Susan's Pendulum

"Can a Christian be demon possessed?"  I've lost count of how many times I've heard people ask that question.  And this we...

Brethren, if a man is overtaken in any trespass, you who are spiritual restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness, considering yourself le...

In Psalm 73, Asaph is talking about how things seem to go just swimmingly for the unbelievers. How come life is swell for those who sass Go...

In our story today, Pastor pointed out the response of the people on the ship to the storm. When the boat was in danger, when their lives w...

Asaph is having a hard time with the way it seems life plays out. The unbelievers prosper. They have wealth. They have comfort. They opp...

God gives daily bread. Whatever we have is from Him. Whatever we have is what He has decided is good for us. Because of our sinful flesh, we...

Do you suppose that maybe, just maybe, God knows what's good for me ... even when I am confused and uncomfortable and in pain? I might ...

I found this in an article by Dr Scaer, published in a 1980 Lutheran Synod Quarterly and reprinted in a 1983 Concordia Theological Quarterly...

Band-aids do not cure cuts. Band-aids do not help a wound to heal. Band-aids are useful in keeping a cut clean, so that infection is not ...

Much of "Jesus, Grant That Balm and Healing" is about avoiding temptation or overcoming temptation by meditation upon His cross an...

After Dr Kleinig finished discussing the hymn with us, he talked about the foundation of basic spiritual warfare. God's law accuses. Tha...

Back to the Gerhardt hymn translated by Kleinig... I am God's and He is mine; Who can ever part us? Even if the cross slips in painfully...

Let the devil rant and rage; death has lost its danger. God protects me from his threats with His grace and favor. Since He honors me and lo...

The Gerhardt hymn "Let Me Rise" goes on with the Christian's response to the devil's accusations. The venom has been rem...

Dr Kleinig suggested that the response to Satan's accusations is to call the devil's bluff. Satan says there is no hope for a sorry...

Satan will use anxiety, doubt, despair, depression, shame, self-pity, etc, to drive us from Jesus. The temptation to despair is to believe ...

Between our trip to the Gerhardt symposium and our daughter's wedding, I typed up some notes on Dr Kleinig's lecture Singing with De...

Thursday morning I walked into the Bible class room and saw a little book in Pastor's hands and exclaimed, "THAT is what I want to ...

Dr Kleinig pointed out that Satan mocks . Notice that liberals (either secular or in the church) don't often argue or debate with conse...

Continuation of an earlier post . Paul Gerhardt had no interest in demonology -- an intellectual study of demons and Satan. He simply wanted...