Modern Heresy

It is widely reported that Arius wrote hymns containing his heretical theology. This allowed his doctrines to spread easily and quickly.
Now for a modern day heresy (not a new heresy… just a new heretical song):

Waiting for Leopard

I got the t-shirt but not the OS. I went to the local Apple store tonight with a friend. We were in the first 500 so I got the shirt. My guestimate is that there were probably about 300 people there total. My copy of Leopard is in the mail. I recently got a new [...]

Hymn Scripture Reference

Has anyone else noticed that in Lutheran Service Book (LSB) the reference to the Apocrypha was removed from the hymn, Now Thank We All Our God (LSB: 895, TLH: 36).
In The Lutheran Hymnal the scripture reference given is Ecclesiasticus 50:2: “Now therefore bless ye the God of all, which only doeth wondrous things everywhere, which [...]

Crummy Church Signs Book Release Party!

Today a new book releases from Humor-Blogs.com!  It is entitled Crummy Church Signs Volume 1 (2004 – 2007).  Taken as a “Best of…” from the popular Crummy Church Signs website, this book includes pictures of some of the worst church signs you’ll ever see (poor grammar, bad theology, silly jokes, etc) along with the author’s [...]

I was on Issues, etc…. kinda

When Rev. Todd Wilken presented a sectional at the Concordia Seminary symposium I had the opportunity to speak with him afterwards regarding his 3-part sermon diagnostic (I’ll add the parts in here later). I used it on student teaching in the spring of 2006 to talk to my seniors about “what to look for in [...]

Idiocy in St. Louis

The City of St. Louis has been embroiled in a bitter debate about the status of the fire department. The former (as of yesteday) Chief of the Fire Department refused to promote a number of firefighters to senior leadership positions because he felt that the test that they took was “biased against African-Americans.” A federal [...]