'Anti-Abortion' Is Only the Beginning The very same week that Barack Obama was inaugurated in Washington as 44th president of the United States, a crowd estimated to be hundreds of thousands strong gathered in the nation's capital Jan. 22 to take part in this year's March for Life. The march has bee...

"The Bridge" is a companion to my book Christ Have Mercy, Chapter 1: Lord, Have Mercy; Christ, Have Mercy; Lord, Have Mercy — "Dear God, I've Got An Empty Sack!" -Pastor H...

Even today the Unknown One meets men on the road in such a way that they can only ask the question 'Who are you?', however often they try to parry it. They must come to grips with him. We must also come to grips with Goethe and Socrates. On this our education and our ethos depend. But on our coming ...

St. Louis, Mo., Feb. 20, 1875 Beloved and honored brother in the Lord, It seems to me you have not sufficiently freed yourself from the new abstract means of expression. In Germany one does not count as being educated nor as being intellectual nor as being a sharp-witted thinker if one has not adopt...

Contact Elected Officials HERE. By Matthew Bigg – Thu Feb 26, 5:56 pm ET ATLANTA (Reuters) – Proposed tax law changes in President Barack Obama's budget could hit charities hard even as demand for their services rises due to the worst recession in decades, U.S. charitable groups warned on Thursd...

C.F.W. Walther wrote from the Belle of La Crosse (pictured) about his continuing struggles with stress and ill health. Ahhh... the pleasures of church work. Said Luther, "My head is like a dull knife. It just won't cut anymore." And Christ to Paul, "My strength is made perfect in weakness." MH On Bo...

Here's an excerpt from a letter of CFW Walther to Friedrich Wyneken. The latter, along with Craemer and or Sihler, managed to convince Walther that he needed a sabbatical in 1859. And he did. Walther in fact had a complete breakdown as other correspondence demonstrates (I've posted some things on th...

Therefore my dear brother, learn Christ and him crucified. Learn to pray to him, and despairing of yourself say: "Thou Lord Jesus art my righteousness, but I am Thy sin. Thou hast taken upon Thyself what is mine, and has given to me what is thine. Thou hast taken upon Thyself what Thou wast not, and...

This photo is taken from the St. Louis Arch. Below is the Old Court House, built in 1828. Right across the street on the right, probably slightly to the west, was located Christ Episcopal Church (which is today Christ Cathedral St. Louis - no longer at the church's original location). Here the Saxon...

I posted this a few months back. In these challenging economic times, mission ONE has to be supporting our seminaries. And they NEED it. GIVE NOW. It's easy on line. You can sign up to give monthly with a debit/credit card. I just did it. Join me. Concordia Seminary, St. Louis or Concordia Theologic...