So I’m working on a bible study for the Circuit Winkel Bible Study Series. My topic is “Shepherding Through the Contradictions.” As I am thinking through this project, I would love some input. What are the contradictions that a pastor faces every day? What are the contradictions his people face every day? How are they [...]
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Shepherding Through the Contradictions
January 25, 2012
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You don’t need to have children to have a marriage…
April 21, 2011
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This post by my cyberfriend Pastor Hans Fiene encapsulates so much of my own thinking on missions, outreach, and the place of buildings and such, I thought that I had actually written it in my sleep and morphed it into his brain. Okay, that’s a really weird sentence, but you get the idea. Districts are cutting [...]
Why the LCMS can’t exercise church discipline
September 14, 2010
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(Why groups like the ACELC aren’t helpful: Part Three) So let’s get to the point. I am going to make a couple presumptions here from my reading of the ACELC, its documents and stated goals. If I have misunderstood or misrepresented those goals, I will gladly receive correction. As I read the stated intents of [...]
Why groups like the ACELC aren’t helpful: Part Two
August 31, 2010
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In my last post on the topic, I posited that the multiplication of statements has not historically been helpful in the Missouri. I would be delighted to be corrected, but I am hard pressed to find one example in our LCMS history that would point to an external group (which I will explain in a [...]
Why groups like the ACELC aren’t helpful: Part One
August 25, 2010
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I do not believe that groups like the ACELC are helpful to the cause of faithful Lutheranism in our midst. While this is not an exhaustive examination, it is a start of my thoughts on the process. I would welcome your thoughts and insights along the way. The Association of Confessing Evangelical Lutheran Congregations (ACELC) [...]
Perspective: Houston, Day One (July 9)
July 10, 2010
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It has been some time since I was really involved in synodical leadership. The last time I attended a convention was six years ago, and while I am blessed to serve on the South Wisconsin District Board of Directors, my involvement in our church body at large has been minimal since my illness several years [...]
This will be my fourth synodical convention I have attended, and the second as a delegate. One of the questions which always seems to surface in a major way is the all-important question: WHAT TO WEAR? For laity, the answer is simple: business casual. Being neither laity nor a businessman, I’m not entirely sure I know what [...]
I am considering using my techie powers for good and writing daily updates from the convention while I’m there. My question to you is, is this something you would find helpful? Leave a comment and let me know. Thanks. -Peperkorn
The Presence, by Berthold von Schenk
May 6, 2010
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This book, listed above, isa rather interesting book written if I recall in 1945. Berthold von Shenk is often cited and considered one of the fathers of the liturgical movement in the LCMS. He is without a doubt one of the more interesting characters, that’s for sure. Rev. Paul Sauer did a nice job with [...]
A New Bible for Christ’s Church: The Lutheran Study Bible
October 1, 2009
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[From the October 2009 Messiah's Messenger] It should come as no surprise to anyone that I love books. Step into my office and you might as well be stepping into a library. But there is no doubt that some books are more important than others. The chief of these is God’s Word, the Bible. And [...]
