Voter Identity and Being a Lutheran Christian

Pastor Eugene Brueggemann Editor’s Note: Following the recent US election, a Lutheran Christian raised a question in an online discussion forum about voter identity. Here is Pastor Gene Brueggemann’s response: Like you, Scott, I have many labels/identities. I am an aged white male, a widower, a father, a grandfather, a St. Louis-Seminary grad, a retired…
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Election Controversy

Pr. Eugene Brueggemann When I was a seminarian in the late ‘40s, we still heard a lot about the Election Controversy of the 1870s, a theological/ecclesiastical contretemps which fractured the newly created Synodical Conference. “Election” was shorthand for the doctrine of predestination. Fallout from the controversy poisoned inter-Lutheran relationships for decades. Election controversies do that….
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Christ’s Communion: “Recognizing the Body of Christ”

Theology of Glory or Theology of the Cross?  Rev. Howard Patten Editor’s Note: Howard Patten has served the Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod and the larger church for sixty years as a mission developer, a chaplain in the Fellowship of Christian Athletes, a pastor to multi-cultural congregations, a district executive for mission and evangelism, a district president,…
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Cyprian’s Plague: On Mortality (Part 3)

Rev. Edward A. Scott Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church (LCMS), Hobe Sound, Florida As we face unprecedented circumstances in our daily lives, I am reminded that unprecedented circumstances are a part of every generation.  We can always find people and situations where lessons were learned that can help us today.  Nearly 1800 years ago, Cyprian,…
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Cyprian’s Plague: On Mortality (Part 2)

Rev. Edward A. Scott Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church (LCMS), Hobe Sound, Florida As we face unprecedented circumstances in our daily lives, I am reminded that unprecedented circumstances are a part of every generation.  We can always find people and situations where lessons were learned that can help us today.  Nearly 1800 years ago, Cyprian,…
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Cyprian’s Plague: On Mortality

Rev. Edward A. Scott Pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church (LCMS), Hobe Sound, Florida As we face unprecedented circumstances in our daily lives, I am reminded that unprecedented circumstances are a part of every generation. We can always find people and situations where lessons were learned that can help us today. Nearly 1800 years ago, Cyprian,…
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Does God Play Favorites? (Sermon)

Rev. Dr. Eric Moeller Text: Matt. 15:21-28 11th Sunday after Pentecost Trinity Lutheran Church, Portland, OR August 16, 2020 This is such a difficult text, so easily misunderstood. Why doesn´t Jesus answer the woman right away? Is he cold and hard towards her? Why does he say such seemingly harsh things in the face of…
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