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I realize some of you are interested in Bonhoeffer and this month one of his books is the free one for download at http://christianaudio.com/free They also have a book by Piper this month. Requires registration, they aren't too bad at flooding you with emails and each month is another free...

New Age roots I would agree that many if not most of the people who eat organic food aren't doing it for life force but instead thinking it's safer or better for the environment. Now my basic thesis would be that it might be, certainly it likely is compared to the mammon worshippers. But the...

In case anyone is needing a volume or wants the whole works. Concordia Publishing has a sale on Luther's Works for 1/2 price. That's both the print and the electronic versions. cph.org: Luther's Works on CD-ROM by Luther, Martin= Is the electronic, $124.50

That's what he wikipedia article on universalism say. It says: " John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, became sympathetic to the teaching of universal reconciliation and embraced it near the end of his life.[34]" Now that was news to me. Of course the way these things work, it's kind of a...

Fergus Falls might take awhile to recover, the Lutheran Brethren and Free Lutherans both in town having conventions at the same time. It was easy to tell them apart, the name tags were different. Anyway, we, the Lutheran Brethren, had a huge Constitutional Amendment to work through. It...

For the month of June, Concordia Publishing has their Reader's Edition of the Book of Concord on sale for half price. That includes all forms, including the pocket and electronic. cph.org: Concordia by McCain, Paul T, General Editor Is a link to the standard edition, the other forms are...

Doing a bit of historical reading. And I ran into the dispute between Walther and the Conference. Which for those who aren't familiar, the Conference as in thos Scandinavian Lutherans who's seminary was Augsburg Seminary in Minneapolis in the 1870's. They were involved in a big...

I was wondering something, which I know is a dangerous thing. Anyway, I let it sit for awhile but it still tickles and I haven't seen a thing that explains it. Anyway, I know the LCMS and the AALC voted for full fellowship, but I was a bit surprised that something like 30% of the LCMS...

I was wondering if you would be so kind as to answer a question that was raised by a person in the Fundamentalist Forum. Not a Fundamentalist but someone who comes and wants to argue all the time. I'm sorry for bothering you. He made a statement: Which I thought was rather obviously not...

I was reading the "History of the Council of Trent" By Félix Bungener, Laurence Louis Félix Bungener, John McClintock, David Dundas Scott Translated by David Dundas Scott and they have some early father quotes which we don't hear a lot and I thought I would share them. No Never did Luther or...

I was thinking of WildStrawberry and her lose of her beloved Oscar. And it got me thinking on the subject of pets. I still miss for instance our dog, Purp, a mixed blood, who was primarily English or Australian shepherd. The smartest animal I've ever known. Some times I think he raised me...

Quia subscription to Book of Concord. The thread asking who has read the Book of Concord made me wonder about the quia subscription to it claimed by several synods. 1. Is the quia subscription a requirement of all members, or just clergy? 2. At what time or rite if ever would one confess...

Tornado went through yesterday afternoon. I just got home before it came. Sirens in town were blaring. It went through the north end of town where the town is literally only two block wide. Destroyed some homes. Pictures at http://rolla.nd.utma.com/rolla_tornado_pictures.htm Then it came by...

We interrupt this fight to bring you an important announcement. Lutheran soteriology relies on the Bible alone as it's sole source and norm and so ends up being somewhat in between Calvinism and Arminianism. While both of those are very logical systems of soteriology, both are open to criticism...

If anyone is interested, the Lutheran Wiki at www.lutheranwiki.org appears to be a pretty good source. Marv

I have been called by my congregation to enter the office of public ministry as an elder. I will join 4 other men in a plurality of elders to lead our church. The ordination ceremony will take place in a couple of months, when it can be scheduled. It's a rather humbling responsibility. Marv

I had the flu a few days ago and well, I think I'm now entering into fairly serious pneumonia. It really hurts to touch any of my ribs on the right side and oxygen molecules are getting a bit rare so I'm not going to try and make it through the night. My brother's here and I just told him he...

The fighting in subsaharan Africa has been spillng over into Chad for awhile now, but it is getting worse. Missionaries have now been evacuated. The countries leadership is weak. He lost a lot of support when he changed the Constitution so he could serve another term. And so on. It all seems...

I was wondering what the ordination affirmations are in the various synods. I don't know if they vary or not and I don't know a resource with them. I'm not even sure if one takes his ordination vows at the time of ordination or graduation or just when. Or just what the requirements of...

I was kind of wondering about the distribution of Lutherans in Canada. I was thinking there probably aren't a lot in Quebec due to it being settled so early and the French influence. Thought maybe not much in the Maritimes or even Ontario either. I was thinking the prairies of Alberta and...