Stand Firm

Dear Friends, When I began this blog, like Saint Jude, “although I was very eager to write to you about the salvation we share, I felt I...

I was “down on my luck,” to put it in the vernacular. Conceived with no hope in the world. One July morning I rolled out of bed, ate br...

After Dr. Martin Luther posted his 95 theses to the Castle Church door in 1517, he not only garnered the attention of those in Wittenberg, b...

“You can only say you’re weak on sanctification if you view sanctification as your work.”  A quote from Pastor Bill Cwirla on episode 18...

It's all over the airwaves, but in case you missed it, the next Brothers of John the Steadfast National Conference is February 15 and 16...

A quote of Lutheran theologian Dr. Valentin Ernst Loescher, describing pietism in the eighteenth century.  The quote comes from Pastor Brent...

Back in another lifetime I was a resident at Denver General Hospital, the main trauma center for the Denver metro area. I spent many a nigh...

Here's a few pics of the beautiful Seattle summer.  It's the last we'll see of sunny days for a while, as the leaves begin to fa...

Quoting Dr. Martin Luther, preaching on the text of John 20:11-18, delivered on April 21, 1530: We are all saints, and cursed is he who d...

A hymn of the reformer Dr. Martin Luther, written in 1524: O Lord, look down from heav'n, behold, And let Thy pity waken; How few ar...