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Shoretel phones and HP V1910 switches DHCP 20 Aug 2013 | 06:56 am
A random note because this was so hard to find. If you are installing a Shoretel phone system with rebranded 3com switches such as the HP V1910, make sure that your DHCP server is set to only be on it...
Repetition 17 Aug 2013 | 06:36 pm
Stay with us, for it is evening; the day is almost over. (Luke 24:29) Surely I am with you always, to the very end of the age. (Matthew 28:26) Your light will rise in the darkness, and your night wi...
Schrödinger’s cat children’s song 17 Jul 2013 | 06:26 pm
Sung to the tune of “Five green and speckled frogs”. Schrodinger had a cat Inside a box like that With the lid closed tight and locked shut. Meow. Meow. Inside the box with him Was a vial of pois...
Several things every confessional Lutheran church website must have 7 Jul 2013 | 10:23 am
I’ve been on the road and trying to find places to worship of late. In doing so, I’m noticing several things that I always need on a site. I am listing them below for all the webmasters out there, and...
NIV as temporary 2 Jul 2013 | 07:29 pm
Interesting thoughts from Steadfast Lutherans today: The practice at Biblica has been to make the old versions disappear. That means one can no longer purchase a 1978 or 1984 version, nor can one acc...
By faith alone. 29 Jun 2013 | 02:08 am
Bah. It is all too hard. Why must I attempt to wrap my head around God’s gifts? Why can I not simply ignore the doubts which Satan implants and the sinful flesh relishes? Why must even my faith be...
VBS and Worship 10 Jun 2013 | 12:59 am
Can we stop this VBS thing? Someone make up their mind. Is VBS supposed to be teaching the young, evangelizing the lost, giving parents mornings off during the summer, or what? I think our true colors...
Evangelism vs. Classical Christian Worship — A false dichotomy 9 Jun 2013 | 11:44 pm
I’ve been struggling of late with the question of whether using ‘traditional’ worship is at odds with saving the lost. The premise seems to be that the lost are in a culture, and those coming from thi...
Further thoughts on the WELS translation decision 9 Jun 2013 | 11:18 pm
I wonder whether the move to allow NPH to use an eclectic approach will simply result as a backdoor into using the NIV2011. And isn’t it totally unfair to NPH that the broader synod would cop out of m...
WELS Synod President weighs in on translation question 4 Jun 2013 | 10:42 pm
The WELS Synod President has weighed in on the translation question. I hope that the project of a confessional Lutheran translation comes to fruition. I was quite concerned with the idea of just placi...
