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Holy Communion

The irresponsibility of open communion

October 10, 2009

Important words from Piepkorn: I am suggesting that it is wrong to admit individuals to the Holy Eucharist indiscriminately merely because they are physically present, with no effort to determine if they have been baptized, with no effort to determine their continuing status as members of the church, and with no assurance that they have [...]

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Whence cometh the "climate of distrust"?

October 8, 2009

Pastor Michael Brockman of Christ Lutheran Church in Hutchinson, Kansas wrote a penetrating letter to the editor in the latest issue of the Lutheran Witness. President Kieschnick is not the only one wanting the “climate of distrust” gone from among us as LCMS Lutherans [“From the President,” August]. I, too. But how has this climate [...]

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Independence Day Diversions

July 4, 2008

Pastor Benjamin Harju reports on a Lutheran church (albeit not LCMS, ELCA, or WELS) distributing consecrated Goldfish crackers during the communion. Former parishioner and now fellow pastor David Juhl revises some advice on praying for pastors. Pastor Juhl also reproduces an ultra-brief history of how Lutherans came to adopt a Roman Catholic lectionary from the [...]

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