This (I say) it is profitable and necessary always to teach to the young people, to admonish them and to remind them of it, that they may be...

A layman mailed me the Michigan Lutheran Seminary brochure. I found it sad, touching, and disturbing as well. Doubtless the Luther Prep situ...

Thou shalt not covet... Therefore we allow these commandments to remain in their ordinary meaning, that it is commanded, first, that we do n...

One person wisely commented that Reformed doctrine, from Zwingli and Calvin and the Pietists, is more dangerous than Romanism among Lutheran...

All this has been said regarding secret sins. But where the sin is quite public so that the judge and everybody know it, you can without any...

Thou shalt not bear false witness. Next, it extends very much further, if we are to apply it to spiritual jurisdiction or administration; he...

On pages 20 and 21 is the Synod Convention discussion - Pre-Convention Coverage. One can easily infer that MLS closure is a foregone conclu...

The WELS AnswerMan has done it again. I suspect AnswerMan also wrote the letter being answered. The basic content is - We visited an LCMS co...

ELCA NEWS SERVICE July 2, 2007 ELCA to Offer Worship Jubilee 2007 in Chicago, August 3-6 07-119-LL* CHICAGO (ELCA) -- The Evangelical ...

Thou shalt not steal. Therefore they are also called swivel-chair robbers, land- and highway-robbers, not pick-locks and sneak-thieves who s...

Now, I speak of this in order that the young may be so guided that they conceive a liking for the married estate, and know that it is a bles...

Thou shalt not commit adultery. Therefore God has also most richly blessed this estate above all others, and, in addition, has bestowed on i...

If you want to know what is going on in the bowels of The Love Shack, 2929 N. Mayfield Road, read Wayne Mueller's blog. Ichabod costs no...

Milwaukee Journal Sentinel , Dec 25, 2006 by TOM HEINEN Martin Luther wrote the lyrics centuries ago, but the eighth- note rock rhythms t...

WELS President-in-Waiting Wayne Mueller: God Bless Our Decisions Last weekend the Synodical Council found itself in nearly the identical fin...

God must not bless commercialism in His Church, because the money-changers in the Temple always drive out good stewardship. The biggest prob...

Thou shalt not murder. Secondly, under this commandment not only he is guilty who does evil to his neighbor, but he also who can do him goo...

"You Are My All in All" copyright, Dennis Jernigan, 1991 Shepherd's Heart Music You are my strength when I am weak, You are th...

Americans are anti-language training. A pastor needs to know various languages: Hebrew, Latin, Greek, German. A number of WELS pastors said,...

"With regard to textual criticism, KJV advocates take the illogical position that the relatively recent manuscripts which were availabl...

The Good Prep schools are synod supported high schools designed to give a classical, European style education to future teachers and pastors...

I found this at Issues in WELS . They copied it from a previous report. An Interesting Thought from 1961 by Benjamin Tomczak (6-25-07) I was...

The Augsburg Confession was largely the work of Philip Melanchthon. Luther had to stay away because his life was in danger. Imagine that. Th...

I remember the old days, when WELS was entirely foreign to me. No one paid attention to WELS because the synod was almost absent where I liv...

For let me tell you this, even though you know it perfectly and be already master in all things, still you are daily in the dominion of the ...

Remember the Sabbath day to keep it holy. For the Word of God is the sanctuary above all sanctuaries, yea, the only one which we Christians ...

Besides, it is an exceedingly effectual help against the devil, the world, and the flesh and all evil thoughts to be occupied with the Word ...

I believe Kieschnick will be re-elected with an overwhelming vote this summer. His slate will probably win, too. LCMS will meet July 14th. P...

"Dear brothers, Today the Conference of Presidents (COP) met in teleconference. They learned that 105 congregations have responded to ...

Thou shalt not take the name of the Lord, thy God, in vain. But, the greatest abuse occurs in spiritual matters, which pertain to the consci...