Category Archives: Missouri Megatrends
Studies in Progress to form a Synod
That’s what the headline of the press release should have been from the latest meeting of the ACELC Steering Committee and the LCMS. But below is what it was. I kept the ! and didn’t change it to 1 because this comes … Continue reading
What’s Wrong with the Church?
I wrote this 14 years ago for Vox Sine Nomine. It’s still true to today.
The More you Know the More You Trust Bayer
That’s a slogan for Bayer aspirin, but I think it might apply to the German theologian by the same surname. Granted he has a lingering case of higher criticism, but two doses from him can spare us in Missouri some … Continue reading
CTCR catches up to Ptolemy
The CTCR’s latest report “Together with all Creatures” April 2010 perpetuates a modern myth: that the space program first taught us how small we are.
Keeping Your Powder Dry or Just Not Shooting
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
You can Learn a lot from an Aristotle
Aristotle said it first, and I think this is what the Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran Churches with their Admonition is seeking to avoid.
Drs. Laura and Meyer
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
You’ve Got to be kidding!
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
You Can Have the Church of My Grandfather
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
And another thing…..
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