Monday, June 28, 2021

The Northern Great Plains Choir Is Back Home


We have known Pastor Jim Shrader and his wife Chris for decades. We knew they were musically gifted back in Columbus, Ohio. We actually met Glen Kotten on our trip to Sioux Falls. We did not know he was a singer too (apart from the song he posted). That was great having them singing for the service, dealing with our distant computer pipe organ.

To test our patience, Sassy chose to walk in and settle down for attention. She was happy to be ushered out and join Mrs. Ichabod in the overflow section. She is getting a great deal of help through Medicare.

I finally saw The Bible Book, though Amazon continues to taunt me by telling me and showing me which copies are arriving everywhere.


 Those who bend the knee to CFW Walther take shelter in his election theses, confident that the contradictions will back up their Objective Justification. CFW's warmed over Calvinism cannot grasp what the Formula of Concord says. Martin Chemnitz wrote this part of the Formula himself, to guard against false teachers like Walther and Pieper. The Second Martin (as Chemnitz has been called) was trained by Luther and Melanchthon, so our century of apostasy has been shockingly silent about Chemnitz.