PSI Family Grows

Just over a week ago, PSI Team member, Pastor Jon Bare, and his wife Kim welcomed a new addition into their family.  Elina Esther was born on Sunday, February 26th.  The Bare family is doing ...

Is God a Moral Monster?

  “Is God a moral monster?” This is the question apologist Paul Copan seeks to answer in response to the harsh criticism from New Atheists about the monstrous God found in the Old Testament In ...

Preach the Word – March/April 2017

Volume 20, Number 4 Preach Text-Specific and Hearer-Specific Specific Gospel “He is properly prepared who believes these words: ‘Given’ and ‘Poured out for you for the forgiveness of sins.’ But whoever does not believe these ...

Preaching

American preaching is having a nervous breakdown according to Thomas Long (xiii). The totality of preaching techniques that we bundle neatly under narrative preaching is tired and worn out. What else can we call pastors ...

Four Branches February 2017

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical     Exegetical Theology: Pondering the Penitentials (Part 3) When I consider the truth that God forgives all my sins, it fills me with joy and gratitude.  So why did ...

A Painfully Beautiful Ongoing Lesson!

Dear Brothers, My life has been a painful and at the same time beautiful 57-year journey into the depths of the depravity of my sinful heart and into the still more astounding depth of God’s ...

Theological Education in Russia

With heavy coats and insulated boots, PSI International Recruitment Director Jon Bare and I traveled to frigid Siberia in January to enjoy the warm fellowship of Concord Evangelical Lutheran Church in Russia.  Each of us ...

Four Branches January 2017

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical     Exegetical Theology: Pondering the Penitentials (Part 2) Psalm 38 is a penitential psalm that calls us to remember.  But what are we to remember? One intriguing aspect of ...

meet adrian gunn

Mr. Adrian Gunn and his wife, Maureen, are members of Siloah Lutheran Church of Milwaukee, Wisconsin. The Gunn family includes Matthew and Arianna, both students at UW-Milwaukee and their youngest, Gabrielle, who attends Siloah Lutheran ...

What They Need to Hear

What They Need to Hear is a series of 91 letters that he wrote to his dying father-in-law Lloyd Bingaman during the last 18 months of Lloyd’s life here on earth. Lloyd was a skeptic. ...