Lutheran thoughts for Lutheran Minds

02/13/2024

Completely borrowed from a friend.

I know the issue with the "Christian" super bowl commercial. Read the parables in Matthew 25.

01/15/2024

Special Request

Rev. Dr. Gregory Schulz has graciously volunteered to come and teach at the Lutheran School of Theology in March. However, he does not have a sponsoring congregation to cover his travel cost. Average flights and other expenses will be around $2,000. If you would be willing to contribute to this cause, please send your gift to Lutherans in Africa with a note “Dr. Gregory Schulz travel”. Payment info can be found on our website www.lutheransinafrica.com
Thank you!

01/15/2024

This is how we also integrate our youth into the church.

We all have habits, some intentionally developed and others not. Knowing our habits in ministry can be important. For example, we may tend to isolate kids and/or youth from the rest of the congrega…

09/30/2022

I rewatched the funeral of Queen Elizabeth II the other day. Another thing hit me. There were no eulogies, by the grace of God. At my funeral, I want

09/26/2022

Urgent News!

We are in the midst of the time of the greatest urgency for American Christianity in who knows how long. Recent pew research studies h...

04/20/2022

There is no need to envy Evangelicalism. Let's be unabashedly Lutheran!

I think that many of our problems in the Synod stem from envy. We envy the evangelicals. We see their numbers, their programs, and their popularity, and we envy them. We think, “They must be doing something right. If we want to grow and influence our culture, we need to be more like them.” And s...

03/18/2022

The Flood, the Corona Virus, the Riots and Christ for you: Conclusion

Paul says in Romans 13:11-12, the hour has come for you to wake from sleep. For salvation is nearer to us now than when we fir...

02/09/2022

7th Annual AECLC Free ConferenceChrist for Us: The Order of CreationGood Shepherd Lutheran ChurchLincoln, Nebraska

01/19/2022

Young people should become accustomed to true and godly opinions about the female s*x and marriage. But, you will say, the entire world and many wise people detest this kind of life. I answer that by that very attitude they betray their foolishness, for they direct their attention only to the faults and do not open their eyes to take motherhood into consideration. Motherhood reduces all evils to nothing. Besides, in the 4th commandment God himself bestows praise and honor on marriage. Honor your father and mother, he says. But whatever he has established and ordained in his commandments should in no wise be disparaged or spoken of irreverently. (Luther's Works: vol 4. pg. 293 speaking on Genesis 24)

01/18/2022

https://lutheranthoughtsforlutheranminds.blogspot.com/2022/01/surviving-flood-of-pandemic-in-nave.html

01/05/2022

Part two of my multi-point writing on The Flood, the Corona Virus, the Riots and Christ for You: The Flood and Christ for You

https://lutheranthoughtsforlutheranminds.blogspot.com/2022/01/part-ii-flood-and-christ-for-you.html

12/20/2021

Fasting is a joy and not a drudgery when you understand it.

An abundance of good things can fool us into believing we deserve everything we have and just a little bit more, too.