I’ve been thinking a lot lately about the situation of pastoral calls in the United States today.  For those who do not know, this past week was Call Week at both of our LCMS seminaries.  The LCMS Joint Seminary Fund recently put out their little PDF file listing where everyone is going, if you’re interested (with some tragic […]
Thirteen years ago today I was ordained into the Office of the Holy Ministry. It was an odd day, frankly. I was ordained, along with a dear friend of mine, at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne. Stiegemeyer and I were being called as admission counselors at CTS. It was in the early months of […]
I spend a lot of time with children in my daily work as a pastor. A lot of that comes from our congregation’s joint school, Christ Lutheran Academy. We also have a pre-school, Little Lambs Learning Center, and I have first communion/confirmation instruction for 4-7th grade. Plus I do things on the side for Higher […]
Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Quasi-modo Geniti (Easter 1 – April 19, 2009) John 20:19-31 For an audio MP3 of this sermon, CLICK HERE TITLE: “Forgiveness†Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this Sunday is the Gospel of John […]
We are seeing an explosion of Study Bibles right now. The ELCA recently released a study bible, we have the new Orthodox Study Bible, the older Concordia Self-Study Bible, and the new ESV Study Bible. Of course, we also have THE Lutheran Study Bible. I’m very interested in study bibles, since they are so influential […]