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Re: Oculi (Lent 3) Sermon 2018

Myles Hagar — Sat, 17 Mar 2018 09:21:25 -0000

Thanks for the blessed sermon pastor. Really good hard core Missouri Synod class act. (From an RC former elca pastor grieving over what is happening in Lutheranism today. What a disaster! Keep up the good work)

Re: Oculi (Lent 3) Sermon 2018

Christopher Esget — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 21:33:51 -0000

Thank you for your encouragement!

Re: Oculi (Lent 3) Sermon 2018

Tocqueville — Tue, 06 Mar 2018 17:37:36 -0000

This is marvelous and fearless Truth. May God bless and keep you, Pastor Esget.

Re: Reading List

Shelley — Thu, 15 Feb 2018 17:07:59 -0000

Pastor Martin told us about your lists. Thank you for sharing! I stress myself on being overwhelmed with all I want to read and what order to read in. I am a fan of Postman and Dostoevsky. I would like to get to many of your Lutheran theology choices.

Re: Best Books of 2017

Tim Royster — Mon, 22 Jan 2018 06:37:33 -0000

Great list of books Pastor Esget! I will add these to my list of books to read.

Re: Sermo Dei: Epiphany 1, 2018

Hudata — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 21:35:13 -0000

Thank you. I've shared this with my email group, where we have some people who need to hear this. So do I.

Re: Wedding Sermon: Grace Link and Andrew Egger

Shepherdman1945 — Mon, 08 Jan 2018 00:12:14 -0000

What, Mary as mother of the bride? What becomes of *semper virgo*? Most improbable in any case. -- Aside from that cavil, a very fine wedding homily.
Pr. Eugene A. Koene

Re: “Look! My sins are gone!”

William Hartley — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 09:57:32 -0000

This year the Lazarus narrative shaped our Ash Wednesday. Jesus wept over Lazarus moments before raising him back to life. For me, AW is an evening of shared sorrow with my savior, in a good, redemptive way. I am blessed by the solemnity...

Re: LCMS 2017 Life Conference Sermon

Caroline Poe — Sat, 28 Jan 2017 09:31:25 -0000

Powerful words. Thank you for sharing, Pastor.

Re: Best Books of 2016

Christopher Esget — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:02:48 -0000

Great suggestions, Caroline! I'm adding them to my list.

Re: Best Books of 2016

Caroline Poe — Tue, 03 Jan 2017 20:10:44 -0000

I love your list! The Looming Tower is a great read. Out of your top five, I've only read Crime and Punishment, but it's been since college so I need to re-read. I did love Brothers Karamozov. Will have to check out your other top four. I made it through 22 books this year, short of my general goal of 26 a year, or one every two weeks. My best were:
- All the Shah's Men: An American Coup and the Roots of Middle East Terror, Stephen Kinzer
- The Automobile Club of Egypt, Alaa Al Aswany
- Lost in Shangri-La, Mitchell Zuckoff
- The Right Stuff, Tom Wolfe
- 41: A Portrait of My Father, George W. Bush

Re: Sermo Dei: The Resurrection of Our Lord 2016

MollieZHemingway — Mon, 28 Mar 2016 22:44:49 -0000

This was such a good sermon. Even better to hear than read.

Re: A tale of two churches

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Re: 2015 Reading Recap

Christopher Esget — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 21:34:00 -0000

The answer to that question is somewhat embarrassing, Johann. I tend to start books when I'm interested in a topic, or need to brush up on something, but then move along to something else. All my life I've had multiple books going, but the multiplicity of media and places has caused this tendency to get out of control.

I tend to read physical books mostly at home or church, so I have stacks of "reading" and "to read" in both places. I also read e-books on Logos and Kindle, and listen to books in the car using Audible on my iPhone.

Most of the books that are languishing are the physical ones, as lately I've had less time for reading in the places where they live.

In Kindle and Audible, I generally have four books per format going: 1) Theology; 2) Non-fiction other than theology; 3) Fiction; and 4) Reread (can be any type of book)

I try to follow a system that starts each day with the book closest to being finished, and I can only switch after I've finished a chapter. One goal this year is to pare down the number being read at once to 10. We'll see if I can be successful!

Re: 2015 Reading Recap

Johann — Tue, 26 Jan 2016 15:21:10 -0000

I have noticed on your reading list that you have several books going at one time. I have had to discipline myself to only read two books concurrently (one at church, one at home), otherwise I would probably never finish anything. Do you have any kind of system or method for determining when to start something new or for keeping yourself moving forward?

Re: 2015 Reading Recap

Christopher Esget — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:14:06 -0000

Thanks! I'll check it out.

Re: 2015 Reading Recap

Rev. Benjamin Ball — Thu, 21 Jan 2016 22:02:25 -0000

Nice list! I'm sad to say I am starting slow in 2016. I have started The Revenant and I have to say it is awesome. I have no desire to go see Leo, but you should add it to your list if you haven't read it. I've never thought of keeping a list if what I read, thanks for the great idea.

Re: Christmas Eve and the Bidding Prayer

Jim Leistico — Wed, 23 Dec 2015 12:04:53 -0000

I use a service William Weedon sent me that puts L&C into an Evening Prayer format. I especially appreciate it since it can fit on a front and back bulletin - which is more important when a parish does not have a paid secretary :)

Re: Tapani Simojoki on ad orientem

Daniel simojoki — Mon, 16 Nov 2015 09:49:21 -0000

I like this text

Re: Glory Cloud at Bethel, Redding

Andrew Stunich — Tue, 10 Nov 2015 11:30:51 -0000

Jason, that so-called "church" is a portal to the demonic realm. Read your Bible for yourself. You do not need the Bill Johnson's and his minions to preach to you. They are false teachers. Whether the so-called "glory cloud" is man made fraud or demonic fraud it is still fraud.

Re: Lutherans for Life statement on Thrivent

springer — Sat, 12 Sep 2015 12:38:16 -0000

Is the ELCA a Christian organization?

Re: God has spoken in His holy place: Meditation on Psalm 108

ElizabethKnaus — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 12:02:15 -0000

The silver lining help for us is the faithfulness of our Triune God!

Re: New Undercover Video Exposes Planned Parenthood

Tim Scheck — Fri, 24 Jul 2015 16:55:06 -0000

First and foremost Christians need to get realistic. Yes, our political participation is essential because good government serves the neighbor and bad government destroys the neighbor. However, the national government is lost, and resources spent at that level are wasted. (E.g., the March for Life.)

Resources spent at the state and local level are not wasted (depends on the state and locality, of course). Red states have every constitutional, legal, and moral authority to nullify illegitimate acts of Congress and illegitimate SCOTUS rulings. Also, resources spent to cleave private funds from Planned Parenthood and other evil institutions are not wasted. (E.g., "Does PepsiCo support trafficking in human organs? If not, why do you give money to PP?")

Re: New Undercover Video Exposes Planned Parenthood

springer — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 20:10:30 -0000

Thanks for replying John. You're not too old -- the 3 top democrats running for US President are in their 70's or very close to 70.

I agree that many Christians vote for politicians who profess beliefs that are contrary to Christianity. Sad.

Re: New Undercover Video Exposes Planned Parenthood

springer — Tue, 21 Jul 2015 18:08:02 -0000

John -- it's time to take a stand. We have to fight back. We need to elect honest politicians. Would you be willing to run?