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Well Said, William - Aardvark Alley Jul 11, 2009, 12:19 pm
In Meet the Other Synod, Pastor William Weedon contrasts the corporate LCMS with the "other Synod" that's "ignored in the off ... more
*BBOV: Growth and Change - Aardvark Alley Jul 10, 2009, 8:15 pm
The Big Blogroll O' Vark®™©Thanks to all those who continue to blog, particularly to our new additions and to ... more
*+ Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop and Confessor + - Aardvark Alley Jun 26, 2009, 8:01 pm
27 June AD 444Saint Cyril (ca. AD 376-444) became Patriarch of Alexandria, Egypt in 412. Throughout his career he defended a ... more
*+ Irenaeus of Lyons, Pastor and Confessor + - Aardvark Alley Jun 27, 2009, 8:01 pm
28 June AD 200Irenaeus (ca. AD 130-200), believed to be a native of Smyrna (modern Izmir, Turkey), studied in Rome and later ... more
*+ Saint Peter and Saint Paul, Apostles + - Aardvark Alley Jun 29, 2009, 7:13 pm
29 June, New TestamentThe Confession of Saint Peter ("You are the Christ, the Son of the Living God") is commemorated on 18 J ... more
*+ The Holy Prophet Isaiah + - Aardvark Alley Jul 5, 2009, 8:01 pm
6 July, Old TestamentIsaiah son of Amoz is considered to be the greatest of the writing prophets and is quoted in the New Tes ... more
*+ The Venerable Bede + - Aardvark Alley May 24, 2009, 8:01 pm
25 May AD 735Today marks the heavenly birthday of Bede (pronounced BĒD). Since his commemoration often falls near the en ... more
*The Feast of Pentecost - Aardvark Alley May 30, 2009, 8:00 pm
The Outpouring of the Holy SpiritPentecost, an Israelite festival connected to the spring harvest, was the time chosen by the ... more
*The Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Aardvark Alley May 30, 2009, 8:01 pm
31 May, New TestamentThis day commemorates the joyous visit Mary paid to her cousin Elizabeth, following The Annunciation. In ... more
*+ Justin, Martyr + - Aardvark Alley May 31, 2009, 8:01 pm
1 June AD c. 167Born in Flavia Neapolis, Palestine around AD 100, near the close of the New Testament period, Justin was the ... more
*+ Boniface of Mainz + - Aardvark Alley Jun 4, 2009, 8:01 pm
5 June AD 754The man who later became known as Saint Boniface was born around AD 670-680 at Crediton, Devonshire, England and ... more
*The Feast of the Holy Trinity - Aardvark Alley Jun 6, 2009, 8:01 pm
The First Sunday after PentecostThe Feast of the Holy Trinity, or Trinity Sunday, is a movable festival on the Church calenda ... more
*+ Barnabas, Apostle + - Aardvark Alley Jun 10, 2009, 8:01 pm
11 June, New Testament"Joseph, who was also called by the apostles Barnabas (which means son of encouragement), a Levite, a n ... more
*The Council of Nicaea - Aardvark Alley Jun 11, 2009, 8:01 pm
Summer AD 325The Christian Church's First Ecumenical Council was convened in Nicaea (modern Isnuk, Turkey) in the early summe ... more
*+ The Holy Prophet Elisha + - Aardvark Alley Jun 13, 2009, 8:01 pm
14 June, Old TestamentAfter the prophet Elijah defeated the priests of Baal and then fled Jezebel's wrath, the Lord came to h ... more
*The Nativity of Saint John the Baptist - Aardvark Alley Jun 23, 2009, 8:01 pm
24 June, New TestamentThis day celebrates the birth of a son to the elderly and previously childless couple Elizabeth and Zec ... more
*Presentation of the Augsburg Confession - Aardvark Alley Jun 24, 2009, 8:01 pm
