Month: August 2016

We looked at the Prophets and their look at social issues and mercy a while back from the perspective of Theodore Laetsch.  In their proclamation of Law they understood that only the Gospel can motivate. “The prophets knew...

The picture is from Erik Lunsford and the article is from the LCMS Website For an online donation of $1 or more, you can help provide computers for students at a Lutheran boarding school in Kenya, East Africa. In its first two...

The Star Tribune said that they were “unruly”.  I thought they looked like the old brown shirts.  Kicking and spitting on people, punching an old man and a woman.  I’m sure that the Trump supporters that were...

There used to be a general acknowledgement of something called natural law.  The gist I suppose, would be to say that there are certain things that human beings cannot help but know are wrong.  They are “written on the...

Shepherd of the Lake Lutheran Church in Garrison, MN lost a “chief vacuum cleaner operator, stewardship committee member, Bible study teacher, usher . . .” this morning when John Vessey went to be with Jesus.  He...