Recent Reading
- Christless Christianity Dr. Michael Horton
Handbook of Consolations
Johann Gerhard
Law & Gospel: How to Read and Apply the Bible
C.F.W. Walther
Narrow Lutheran Middle
Daniel Deutschlander- The Brothers Karamazov Fyodor Dostoevsky
Issues, etc.
Snippets from the Study- "God in His purpose has ordained before the time of the world by what crosses and sufferings he would..." September 8, 2012
- "The Formula of Concord encourages us to stick to the pattern of sound doctrine and refrain from..." August 7, 2012
- "Indeed, whoever loves something because of the thing itself and not because of his love for God,..." March 31, 2012
- "Indeed there is yet another essential property of true faith: you must gaze with the eye of the..." March 25, 2012
- "Now, there is no doubt that these men wish to convert people, but they want to do so using these..." March 11, 2012
Category Archives: Family
Marriage & Ministry
“marriage is a sort of preparatory school where in lesser matters a bishop learns, practices, and produces a pattern of how the church of God should be cared for and governed.” –Martin Chemnitz, The Examination of the Council of Trent, … Continue reading
Father, this we ask be done
One night a few years ago, my son Andrew (about 5 at the time) asked me to sing “God is Bigger than the Boogie Man.” Somewhere the kids must have seen that particular VeggieTales movie. I’m not a big fan … Continue reading
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Certificate of Baptism
This year, as a Christmas gift to me, my dear bride put all of our family’s baptismal certificates into frames. This evening I put Ruth’s certificate into its frame, so now we have nine framed certificates above the fireplace in … Continue reading
Ruth Elaine Caauwe
On Monday, Ruth Elaine Caauwe joined our family. She showed just how big a blessing she is by tipping the scales at 10 pounds and 9 ounces. The whole family is delighted. If you’re keeping track, yes, Ruth makes seven. … Continue reading
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God Feeds His Children
This quote is from a collection of text studies arranged for the church year and published in the 1850s and 1860s. They were compiled from the Harmony of the Gospels by the Lutheran theologians Martin Chemnitz, Polycarp Leyser, and Johann … Continue reading
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A Faithful God—From Generation to Generation
The story goes in my family that my great-grandmother, Anna Schindeldecker Linkert (pictured right), sang to her mother as she was dying. According to the story, she sang the stanzas of Johann Heerman’s hymn, O Gott, du frommer Gott (O … Continue reading
Evening Hymn
I can visually remember the words of the hymn up on the overhead in Mrs. Kraus’ first grade classroom. “Lord Jesus, who dost love me…” I can also remember having difficulty finding the hymn in the hymnal at home because … Continue reading
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In this and every place
In one of the orders we use for evening devotions at home, we pray this petition: For those who work to bring peace, justice, health, and protection in this and every place, let us pray to the Lord: Lord, have … Continue reading
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Joanna Eveline
Today at 11:24am, we welcomed Joanna Eveline Caauwe into our family. She weighed 8lbs, 5 oz., and was 20 inches long. She did break our “girl…boy…” pattern, but she gets us into the “four daughter” club—an exclusive group of families … Continue reading
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The Caauwe Express
For almost nine months now, we have been aware that our 7 passenger Toyota Sienna was soon to be too small for our family. For a few months we’ve been looking for a van that would fit our family, as … Continue reading