one can be righteous before men without being … Continue reading
I Know Why the Widemouthed Frog Mumbles
With apologies to Maya Angelou, I begin. I know why the widemouthed frog mumbles. Actually I now know why the LCMS does. First the widemouthed frog.
Where Have all the Criminals Gone?
I’ve always liked “Where Have all the Flowers Gone?” Most people think it cheesy. It began as Pete Seeger folk song in 1955 with three verses. In 1960 Joe Hickerson added the rest turning the song into a circular hit … Continue reading
“Of God and Gays and Humility”
That’s not my title that’s Jon Meacham’s, the former executive editor of Newsweek and now executive editor at Random House. His article is in the July 30, 2012 issue of Time. The upshot of the article is that if you … Continue reading