Month: August 2013

  MARK IV: These Christian, holy people are recognized by the Office of the Keys exercised publicly. The office of the keys (Matt 18:15-20) involves the confession and forgiveness of sins—“if a Christian sins, he should be...

MARK III: These Christian, holy people are recognized by the holy Sacrament of the Altar. Again, Luther stresses that the Lord’s Supper must be “rightly administered, believed, and received, according to Christ’s institution.”...

    MARK II: These Christian, holy people are recognized by Baptism. This “holy bath of regeneration” (Titus 3:5), if “taught, believed, and administered correctly according to Christ’s ordinance,” is a “public sign and a...

Lutheran church and seminary leaders from around the world descended upon Lithuania over the course of the past 24 hours, traveling from every corner of the globe. They are there to consider the conference theme: Suffering,...

Those who have travelled to Kenya spend a lot of time in the Jomo Kenyatta airport.  You land there late at night and you take off late at night so your view is limited but his was the scene this week  Interesting to me is the...