Martin Luther’s Writings on the Web

Eventually, when you want to learn more about Lutheranism, you will want to read the work of Martin Luther. For those of us who don’t necessarily want to add the American edition of Luther’s Worksto the library, it is fortunate that a number of websites that have the writings of Martin Luther for the reading. [...]

New Blog Feature: The Morning Office from Concordia Theological Seminary

The Concordia Theological Seminary community invites you to listen to the Morning Office held daily at 10:00 a.m., Monday through Friday. The audio from the Chapel service is posted daily, and is typically available by 12:00 p.m. (Eastern). You can access these recordings directly from the links in the new sidebar feature, Daily Morning Office.

Lutherans Sought for Survey

I received this after having participated in the first part of the survey. Dr Burkee was appreciative of the idea of opening up to the widest possible Lutheran audience using this and other blogs to get the word out — he called it an innovative idea. Link to this post or cut-and-paste into your own [...]

Lutheran Carnival of Blogs, issue XXVII

Lutheran Carnival 27 is up and running at Michael P. O’Connor’s blog: http://blog.mikeoconnor.net/

Individual Confession and Absolution

Christ comes to you and me through the means of grace: the Holy Scriptures, Baptism, and the Lord’s Supper. He offers forgiveness of sins to us not only through these means of grace, but also through individual confession and absolution. Confession and absolution are part of “the Office of the Keys.” The Small Catechism states, [...]

Enrolment Rates Soar in Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod Seminaries

Wednesday, Nov. 2, 2005 The Christian Post Seminary enrollment has been rising sharply in the past few years, and according to new statistics released by universities related with the Lutheran Church–Missouri Synod, figures continue to rise. While some seminaries have been closing down their doors, many conservative and evangelical seminaries have been flourishing in the [...]

Question: Who wants to be a Lutheran minister?

Op/Ed piece from the Anglican Journal, The Anglican Church of Canada by PETER MIKELIC Q: How long does it take to become a Lutheran pastor?A: a) 6 years; b) 3 years; c) 4 years; d) schooling not required Q: How much does it cost to become a pastor?A: a) it’s free! (the church pays for [...]

Lutheran Carnival IX

Lutheran Carnival IX is now up thanks to the hard work of Teresa at Be Strong in the Grace. Check it out.

Lutherans are not Protestants

For a slightly different take on the question: “Are Lutherans Protestant?” you may want to got to Ask the Pastor. I have never been totally comfortable answering the question, in a largely historical way, as Pastor Snyder has so aptly done. Pastor Snyder is not wrong, the facts are there, and square with what I [...]

Lutheran Carnival VIII

Lutheran Carnival VIII was posted on 10/9 by Disgrunteld World Citizen on Full Throttle & an Empty Gas Tank. Kudos for work done well.

Follow

Get every new post delivered to your Inbox.

Join 518 other followers