14 December 2008 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Matt 11:2-11 (Isa 40:1-11, 1 Cor 4:1-5) In the name of + Jesus. Amen. We open...

One of the most frustrating things about the Missouri Synod is our intellectual inbreeding. What I mean is that most of our thinking and wri...

To the dismay of readers who are still using dial-up, I've added yet another widget to the right-hand margin of this blog labeled "...

We had snow yesterday for the third time in 17 years (the last was Christmas Day, 2004). It became an "event." Morning devotions ...

10 December 2008 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Mark 1:1-8 (Isa 40:1-11, 2 Pet 3:8-14) In the name of + Jesus. Amen. We’ll all ...

Last Saturday, we managed to visit the new Borders on Canal Street for their grand opening. The store, located in a particularly luscious p...

I don't think this will change anyone's mind, but here is a cogent, rational, and straight to the point examination of the issue in...

...freedom is slavery, ignorance is strength, and it's not a bailout , says Chrysler. If they could make cars like they can sling you-kn...

Thanks to the Rev. Christopher Hall for for this article about the resurgence of traditional liturgical practice in the heart of the Bible...

7 December 2008 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Luke 21:25-36 (Mal 4:1-6, Rom 15:4-13) In the name of + Jesus. Amen. “And there ...

A musical interlude featuring some of the beautiful flora and fauna of Louisiana (the Bengal tiger is, like our Indian-American governor, no...

3 December 2008 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Mark 13:24-37 In the name of + Jesus. Amen. How different are our Lord’s two a...

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Ben Bernanke is something else . He assures us that there is "no comparison" between the current recession and the great depressio...

Sometimes the most annoying things are the smallest - like paper cuts. Does anyone know why the following language was changed in the Te Deu...

29 November 2008 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Matt 21:1-9 In the name of + Jesus. Amen. Once again, the Christian Church fi...

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Probably the funniest eighteen minute song ever recorded. A blessed Thanksgiving Day to all.

The father of modern Atheism, philosopher Antony Flew , shocked his followers by becoming a Deist. What convinced him to finally reject Ath...

26 November 2008 at Salem Lutheran Church, Gretna, LA Text: Luke 17:11-19 (Deut 8:1-10, Phil 4:6-20) In the name of + Jesus. Amen. In the t...