More from Narrative Commentary on the Divine Service by John Pless. Notice how we hear from a prophet, an apostle, and an evangelist every Sunday: SALUTATION, COLLECT – (p. 189) The pastor stands in the congregation as Christ’s servant. The vestment he wears indicates that
George Will gives an object lesson about what happened to an ordinary citizen when the government presumed to control the economy: The crime scene at 138 Griffith St. has changed in 76 years. Today it is a barber shop. In 1934, it was a tailoring
A dramatic practical application of “weird science” may revolutionize computers in the next five years: A new photonic chip that works on light rather than electricity has been built by an international research team, paving the way for the production of ultra-fast quantum computers with
Another great sermon from Pastor Douthwaite, preaching on Luke 15:1-10. An excerpt: And so Jesus says: “What man of you, having a hundred sheep, if he has lost one of them, does not leave the ninety-nine in the open country, and go after the one
More from the Narrative Commentary on the Divine Service by Prof. John Pless of Concordia Theological Seminary (Ft. Wayne, IN). Again, our pastor had these brief introductions read before each part of the service as a way to teach the liturgy. Notice that the entire
Tea partiers scored big in this week’s primary elections, defeating long-established Republican politicians with newcomers whose zeal exceeds their experience. Now Democrats, just as they were getting resigned to a rout in November, are thinking that maybe they will do OK, that the Republican Tea
Luther used bar tunes in his hymns, right? So we too can use the pop music of the entertainment industry for our church songs, right? Once again, as I have explained before, a “bar tune” in music history is NOT a song that was sung
From Narrative Commentary to the Divine Service by John Pless: It is only through the forgiveness of sins that we enter into the life of heaven. To confess your sins is to speak the truth about your life. This truth you learn from the Word
You’ve got to hand it to the Brits, as Anne Applebaum explains: “Vicious cuts.” “Savage cuts.” “Swingeing cuts.” The language that the British use to describe their new government’s spending reduction policy is apocalyptic in the extreme. The ministers in charge of the country’s finances
Christian physicist Frank Tipler, via Stephen Hawking, offers an update on St. Thomas Aquinas: In 1966, Stephen Hawking published his first — completely valid — proof for the existence of God. Over the next seven years, he followed this with even more powerful valid theorems
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