A Little Bible Study on Joy: Part One

This fall to start off our year I am teaching a bible class using President Matthew Harrison’s delightful work, A Little Book on Joy, as the basis.  This is a book that I continue to devour with much, uh, joy.  It has helped me immensely personally as a pastor and as a Christian, and lends […]

The Presence, by Berthold von Schenk

This book, listed above, isa rather interesting book written if I recall in 1945.  Berthold von Shenk is often cited and considered one of the fathers of the liturgical movement in the LCMS.  He is without a doubt one of the more interesting characters, that’s for sure.   Rev. Paul Sauer did a nice job with […]

Books for Sale (Patristics, Eastern Orthodoxy & Exegetics mostly)

I am helping a friend sell a bunch of books.   HERE IS A PDF OF THE BOOKS AVAILABLE.  Some of the titles for the books include:   11. St. Gregory the Great, Pastoral Care Basics of Biblical Greek Grammar Biblical Hebrew Vocabulary Cards The Book of Isaiah, Chapters 1-39 The Byzantine Commonwealth: Eastern Europe, 500-1453 […]

Good Shepherd Sunday (Misericordias Domini 2010)

Todd A. Peperkorn, STM Messiah Lutheran Church Kenosha, Wisconsin Easter 2 – Misericordias Domini (April 18, 2010) John 10:11-16 TITLE: “A Shepherd in Sheep’s Clothing” Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning is from St. John chapter 10, “I am the good […]

We are back in print and available NOW

[Reprinted from my other blog] I Trust When Dark My Road: A Lutheran View of Depression first went into print last June. All of the copies from the first printing were taken before it even entered the building at LCMS World Relief and Human Care. The book has touched many lives with the Gospel, and […]