Author: Rev. Bernie Seter

Julie has arrived in Kenya.  Julie was a Mary Okeyo Scholarship travelers a few years ago to Kenya and she is back.  You can support her at The Lutheran Church – Missouri Synod P.O. Box 790089 St. Louis, MO 63179-0089...

In the middle of this picture  is Gifty Kollie from Cotton Tree, Liberia. She is spending the summer at Lutheran Island Camp and will return this fall to Mayer Lutheran High School where she will begin her sophomore year thanks...

The thought that a God who is supposed to be pure goodness nevertheless rules through all tragedy and suffering by absolute necessity is exceedingly offensive. Theologians and philosophers try continually to remove the offense,...

The Gospel is called a scandal and a stumbling block for good reason.  This from Martin Franzmann in his great book, “Follow Me – Discipleship in Matthew’s Gospel” from CPH – get it. There is a...

Todays Gospel is just that – all Gospel – all good news all Grace, and what will folks do with it?  We will see how this passage and all that went before will cause such dissension that almost all the disciples will...