Territorial Bloggings

Ok, I’m back.
The delay was caused by equal parts server wonkiness and wishy-washiness on my part.
About two weeks ago, my server (specs in the first posting below) kept locking up randomly, which caused me to start trying to troubleshoot the problem. Which is almost never a good thing. I upgraded it from OS X Jaguar [...]

A great quote from the first president of the LCMS, C.F.W. Walther is referenced at Rev. Brondos’ worldmag blog — [edit: unfortunately, the link to this quote is no longer working -- trust me, though, it was a good & accurate quote!]
This quote speaks to the importance of being a “confessionalist? vs. being a “synodicalist.” [...]

Good stuff from this morning’s Divine Service:
Gospel reading & sermon text — Luke 16:1-13 (Parable of the Unjust Steward)
While this text is quite Law-based, there is some valuable Gospel as well, and my pastor did a great job of properly dividing the Law & Gospel. In particular, he used a quote from C.S. Lewis,
“Aim at [...]

Context matters.
So, in order for you to have the context necessary for understanding me & my blog, I offer the following information…
Meta/Worldview Info: (in no particular order)

Words have meaning
There is such a thing as Truth
Truth has been given to us, by God, in the Bible
The Bible is the inerrent and infallible Word of God
The Bible [...]