It’s Mid-March and the fast pace of Lent is in full swing. For many pastors, the season of Lent is the busiest time of the year. If you are anything like me, your desk is covered in sticky notes, books and piles of paper all of which are necessary to
Continue readingIn the introduction of The Lutheran Confessions: The History and Theology of the Book of Concord, Arand, Kolb, and Nestingen write: “Unlike most, Lutherans are among those who define their way of life through the public confession of their faith in Jesus Christ.” The same indicate that Lutherans, compared to
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How can you reach Millennials with the Gospel? It’s a question the church is asking as people born between 1981 and 2001 have become the largest age demographic in the United States. Under the banner of “Outreach IQ,” nearly 200 servants of Jesus gathered in Houston at the 2016 fall
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Despite another round of rain in the Cypress area that caused localized flooding, the “public launch” of Cypress Chapel was a great success. Cypress Chapel is the most recent church plant out of St. John in Cypress, where Dr. David Bahn is the senior pastor. Pastor Stephen DeMik, the planting
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The mission of the Lutheran Women’s Missionary League (LWML) is “to assist each woman of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod in affirming her relationship with the Triune God so she is enabled to use her gifts in ministry to the people of the world.” While meeting in biennial session in Lubbock,
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In his book, Generational IQ, Haydn Shaw writes that the future is bright and that Christianity is not dying, as so many in our culture contend. Still, the future is not without challenge. One of the greatest challenges before us is communication and understanding between the generations. Shaw presents the
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A very special thank you to the choir, staff and pastors of Peace Lutheran Church Hurst and the Choir of St. Paul Lutheran Church, Dallas for all the work they did to make our mission celebration an inspiring and enjoyable day. We also thank Thrivent Financial for sponsoring the dinner.
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