Everyone knows Santayana’s quote that those who forget history are doomed to repeat it, but I prefer Russians to Spaniards. A Russian proverb says, “Dwell on the past and you will lose an eye; forget the past and you will lose both eyes.” I’d rather lose one eye than two, so I point you to the past. Continue reading
Let the Children Come to Me – Not!
This is from Crossbridge Community Church, Lakeway, Texas an LCMS mission: “The Kidz begin the morning in worship services with their parents so that they can enjoy the uplifting, contemporary music that begins our Sunday mornings. Pastor Peter then blesses the Kidz before dismissing them to the care of their instructor for the remainder of the service time.” Continue reading
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New Roman Missal Finally Out and LSB is Really
The following is from http://www.usccb.org/romanmissal/examples.shtml . The Third Edition of the Roman Catholic Missal is finally out as of August 21, 2009, and look what they changed back to. Continue reading
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Bumper Sticker Theology
You can tell a lot about a person by their bumper stickers. That must be what people mean to happen when the put them on their car. Continue reading
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And That’s not the Worst of It
I was going to title this “St. Louis Seminary President Throws Fort Wayne Seminary Under the Bus,” but I thought it too long, and that was before I realized that wasn’t the worst of it. Continue reading
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I’d Rather Spend 90 Minutes in The Shack
Several weeks ago I warned of looking for truth in all the wrong places such as the novel The Shack. Well I’d rather spend 90 minutes in The Shack than one minute in 90 Minutes in Heaven. Continue reading
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Don’t Try this at Home
I have never been in favor of the category “Professional Church Worker.” Continue reading
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Lost and Found in Translation
I complain that laymen don’t read the Lutheran Confessions, but can you really blame them? Below is a comforting quote from the Apology, but in the Triglotta it’s in Apology Article III in Tappert and Kolb it’s in Article IV and in the Reader’s Edition it’s in Article V. I present them in the order that they came out from 1921 to 2005. Continue reading
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Another Letter from the Trashcan
First let me say, when you’re the editor of any publication, you get to choose which letters to the editor to publish. Below you will find one Logia chose not to. Continue reading
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Dressing to Confess
The Summer 2009 issue of Higher Things has an article entitled “What’s With the Collar?” It makes some fine points favoring the wearing of a clerical collar which I do six days a week, but I am being pushed towards wearing a shirt and tie or perhaps even a black polo shirt with a cross or fish emblem on it. And it’s the laity who is pushing me. Let me explain how. Continue reading
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