ICHABOD, THE GLORY HAS DEPARTED - explores the Age of Apostasy, predicted in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, to attack Objective Faithless Justification, Church Growth Clowns, and their ringmasters. The antidote to these poisons is trusting the efficacious Word in the Means of Grace. John 16:8. Isaiah 55:8ff. Romans 10. Most readers are WELS, LCMS, ELS, or ELCA. This blog also covers the Roman Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodoxy, and the Left-wing, National Council of Churches denominations.
O blessed home where man and wife Together lead a godly life, By deeds their faith confessing! There many a happy day is spent, There Jesus gladly will consent To tarry with His blessing.
April 5 at 7:46pm To commune or not to commune... that is the question. Here is the scenario: a man comes up for Holy Communion after the presiding minister makes a lengthy (longer than normal since it's Easter and there are more than average amount of guests) explanation of close communion even pointing to the note in the worship folder (which we ran out of, praise the Lord!). If the minister communes him, the few who know him as a fall away WELSer will raise question about our close communion practice. If the minister says "I'd like to commune you but not at this time," and passes him by, he is brought to tears in front of the whole assembly and leaves the service hurt and embittered now loaded with even more ammunition against a "judgmental" church. What would you do? And what would you do for follow up to explain what happened and why?
sitting in my new home office (study) logging on for the first time... 48 hours in to the new location and mostly unpacked... Note: I said unpacked not organized wink emoticon
Nathan Fagerhad the whole team there for what will be the last time for me... one more week of practice before moving... I'm gonna miss this.
Two years... that's right, two years I have had the high honor and privilege of serving God's people in Stevensville and St. Paul's Lutheran Church and School (Stevensville, MI)... thank you for all your support of my family and me... I look forward to many more years.
Tomorrow Jennifer and I are taking time from our busy lives for each other... thanks to my mom for watching the kiddos... I look forward to coming back stronger and equipped to helping others face distractions in their marriages... it's not an easy task and in April we can work at it together!
in their congregations. Pray for two things: that God's Word be clearly taught and the Spirit move the hearts of his people to believe it, obey it, and give glory to God and joy to each other in their marriages.
Marriage retreat in TN was well worth the effort. I can't wait to share what I've learned in April here in Stevensville. Save the date: April 11 and 18!!!
during our marriage enrichment retreat I had the privilege of complimenting my wife more than a few times to fill up her love tank... I'll share this one with you... Jennifer Fager, you make looking good look good!
