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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...
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Updated Links | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. It’s been a while, but I’ve updated and deleted bad links or links to things that stopped publishing 5 years ago. Kind of weird to see which Lutheran bloggers stopped blogging and which are no longer Lutheran. Anyway, there ya go. Capon on the Workers in the Vineyard →. 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). You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. ( Log Out. Four and T...
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Capon on the Workers in the Vineyard | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. Capon on the Workers in the Vineyard. 8220;when evening came”]. Heaven, in short, is fun. And if you don’t like that, Buster (. 8220;friend”]), you can just go to…well, you’ll have to use your own imagination. You’ll need it: this is the only bar in town. Robert Farrar Capon,. Kingdom, Grace, Judgment. 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). Notify me of new comments via email.
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New Traditions and Old | Balaam's Ass
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Like Balaam’s Ass…. New Traditions and Old. But could they please just acknowledge that they have a tradition and that it’s about 15 years old? As if what has been developed and strengthened and worked out for generations suddenly doesn’t “work” any more, and now they’re going to get it right? Let me put it this way: nothing comes from nowhere. From where do the songs come? From where do the thoughts about the texts come? From where do the ideas for how to set up a “worship space” come? I realize this di...
