Female Pastors are a Satanic Lie | Cross Defense

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The church down the street claims that the Bible is trustworthy and the final authority for faith and conduct, so why do they have women pastors? Let’s look at 1 Corinthians 14:33-35 and 1 Timothy 2:11-15. Paul wasn’t speaking culturally. He was instructing the Church as Jesus Christ’s apostle, inspired by the Holy Spirit.

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Female Pastors? God Says No.

This Week’s Sign (9/17/23 – 9/24/23)

1 Corinthians 14:33-35

For God is not a God of confusion but of peace.

As in all the churches of the saints, 34 the women should keep silent in the churches. For they are not permitted to speak, but should be in submission, as the Law also says. 35 If there is anything they desire to learn, let them ask their husbands at home. For it is shameful for a woman to speak in church.


Amillennialism: Ten Points to Consider when Studying Revelation 20 | Cross Defense

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The burden of proof is on the millennialist to show that Revelation 20’s thousand years are literal—according to the church’s historic hermeneutical principles. Rev. Theodore Graebner was much closer to the rise of today’s modern millennialist teachings than we are and helps us see through the forest of false teachers to deal with the common error that they all hold: the millennium.

CTCR document on the millennium: http://www.ctsfw.net/media/pdfs/CTCRTheEndTimesAStudyonEschatologyandMillennialism.pdf

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Bold Like St. Boniface

This is the video version of Pastor Bramwell’s August 2023 letter to St. Mark.

This isn’t the first time in history that the Christian Church has faced off against pagans and their idol worship. We can show them their idols are not gods. But it will take courage and perseverance. St. Boniface is a good example.

This is the video version of my September 2023 letter to the members of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Ferndale, CA. While the particulars rely on the context of our lives together, I pray that the message will bless anyone who watches this video.

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Freedom of Conscience and Religious Liberty Conference – October 28, 2023

St. Mark Lutheran Church’s first Freedom of Conscience & Religious Liberty conference! This event has been organized as a service to our neighbors on and near California’s North Coast. St. Mark Lutheran Church has been under attack from those hostile to the truth of God’s Word for over two years. We know we’re not alone. Our goal is to encourage and equip others to remain faithful to the Lord even though institutions and individuals exercise their influence to silence Christianity and take away our freedom of conscience and religious liberty.

In addition to the speakers, the conference includes a lunch buffet.

Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz is our keynote speaker. He has served Christ’s people as a church planter and as a professor at Concordia Theological Seminary in Fort Wayne, IN. He serves as pastor and evangelist at Trinity Lutheran Church in Denver, Colorado. He can be heard on the popular podcast, A Brief History of Power. He will be speaking on Christian duty to others in these hostile times.

Rev. Tyrel Bramwell is the pastor of St. Mark Lutheran Church in Ferndale, CA, and host of KFUO Radio’s popular radio program and podcast, Cross Defense. Hated by many for speaking the whole counsel of God’s Word, he will speak on what it means to fight the good fight of faith in a hostile, post-Christian culture.

Cindy Broese Van Groenou is the Executive Director of the Pregnancy Care Center and J. Rophe Medical in Eureka, CA. With front-line experience in the fight for life, she has lived and worked according to her Christian conscience and continues to fight for the unborn and their parents. From the exam room to the courtroom, she continues to exercise her religious liberty in service to her neighbors.

Traveling to the conference? The conference room is located at the Bear River Casino and Resort. We’ve been able to block out 20 rooms for your convenience. (10 king and 10 queen). To reserve your room call (707)733-9644 with group code #SS1023.

Across from the resort is a family fun center with an arcade, bowling, laser tag, etc.

Ferndale has a number of high quality unique Victorian hotels and B&Bs as well. You’ll enjoy your vacation.

Limited seats. Get your ticket today!

For more information call St. Mark Lutheran Church at (707) 786-9353 or email us at https://stmarksferndale.com/contact

Doubt and Defiance Turn Your World Upside Down

This Week’s Sign (9/10/23 – 9/17/23)

Trusting and Obeying

From the Garden of Eden down to our own day, doubt and defiance turn good into evil, joy into sadness, truth into lies, and beauty into deformity. When we trust the Lord and strive to obey His Word our upside-down world flips right side up.



Was Luther Racist? Will Israel be Restored? | Cross Defense

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People say Martin Luther was antisemitic. Is this true? And, where do Lutherans fall in the Evangelical “Covenant vs. Replacement theology” debate? Rev. Theodore Graebner (1876-1950) has the answer that Paul settled when he wrote his epistle to the Romans.

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Only in Jesus Will You Inherit Life Eternal

This Week’s Sign (9/3/23 – 9/9/23)

Galatians 3:21-22

“For if a law had been given that could give life, then righteousness would indeed be by the law. But the Scripture imprisoned everything under sin, so that the promise by faith in Jesus Christ might be given to those who believe.”



A Felony to Speak the Truth in Michigan | Cross Defense

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Special guest, Rev. Christopher Thoma, talks about Michigan’s hate crime bill (HB-4474) that will make speaking the truth in love a felony. He also addresses the church’s need to prepare for hard times, and what pastors can do to prevent persecution before it arrives. Plus, Evangelicals are learning what some Lutherans have forgotten, and the Johnson Amendment isn’t as restricting as you might think. Today’s show is about The Body of Christ and the Public Square.

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Rev. Christopher Thoma’s Butterfat Books page: https://bookshop.org/lists/rev-christ…

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A Prayer for Ferndale’s Students

This Week’s Sign (8/28/23 – 9/3/23)

First Week of School

Ferndale may be a small farm town where you would expect to find old-fashioned values, but sadly our teachers bring their leftist views (often from Arcata’s Cal-Poly Humboldt) into their classrooms. Please pray for the students in our schools.