With Laymen Like This Lutheranism Will Thrive: A Letter to Epic Church, by Elaine Gavin

(The following letter was sent to the "church" that Mollie pointed us to in her blog yesterday. Elaine Gavin is a member of Bethany Lutheran Church, Naperville, Illinois and one of the editors of the Steadfast Quarterly. She is one more example of the growth of Confessional Lutheranism amongst the laity.) Dear Epic Church, I happened across your church's website. Some of the many questions that came to mind after looking around it are: When do you serve the members some meat after the ...

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Breaking News: Pastor Wilken to Speak at the National BJS Gathering in February

Pastor Todd Wilken, host of the radio show Issues, Etc. will speak at the second day of the two day national gathering of the Brothers of John the Steadfast this coming February. The theme of the conference is "Courageous Lutherans in the 21st Century" and we humbly welcome two of the most courageous Lutherans as our speakers. Joining Pastor Wilken is the creator of Pirate Christian Radio (the host network for Issues, Etc.) Chris Rosebrough. ...

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A Long Distance Confessions-Reader to Inspire Others

I have had several thrills during the seven year history of our local Confessions Reading Group but last night may have been the greatest thus far. On Monday I had a phone message from John in Bensonville, Illinois a Chicago suburb about 30 minutes northeast of the suburban church I serve, Bethany, Naperville. He had read about our Confessions Reading Group here on the website (see the ...

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Good enough is not good enough (Mollie)

I don't quite know why I was traveling in the dark part of the internet where I found this, but find it I did. It's a blog post at an LCMS church named, for the ages, Epic. I stole the title for ...

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The Nestorianism of the Charismatic Movement, by Pr. Klemet Preus

(This is the fourth in a seven part series on Christology in practice in the LCMS.) The theology of the old St. Louis Seminary was repudiated by the church. But heresy is like a bulge in a ...

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Reading through the Book of Concord, week of Nov 17th

One of the goals of the Brothers of John the Steadfast is the creation of reading groups whose intention is to get with a Pastor and read through the Book of Concord. For those people who do not have ...

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Walther Calls the Evangelical Lutheran Church the True Visible Church on Earth; Matt Harrison Calls it the “Best Thing Going” – Final Blog from the Walther Conference

This final Walther Conference blog is a little late but alas, my first priority is the congregation that has called me to bring them the Gospel. I made the four hour drive back from St. Louis to ...

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Notes on the Liturgy #9 - Readings

(One of the goals of Brothers of John the Steadfast is to train the Brothers in good practice and theology. This article is one in a series that teaches about the liturgy. These articles were ...

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Matt Harrison’s Emphasis on Doctrine is a Godly Change of Pace After “Glory Bound,” Task Force Proposals, and Ayers Petition News

The Brothers of John the Steadfast was established to encourage laymen to know and promote confessional Lutheranism and to support new Lutheran media such as Issues, Etc. One component of the group ...

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