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Staff – Messiah Lutheran Church Seattle
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An LCMS Congregation serving NE Seattle. Messiah’s Annual Hike:…. Sunday Morning Bible Study. 206) 524-0024 ext 103. 112;astor.lassman@messiahseattle.org. 206) 524-0024 ext 105. 112;astor.mankin@messiahseattle.org. Pastor Jonathon Krenz is a graduate of Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Pastor Krenz has a heart for teaching the Lord’s word to people of all ages. He and his wife, Sarah, have two daughters, Madelyn and Mackenzie. Pastor Krenz is deployed as a missionary in ...
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Timotheos | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. I’ve been thinking about bands and albums to which I keep returning, no matter how long since I first heard them. Here’s my list, in the order they came to mind, more or less. Vigilantes of Love,. VoL; Blister Soul; Slow Dark Train. As Cities Burn,. Hell or High Water. Aunt Betty’s,. Blood on the Tracks; Blonde on Blonde; Time Out of Mind. The Charity of Night. Over the Rhine,. Eve; Good Dog Bad Dog; Films for Radio; Ohio. Harrod and Funck,. Iron and Wine,. The Shepherd’s Dog. America...
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October | 2014 | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. Reformation Week: Loehe on the Lutheran Church. The Lutheran Church knows that the Lord gives his Holy Spirit only through his Word and sacraments, and therefore it recognizes no other effective means than Word and sacrament. …. It is enough, and more than enough, if a man just carries out the ancient duties of a pastor. Superfluous and even a hindrance is the officiousness of. Few means–many good works! That is the way it is with the church. Three Books on the Church. It’s the ...
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September | 2014 | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. Why do sports (and for me, it’s primarily football) continue to compel our attention, even when we’re annoyed or disturbed (and sometimes, it still happens, inspired) by the lives of athletes off the field? I don’t have a full answer to that question, but I do wonder if part of the current problem is that both fans and athletes take sports too seriously. These are. Chesterton once wrote on politics. What’s Wrong with the World. Part 3, VII]. Capon on the Workers in the Vineyard. On No...
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April | 2015 | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. 8220;No, that I do not have strength to believe”. But what about my absolutism with respect to the right. Perhaps it is a variant of this bland faith. You put God a little farther away and change Him into a neuter; in that way you don’t have to reckon with His heart. 53-54) [my annual Lenten reading]. Like Balaam’s Ass…. On The Call Process in the L…. Eric Wooldridge on The Call Process in the L…. Paul on No Battle Hymns for the Americ…. On No Battle Hymns for the Americ…. Create a fr...
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March | 2015 | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. Hermann Sasse was frequently prescient, and since his words so often apply to multiple generations, it’s not surprising that he continues (rightly so) to be read. One particular passage continues to apply to the Church in general, and to The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod in particular:. To which question Sasse spends the rest of the essay giving (or rather confessing) the answer. Becker’s contention is. But two points stand out:. Continue reading →. Like Balaam’s Ass…. Women Pastors ...
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“No, that I do not have strength to believe” | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. 8220;No, that I do not have strength to believe”. But what about my absolutism with respect to the right. Perhaps it is a variant of this bland faith. You put God a little farther away and change Him into a neuter; in that way you don’t have to reckon with His heart. 53-54) [my annual Lenten reading]. An Open Letter to the Guilty →. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Enter your comment here. Fill in your details below or click an icon to log in:. Email (Address never made public). Confession...
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Reformation Week: Loehe on the Lutheran Church | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. Reformation Week: Loehe on the Lutheran Church. The Lutheran Church knows that the Lord gives his Holy Spirit only through his Word and sacraments, and therefore it recognizes no other effective means than Word and sacrament. …. It is enough, and more than enough, if a man just carries out the ancient duties of a pastor. Superfluous and even a hindrance is the officiousness of. Few means–many good works! That is the way it is with the church. Three Books on the Church. You are comment...
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December | 2014 | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. 8220;The Flight Into Egypt” III. Well, so that is that. Now we must dismantle the tree,. Putting the decorations back into their cardboard boxes–. Some have got broken–and carrying them up to the attic. The holly and mistletoe must be taken down and burnt,. And the children got ready for school. There are enough. Left-overs to do, warmed-up, for the rest of the week–. Not that we have much appetite, having drunk such a lot,. To love all of our relatives, and in general. The office was...
