Chapel Sermon — 2026-04-16 Preacher: Todd PeperkornText: Ezekiel 36:22-28Source: YouTube Video https://youtu.be/_Yo1TzEcduk In the name of Jesus. How can a people who have completely failed God still belong to him? That is the question for today. The people of Israel lie under judgment. They are on the brink of exile, scattered, despairing. Suffering from their […]
So I’m working on a bible study for the Circuit Winkel Bible Study Series. Â My topic is “Shepherding Through the Contradictions.” Â 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? Â How are they […]
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 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 […]
In my last post on the topic, I posited that the multiplication of statements has not historically been helpful in the Missouri. Â 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 […]