Dear President Gilbert, You have recently written about how most of the congregations in your district are declining numerically. According to you, three congregations are on average disbanding each year. You also reported that, according to one projection, the LCMS will go from its current 6000 congregations to 1,000 in just 30 years. You also…
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Editor: This is the Daystar Journal’s third article in the winter issue, which is focusing on “The LCMS in the Public Square.” The first article analyzed the current emphasis of “Freedom to be Faithful.” The second article offered the personal account of an LCMS pastor and his colleagues during the turbulent times of the Civil…
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Editor: This is the Daystar Journal’s second article in the Winter Issue, which focuses on “The LCMS in the Public Square.” The first article discussed the current emphasis on “Freedom to be Faithful.” This second article features the personal account of an LCMS pastor and his colleagues during the turbulent times of the Civil Rights…
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Dear President Linnemann, We wish to commend you for following the Synod’s Constitution, Bylaws, and standard operating procedures in the case of Dr. Matthew Becker. We would not know about this case had not the Synod President made it a public matter on January 26 on his personal Facebook page and then later on a…
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Robert Schmidt “I’ve just graduated from college,” she said. With diploma in hand she reflects where she’s been and where she’s going. “Yeah, I learned more than computers, than math, than business and history. In biology I learned about evolution but most of all, I learned how to care. I care about our world and…
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Why Seminex – Lutheran Zionism Editor: The divisions within the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod (LCMS) predated The New Orleans Convention and the events leading up to Seminex. Eugene Brueggemann, digs deeply into the history of the church body, naming names, delineating theology, pointing out the politics, and expresses his love, admiration, and dismay to what…
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Lee Precup If you confess with your mouth, ‘Jesus is Lord,’ and believe in your heart that God raised Him from the dead, you will be saved. For it is with your heart that you believe and are justified, and it is with your mouth that you confess and are saved. –Romans 10:9-10 Many years…
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Christ Seminary – Seminex The LCMS Confessing Movement in Exile Pastor Tom Hahn, Christ Seminary – Seminex, Class of 1978 Tom Hahn was at the Senior College at the beginning of Seminex. After his ordination in 1978 he served several congregations in Alberta, Canada and Wisconsin. Still active in ministry, he reflects here on decisions made…
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Pr. F. Dean Lueking, Pastor Grace Lutheran Church River Forest, Ill. Text: Romans 10:10 Trinity V July 22, 1973 “For a man believes with his heart and so is justified, and he confesses with his lips and so is saved.” From the Heart I begin this sermon by doing what the text says…
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Pr. Dale Krueger “After this I looked, and there was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, robed in white, with palm branches in their hands. {10} They cried out in a loud voice, saying, “Salvation…
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