The Society of St. Polycarp had its first retreat this past week. The SSP is a religious Society for traditionalist Lutheran pastors and lay...

I had the honor to lead the Divine Service today at the temporary sanctuary of Christ Lutheran Church in Chalmette. In two days, it will be...

27 August 2006 at Christ L.C., Chalmette , LA Text: John 6:41-51 (1 Kings 19:4-8, Eph 4:30-5:2 (Three Year Series) In the Name of + Jes...

Today was the funeral for one of our pastors at Salem, the Rev. Martin Friedrich, aged 81. Technically, Pastor Friedrich was "emeritus,...

Blogs are funny things. You can read an article on someone else's blog, leave a comment, and that person can then turn your comment into...

This article should have been called "The Bad Samaritan." It goes to show how far removed from common sense and simple human com...

According to a certain LCMS district newsletter, a congregation hosted a "Women's Weekend." Of course, they needed a "t...

20 August 2006 at Christ L.C., Chalmette, LA Text: Luke 19:41-48 (Jer 8:4-12, Rom 9:30-10:4) (Historic) In the Name of + Jesus. Amen. Jesus...

I'm always amazed at how people turn Christianity into something it isn't, and how they can selectively read Scripture to draw prede...

This is the video for the previous post. Have barf bag at the ready...

Dear friends, this is where feminism in the Church ends up - a rejection of the Holy Trinity and a return to idolatry. The Serpent is still ...

I occasionally have problems with Blogger, and some of my posts get lost when I attempt to edit them. This happened with my recent post ...

I'm very honored. My friend Kirk and three of his sons Nathaniel (16), William (14), and Stuart (12) spent a few days with our family h...

It's not often that I applaud politicians of any political stripe. I find most of them to be smarmy, self-serving, dull, and more concer...

[ Note : This post is an article of mine that appears as a letter to the editor in the latest issue of Gottesdienst : A Quarterly Journal of...

My friend, classmate, fellow pastor, and brother in the Society of St. Polycarp, Rev. Dave Juhl has "tagged" me on his blog . It...

With kind permission, here is an article written by Aaron D. Wolf, a lay theologian and historian who belongs to a congregation of The Luthe...

23 July 2006 at Salem L.C., Gretna, LA Text: Matt 5:17-26 (Ex 20:1-17; Rom 6:1-11) (Historic) In the Name of + Jesus. Amen. Well, if you li...

I received a nice e-mail from "Father Hollywood" reader Rev. Rob Franck of Mt. Olive Lutheran Church in Duluth, Minn. In this note...

From time to time, I clip (in the figurative sense) articles from the mainline and electronic media that deal with Christianity and culture....