25 June AD 1530Note: Please see Ask the Pastor for more on the history and theology of the Augsburg Confession and its presen ... more
*+ The Holy Prophet Jeremiah + - Aardvark Alley Jun 25, 2009, 8:01 pm
26 June, Old TestamentThe holy prophet Jeremiah is counted as one of the four "major prophets" of the Old Testament, along wi ... more
*+ Friedrich Wyneken, Pastor and Missionary + - Aardvark Alley May 3, 2009, 8:01 pm
4 May AD 1876Friedrich Conrad Dietrich Wyneken stands along-side C.F.W. Walther and Wilhelm Sihler as one of the founding fat ... more
*+ Frederick III, Elector of Saxony + - Aardvark Alley May 5, 2009, 5:49 pm
5 May AD 1525Frederick the Wise, elector of Saxony from 1486 to 1525, was Martin Luther's sovereign in the early years of the ... more
*+ C. F. W. Walther, Doctor and Confessor + - Aardvark Alley May 6, 2009, 8:01 pm
7 May AD 1887Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther was a founding father of The Lutheran Church — Missouri Synod. He serv ... more
*+ Job, Patriarch + - Aardvark Alley May 9, 2009, 5:56 pm
9 May, Old TestamentJob was a blameless and upright man who came from Uz (Job 1:1), a land northeast of Canaan. The Book of J ... more
*+ Saints Cyril and Methodius + - Aardvark Alley May 10, 2009, 8:01 pm
Cyril: AD 826-869 — Methodius: c. AD 815-885Saint Cyril and Saint Methodius were missionaries to the Slavs. The brother ... more
*+ Constantine the Great + - Aardvark Alley May 20, 2009, 8:01 pm
21 May AD 337Flavius Valerius Aurelius Constantinus served as Roman Emperor from AD 306 to 337. During his reign the persecut ... more
*+ Esther + - Aardvark Alley May 23, 2009, 8:01 pm
24 May, Old TestamentEsther is the heroine of the biblical book that bears her name. Her Jewish name was Hadassah, which mean ... more
*The Shack or a Mansion? - Aardvark Alley Nov 7, 2008, 9:06 am
An In-depth Review of the Pop Christian NovelThanks to Jim Pierce of Confessional's Bytes, the Luther Library has a thorough ... more
*Is LCMS Changing Its Position on Women Pastors? - Aardvark Alley Oct 16, 2008, 11:44 am
If not, why has Women Pastors? The Ordination of Women in a Biblical, Lutheran Perspective vanished from Concordia Publishing ... more
*+ Johann Sebastian Bach, Kantor + - Aardvark Alley Jul 28, 2008, 11:16 am
28 July AD 1750Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750) is acknowledged as one of the most famous and gifted of all composers past a ... more
*Margaret Sanger, Take Two - Aardvark Alley Mar 2, 2008, 4:54 pm
Planned Parenthood Can't Leave Its Racist RootsThe "science" of eugenics may be out of the limelight but it's certainly not o ... more
BBOV: The Chaplain Reappears - Aardvark Alley Jan 15, 2008, 9:23 pm
Thanks to Barb the Evil Genius, the new URL for the Chaplain to the World has been found and added to the Big Blogroll O' Var ... more
The BBOV: Did You Think I'd Forgotten? - Aardvark Alley Jan 13, 2008, 5:00 pm
The Big Blogroll O' Vark®™©Over a month has passed since the last update of the BBOV. Sharp eyed readers (or ... more
Need Wordpress Blogroll Advice - Aardvark Alley Jan 13, 2008, 7:01 am
One of the members of the BBOV asks, "Is there an easy way to get your confessional blogroll to work using Wordpress?"Would s ... more
The Baptism of Our Lord - Aardvark Alley Jan 12, 2008, 7:01 pm
