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Hold the Line or Dance their Tune
It’s well-known that in a battle one running man or one charging man can turn the tide of battle. Macarthur’s’ father won the Medal of Honor for picking up the fallen standard of his Civil War unit and continuing the … Continue reading
Is He a Churchill?
A while back I opined that the President of the LCMS is not a Lincoln, but is he perhaps a Churchill?
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Failing Homosexuals
“Preach the Law as if there is no Gospel; preach the Gospel as if there is no Law,” is a Lutheran dictum, and it is here we have failed homosexuals.
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Why Don’t We Do That?
Years ago a pastor said to me that the Lutheran Witness serves to raise the question in your congregation “Why don’t we do that?” That’s true to this day. The Reporter which goes to that churchly office of “professional church … Continue reading
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The Structure of Synodical Revolutions
This title might ring a bell. It’s a shameless rip-off of Thomas S. Kuhn’s landmark book The Structure of Scientific Revolutions. It was published first in 1962. I bought it circa 1996 after finding it referenced time and again in … Continue reading
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Not Locking the Barn Door at All
It’s considered foolish to lock a barn door after the horse has gotten out, but it’s more foolish still not to lock it even after the horse has fled. There may be other animals still in the barn, other important … Continue reading
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What the United States, Louisiana, a Zombie, and the LCMS Have in Common
There may be many more than one thing these all have in common, but I can only think of one. They refuse to call things what they are.
Talking Peace While Bomb Dropping
On August 8, 1945 the United States became the first nation to sign the United Nations Charter in hopes for continued peace after World War II. The next day the United States dropped the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki (This … Continue reading
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Explore God But Not Too Closely
I can’t get away from exploregod.com. It’s in the mail, phone messages, emails, and on billboards and radio. It’s a pan-Christian movement meant to appeal to what used to be called “seekers.” LCMS churches are participating in this movement. The … Continue reading
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Limited Theological War
July 27 marked the 60th anniversary of the ending of the Korean War. “The armistice ended America’s first experiment with the Cold War concept of ‘limited war’” (This Day in U.S. Military History). The thought was that no one could … Continue reading
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