St. Antony’s Cave

You know from the title what this is about.  Pictures can speak volumes and at a volume that make them harder to ignore than words.  I wish could reproduce for you the picture that was in a flyer that came to my home. Continue reading →

Dr. John Nunes has an article in the Summer 2013 Concordia Journal entitled “Does Contributive Justine Have a Future” (pp. 208-216).  After reading it, I wonder; does theology have a future among us? Continue reading →

The LCMS Concordia Plan Services has published Better Health for 29 years.  Based on James 4:4, I’d say any better health that they may promote is offset by the poorer Christianity they produce. Continue reading →

Some faithful pastors and congregations have submitted a resolution to the 2013 LCMS convention officially opposing women serving in combat.  My church did that for 3 conventions, but it never made it to the convention floor.  Now that our government has stopped pretending that it has been keeping women out of combat by officially okaying them being there, perhaps such a resolution has chance. Although, like the 3 submitted by by my congregation, Today’s Business relegates it to an omnibus resolution that sends it (once more) back to the CTCR, perhaps a woman addressing the floor committee could persuade them to at least let the convention consider it. If it could just get to the convention floor, it would be a start. Continue reading →

Neither one is Biblical.  To be separatistic is to separate from other Christians without Biblical cause.  To be unionistic is to have altar or pulpit fellowship (not friendship) without Biblical cause.  Of course, those of us practicing closed Communion are called separatistic; we’ve rejected that judgement since the reason we are are not communing someone is they deny Scriptural doctrines we affirm.  On a fresh translation of Proverbs 18:1, I wonder if the unionistic crowd, those practicing open Communion, aren’t the real separatists? Continue reading →

It was April 1982, President Reagan had stepped up his support of Pro-Life causes and the famed cook Julia Child had stepped up her longtime support of Planned Parenthood.  She was doing a fund raiser in Memphis, Tennessee for them.  She was picketed by those in against baby killing.  She responded in a July 1982 letter to Dear Abby. Continue reading →