Archive for the 'Lutheran Confessions' Category

Martin Luther Quiz

June 12, 2008

You can test your knowledge of Martin Luther by taking THIS interactive, 18-question, self-answering quiz on the life and teachings of Luther.  I loved this quiz not only because there was no penalties for wrong answers, but there are some great photos as part of the exercise. 

What Is Not Reported in the Reporter

June 12, 2008

Pastor Larry L. Beane identifies a few issues causing concern and consternation to the good people of the Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod. 

Issues Etc. Update

April 4, 2008

A new web site, Augsburg1530, has been set up to serve as a hub of information for concerned people who are still looking for some valid, convincing and legitimate answers to the many questions surrounding the fiasco the leadership of the LCMS created when they cancelled the radio program “Issues Etc.”   

What are those questions?  Well, [...]

Why Study Reformation Theology

April 3, 2008

In a review of the book by Mark Noll and Carolyn Nystrom, Is the Reformation Over? An Evangelical Assessment of Contemporary Roman Catholicism, Scott Manetsch writes: 

“Now more than ever, there is urgent need for evangelical Protestants in North America to ‘protest’ against theological superficiality, to eschew cultural faddishness and myopic presentism, and recover their historical [...]

Issues Etc. Update

April 3, 2008

Go HERE to read President Kieschnick’s silly and sad attempt to respond to the Wall Street Journal article about the LCMS’s radio silence

HERE is a response demonstrating why President Kieschnick’s lame defense of canning “Issues Etc” for financial reasons does not hold water. 

Issues Etc. Cancelled

March 30, 2008

In case you have not yet heard, “Issues Etc.” a nationally syndicated radio program put out by the LCMS has been cancelled.This news even made the Wall Street Journal. 

Go HERE for more information about the cancellation of Issues Etc. as well as an interview by Mike Horton of the White Horse Inn with the Mollie [...]

Quiz for Lutherans

January 8, 2008

Here is a fun little questionnaire you can take to find out just how Lutheran you are.

Testimony of General Petraeus

September 11, 2007

You can accept what the lying liberal media says, or you can read the complete transcript of General Petraeus’ testimony HERE.    

What our troops have done is a great story.  Too bad newspapers only report the news they like these days.  It’s even sadder (though hardly surprising) that they’re currently enamored with stories that benefit America’s [...]

Media Coverage of Iraq War

August 31, 2007

Karl gives a brilliant and massive overview of the establishment media coverage of the conflict in Iraq over at Jeff Goldstein’s  blog.  In his fine piece, Karl quotes James Q. Wilson who observed in the Autumn 2006 City Journal: 

When the Center for Media and Public Affairs made a nonpartisan evaluation of network news broadcasts, it found that during the active [...]

Receiving the Forgiveness of Sin

August 27, 2007

Here Martin Luther defends his understanding of how God offers, gives, seals and conveys the forgiveness of sins to His people through means, that is, through His Word which comes to us accompanied with visible elements in the sacraments.   

This quote is from Against the Heavenly Prophets: 
So that our readers may the better perceive our [...]