A couple of weeks ago my daughter, Emilyn Ruth, was baptized at church. That particular Sunday also happened to be when the church celebrates the Baptism of our Lord. It was a great time of worship and prayer, followed by Communion. Once again, Pastor Cwirla preached a magnificent sermon. I’ve linked it here, not only because it’s a really good sermon, but because it is a great summary of how Lutherans see scriptural baptism. If you want to get an idea of what we believe, and the ethos that surrounds it, listen to this sermon.

http://www.htlcms.org/sermons/sermon/creation_and_baptism/

All three of my children are baptized. They take part in worship, both at church and at home. We are raising them in the daily rhythms of the Christian life. Lutherans don’t wait for their children to make a decision for Christ or try to get them to profess their faith as a prerequisite to being a Christian or otherwise look for ‘signs of grace’ indicating regeneration. Our children are Christians through baptism, and we raise them in the fear and admonition of the Lord. The process for us can be summed up like this, “You are a Christian; this is what Christians do, this is the way Christians are.”, as day by day, year by year, we live out our faith with and in front of our children.

We are proud to finally be able to bring this lecture from Dr. Rod Rosenbladt to our catalog. The Gospel as it relates to the fatherhood of God, and its bearing on fatherhood in daily life is a subject that is rarely touched upon, but one we feel is of utmost importance. Dr. Rosenbladt, in his inimitable style, mines this rich subject and lays it out in such a way as to be both edifying and instructive in our vocations as Christians and as fathers.

The concept of a ‘Gospel Father’ was new to me until my acquaintance with Dr. Rosenbladt. Yet at the same time, even though I was not raised in a Christian home, my father and my grandfather were at their core gracious men, and so I recognized many of the things he speaks of, having experienced them in my family.

This is really an important subject. How much different would our churches and society be if there was a conscious effort on the part of even a minority of Christians, and especially fathers, to view
God and their vocation as fathers (or mothers) through the lens of Gospel-centered fatherhood? This reaches deeply into all areas of life and ministry.

These lectures total over four and one-half hours of listening time. We edited them and cleaned up the audio, and reformatted them into MP3s that will play on your computer, ipod, or any MP3 player. We think these lectures are very important – you don’t want to miss them. Even if you’re not a father or a mother, but simply someone’s son or daughter, you’re going to love these… trust us.

Take a look here:
http://www.newreformationpress.com/audio/when-good-fathers-die-its-always-too-early.html

We are excited to announce that New Reformation Press has joined Facebook. This will allow us to really get to know our supporters and help us to know what kind of things you want to see us develop and carry in our catalog. It will also enable us to better communicate news updates and new product releases to our friends.You, in turn will get to know us better, and become more familiar with who we are and why we do what we do. Stop by our page.

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Also under construction is both our MySpace page and our Twitter account, which and we will be giving out the details concerning these projects soon.

God’s Peace