(This blog is a slightly-edited version of a column I wrote for Area D Connections, July 1, 2013. Some recent experiences cause me to commend these comments to you once again.) Nowhere is Scripture soft on false teaching. And nowhere is Scripture soft on our responsibility to hold to sound
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Several new communities are being reached with the Gospel of Jesus in the Rio Grande Valley through a variety of mission outreach efforts. One involves potatoes—yes, you read correctly: spuds, Idaho’s best, Mister and Missus, the raw material for French Fries. The Orphan Grain Train blesses the Rio Grande Valley
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Wherever I go, I find people of God who want to be better equipped to witness. They long to be able to tell people the good news of Jesus. But they lack confidence. They feel unprepared. They are afraid. What is wrong? I have found that the core to our
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In my blog dated June 6, 2016, I identified three issues as the most important at this summer’s LCMS national convention. Here is a concise summary of the action taken on those issues along with some brief reflections. Ecclesiastical supervision. The floor committee put forth a proposal to amend the
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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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God sent His one and only Son for our salvation. Jesus sent His followers to proclaim His name and demonstrate His love, grace, and power. God’s people, the church, send workers into the abundant harvest field. Eagle Ford Church, based in Kenedy, Texas, is in the midst of sending. Jonathan
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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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This week at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis and at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, new vicars, deaconess and pastors were called to serve in congregations across the country. We celebrate these men and women as they, and their families, serve the Lord in their new congregations! The 2016
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Mission Prayer—Because No One Can Do This Alone An elderly pastor told me some of his story regarding his evangelism activity. Long retired but still active as a disciple, he would go to a bar at a ski lodge with regularity and sit at a table. His drink was sweetened
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