The First Sunday after the EpiphanyThe Baptism of our Lord (Matthew 3:13-17; Mark 1:4-11; Luke 3:15-16, 21-22) is always cele ... more
*+ Basil the Great, Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa + - Aardvark Alley Jan 9, 2008, 7:01 pm
Basil the Great of Caesarea, 1 January AD 379with Gregory of Nazianzus, 9 May AD 389and Gregory of Nyssa, 9 March AD 395Saint ... more
Well Render Me Speechless ... - Aardvark Alley Jan 8, 2008, 7:05 pm
at Least Render Me SomethingActually, I'm not speechless, and for at least one sense of the word, I'd rather not be rendered, ... more
*The Epiphany of Our Lord - Aardvark Alley Jan 5, 2008, 7:01 pm
6 January, New TestamentThe Epiphany season begins today, with the Feast of the Epiphany. This day celebrates the the Wise Me ... more
*The Circumcision and Name of Jesus - Aardvark Alley Dec 31, 2007, 7:01 pm
1 January, New TestamentThis major feast day of the Christian Church marks the infant Jesus' eighth day of life. At this time ... more
*+ Wilhelm Loehe + - Aardvark Alley Jan 1, 2008, 7:01 pm
2 January AD 1872Christened Johann Konrad Wilhelm Löhe, he established a reputation already as a young pastor for being ... more
*Merry Christmas to You! - Aardvark Alley Dec 25, 2007, 6:59 pm
The Word became flesh and dwelt among us ... full of grace and truth. John 1:14 ESVWhy lies He in such mean estate,Where ... more
+ Stephen, Protomartyr + - Aardvark Alley Dec 25, 2007, 7:01 pm
26 December, New TestamentThe days following Christmas are sometimes called the "Witness Days." The Greek word for "witness" ... more
+ John, Apostle and Evangelist + - Aardvark Alley Dec 26, 2007, 7:01 pm
27 December, New TestamentSaint John, Apostle and Evangelist, a son of Zebedee, was one of the twelve apostles. With his brot ... more
+ The Holy Innocents + - Aardvark Alley Dec 27, 2007, 7:01 pm
28 December, New TestamentThis day commemorates the slaughter of Bethlehem's children by Herod the Great (Matthew 2:16-18), a ... more
+ David + - Aardvark Alley Dec 28, 2007, 7:01 pm
29 December, Old TestamentDavid, son of Jesse, went from tending his father's flocks to being the greatest of Israel's kings. ... more
*Many Ways ... - Aardvark Alley Dec 25, 2007, 6:58 pm
This collection of Christmas writings also involves my special holiday bestowal of the Aardies upon some very worthy posters. ... more
Although It's Been Said ... - Aardvark Alley Dec 24, 2007, 7:01 pm
(Merry Christmas!)Technorati Tags: Christmas | Xmas | X-mas | Merry Christmas ... more
Many Times ... - Aardvark Alley Dec 24, 2007, 7:02 pm
(Merry Christmas!)(Merry Christmas!)(Merry Christmas!)(Merry Christmas!)(Merry Christmas!)(Merry Christmas!)(Merry Christmas! ... more
The Art of Emmanuel - Aardvark Alley Dec 23, 2007, 9:19 am
A "Panel" DiscussionPastor Cwirla has not only written about the O Antiphons, he also offers pictures of worship panels based ... more
O Emmanuel - Aardvark Alley Dec 22, 2007, 7:01 pm
O God with UsWe now arrive at the seventh and final O Antiphon, including related Scriptures, Latin text and English translat ... more
O Oriens - Aardvark Alley Dec 20, 2007, 8:39 pm
O Dayspring (alternately, Dawn of the East, Rising Dawn, etc.)Here follows the fifth of the seven O Antiphons, with Latin tex ... more
*+ Katharina von Bora Luther + - Aardvark Alley Dec 19, 2007, 7:02 pm
20 December AD 1552Financial and marital circumstances led Katharina von Bora's (b.1499) parents to place her in a convent wh ... more
