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Osteen: “God Wants to Supersize your Joy” — So what’s wrong with that?

The following is by Rev. Dr. Brian Lee, pastor of Christ Reformed Church in Washington D.C. and is used with his permission. This was originally posted on The Daily Caller on May 1, 2012.\   On Sunday night [April 29, 2012], 41,000 fans packed Nationals Stadium in Washington, D.C., to hear a message of hope, inspiration, and encouragement from Joel Osteen. Most paid about $20 (including fees) for the privilege. Osteen sold out the stadium—a feat the Nationals rarely accomplish. ...

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From CPH -- Take our Tech Survey

Found on Cyberbrethren:   Want to win a FREE Kindle Fire? Take our technology survey to enter for a chance to win! We are very serious about listening to our customers, and your answers on this survey will directly impact the future of CPH. We greatly appreciate your time and input! Click on this link to start taking the survey, and keep in mind, that in order to be eligible for the random drawing for a FIRE you must complete the ...

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Steadfast Dads -- Authority

The last topic we addressed was discipline.  Children need to learn an attitude.  They need to learn humility more than they need to learn rules.  Rules change as we grow older.  The humble attitude remains.  Love does not exalt itself.  It is not puffed up.  It does not preen and posture.  It humbles itself before others. Jesus exercised authority by washing his disciples’ feet.  ...

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Sermon -- Rev Tony Sikora -- A New Name, A New Life, and the World still Hates You

Grace, mercy and peace be unto you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ.  AMEN!  Our text for this morning's sermon is taken from St. John's gospel account the 17th chapter (John 17:11b-19).   Beloved in the Lord, Take heart! "There is one mediator between God and men, the man Jesus Christ" (1 Timothy 2:5).  And this morning He prays for you and me ...

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Sermon -- Rev Tony Sikora -- Ascension Day

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit.  AMEN Beloved in the Lord, Having opened their minds to understand the scriptures Jesus led His disciples as far as ...

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Great Stuff -- Detroit's Historic Churches Still Thriving, Helping City

Found on the Detroit Free Press. Click the link to watch the video segment.   At Historic Trinity Lutheran in Detroit, you'll find architectural gems inside the sanctuary, a rare ...

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Does God Hate the Sin but Love the Sinner?

Troubled sinner: “I’ve done a terrible thing.  God must hate me.” Well-meaning friend: “No, that isn’t true.  God hates the sin, but loves the sinner.” That’s some pretty ...

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Wyoming District Convention Report

I had the opportunity to be a delegate to the Wyoming District Convention this past weekend.  It was a good convention with relatively no controversy at all.  The majority of resolutions were ...

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Blue Here, Blue There... But What's Going on with that other Blue Thing?!?

Ever since the Missouri Synod has been “re-branded” in blue and even Gottesdienst Online got hip to the new trend and dressed up in blue for a few days, I have had blue on my mind. And it struck ...

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Boredom vs. Duty

Everyone gets bored. There isn't a parent alive who has not been plagued by a bored child. Not a boring child, but a bored one. "I'm so bored!" comes the moaning cry from one who has iPods, TVs, ...

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Steadfast in Indiana -- A Report on the 2012 Indiana District Northern Pastors' Conference

On Monday, May 14 and Tuesday, May 15, 2012 the Indiana District Northern Pastors’ Conference was held at Swan Lake Resort in Plymouth, Indiana.  The keynote speaker was The Rev. Thomas Winger, ...

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Steadfast Office -- Theology, not Politics

And Jesus came and spoke to them, saying, “All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father ...

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Let Us Say Goodbye To Ladder Theology!

Ladder theology is the idea that mankind ascends to God through his/her own will, emotions and intellect in order to draw closer to God. Ladder theology accepts the idea that mankind has fallen from ...

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Liturgical Boot Camp

When is the last time you saw the word “liturgical,” in the same sentence with “boot camp”? Initially they don’t seem to have anything in common but upon further investigation this belief ...

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ULC and the courts - a back and forth between pastors.

Recently there has been a public debate ongoing on Facebook in regards to the ULC lawsuit against the MNS leadership.  Rev. Mark Surburg wrote publicly confronting Rev. David Kind about his exegesis ...

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The Best Construction -- Luther on the 8th commandment

Theological discussion centered in the article of Justification is one of the many treasures that Jesus Christ gives to His Bride, the Church, (Matthew 18:19-20).  Wherever and whenever two or three ...

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The Catechism -- Learning God’s Word by Heart

Training in God’s Word begins at home.  With this in mind, Luther wrote this heading before each part of the Catechism, “In the plain form in which the head of the family shall teach them to his ...

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Great Stuff Found on the Web -- A Love Letter to Mothers

A post found on Katie Schuermann's blog, He Remembers the Barren:   Dear Mothers, There are so many things I like about you. I like it that you give birth to and adopt children, no ...

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God's Gift of Motherhood

Here are some good quotes for our moms this day: The man called his wife’s name Eve, because she was the mother of all living. Genesis 3:20  For you formed my inward parts; you knitted me ...

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Great Stuff -- How Obama became Pro-Gay Marriage

Another Great Stuff post on Pastor Philip Hoppe's blog, Meditations of the Heart:   Listen to his own words: "I have to tell you that over the course of several years as I have talked ...

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