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Stop Kidding Around! Thoughts on Christian Maturity

Thoughts from Pastor Larry Peters.When I became a man, I gave up childish ways – oh, did you think that was me talking?? If you knew me, you would laugh at the audacity of me saying “I’m all grown up.” My family would laugh, for sure. I wish I could say them with some shred of . . . . Continue Reading »

1 Feb 2010

Septuagesima Sunday: Grace Alone

The Scriptures Appointed for Septuagesima Introit: Psalm 18:1–2a, 27, 32, 49; antiphon: Ps. 18:5–6Psalter: Psalm 95:1-9 (antiphon: v. 6)Old Testament: Exodus 17:1–7Gradual: Ps. 9:9–10, 18–19aEpistle: 1 Corinthians 9:24—10:5Verse: Ps. 130:1–4Gospel: Matthew . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2010

The Crisis in American Evangelicalism: Biblical Illiteracy

Here’s an interesting analysis of a “problem”that is, in truth, a crisis. Thanks to Justin Taylor for this post. David Nienhuis, a professor at Seattle Pacific University, has a helpful piece in the Modern Reformation on the problem of evangelical students “familiar” . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2010

What’s a Gesima? The Church Prepares for Lent

In the traditional liturgical Church Year, this Sunday and the two following are known as “gesima” Sundays, and the three Sunday period we are now in, is known as pre-Lent. What is the meaning of “gesima” and why a three week “pre-Lent.” Here’s a great . . . . Continue Reading »

31 Jan 2010

Scooping Out the White Stuff

Thoughts from Pastor Larry Peters of Grace Lutheran Church, Clarksville, TN.We got 6-8 inches of snow last night. While for some of you that is nothing, for a city in the South it is like a major heart blockage. Everything has shut down. Where I should have been with a new member class this morning, . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2010

The Savior’s Glory

SING, my tongue,the Savior’s glory;tell His triumph far and wide;tell aloud the famous storyof His body crucified;how upon the cross a victim,vanquishing in death, He died.Eating of the tree forbidden,man had sunk in Satan’s snare,when our pitying Creator didthis second tree . . . . Continue Reading »

30 Jan 2010

When Natural Law is Rejected, Totalitarianism is the Result

Archbishop Raymond Burke, in a homily given in Phoenix, Arizona:In our culture, “the law more and more dares to force those with the sacred trust of caring for the health of their brothers and sisters to violate the most sacred tenets of their consciences, and to force individuals and . . . . Continue Reading »

29 Jan 2010

You know what I’m saying? A Primer on Aggressive Inarticulation

Typography from Ronnie Bruce on . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2010

“We tremble not, we fear no ill”

From Pastor Gregory Alms:That line is one of my favorites in Luther’s great hymn, A Mighty Fortress is Our God. I always get a lump in my throat as I sing it. I stand a bit taller and thrust out my chest just a bit in defiance of enemies, spiritual and otherwise.But it is a curious moment. For . . . . Continue Reading »

28 Jan 2010

The iPad. It is here. Amazon: Be afraid, be very afraid. All hail Apple!

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27 Jan 2010