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Archives From - September,2015

Bhitrakoti Family—Nepal

Written by Todd Ohlmann
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: Missions,Notes from the field
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Many have had the privilege of meeting and getting to know Raju Bhitrakoti over the past few years as he attended Immanuel Lutheran Seminary and visited many CLC congregations. The Himalayan Church of the Lutheran Confession of Nepal (HCLCN) has also become rather well known in our circles due to the earthquake that rocked Nepal […] Read More

He Seeks Godly Offspring!

Written by David Reim
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: Devotions
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“But did He not make them one, having a remnant of the Spirit? And why one? He seeks godly offspring” (Malachi 2:15). One reason God unites husbands and wives in marriage is that “He seeks godly offspring.” He desires Christian couples to raise Christian children. The responsibility for Christian education falls squarely in the lap of […] Read More

Moving On to Solid Food

Written by Jay Hartmann
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: Series,Studies in the New Testatment
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“For though by this time you ought to be teachers, you need someone to teach you again the first principles of the oracles of God; and you have come to need milk and not solid food. For everyone who partakes only of milk is unskilled in the word of righteousness, for he is a babe. […] Read More

Our Saviour Evangelical Lutheran Church— Cadillac, Michigan

Written by Timothy Holland
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: A Slice of Life in CLC,Articles
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Our Saviour Evangelical Lutheran Church of Cadillac, Michigan, originally began holding services in a town twenty-five miles south of Cadillac. In 1994 Pastor Mark Bernthal of Gethsemane Lutheran Church (Saginaw, Michigan) started holding services every other week, first at Lincoln Township Hall outside of Reed City. The original families were CLC members in the area, […] Read More

Sharing the Good News of Jesus In A Bad News World

Written by Thomas Schuetze
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: Devotions
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“How beautiful on the mountains are the feet of those who bring good news” (Isaiah 52:7 NIV). “I sure could use a little good news for a change!” Do you ever have such thoughts? You encounter the plethora of tragic news stories broadcast on TV and the internet: natural disasters like earthquakes and floods causing […] Read More

The One Thing Needed

Written by Nathan Pfeiffer
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: Lead Story
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This year it is especially heartening to note that there are three schools in the Church of the Lutheran Confession that are either starting up fresh, or have plans to reopen. “And Jesus answered and said to her, ‘Martha, Martha, you are worried and troubled about many things. But one thing is needed, and Mary […] Read More

What Works Even Better than a Jawbone?

Written by Delwyn Maas
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: Gems from the Old Testament,Series
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“When he [Samson] came to Lehi, the Philistines came shouting against him. Then the Spirit of the Lord came mightily upon him; and the ropes that were on his arms became like flax that is burned with fire, and his bonds broke loose from his hands. He found a fresh jawbone of a donkey, reached […] Read More

Why Do We Baptize Infants?

Written by Frank Gantt
Post Date: September, 2015
Post Categories: I'm Glad You Asked
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The short answer to this question is that infants are in need of the same forgiveness that adults need, because they have inherited the sinful nature of their parents. Jesus said to Nicodemus, “That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit” (John 3:6). Human […] Read More