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“BREAD OF LIFE” READINGS May 2016

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TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; = Biblical Events Noted Date / Biblical Events Noted / Verse / Reading Comments May 2 TLH 33 Joshua 4:1-9 It is important to remember from generation to generation what the Lord has done. May 3 TLH 167 Luke 23:1-46 Pilate could not find any reason Jesus should die, Read More

A New Covenant

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Post Date: May, 2016
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STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT “For if that first covenant had been faultless, then no place would have been sought for a second. Because finding fault with them, He says: ‘Behold, the days are coming,’ says the Lord, ‘when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah--not Read More

Arvid G.W. Gullerud, 1920-2015

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Post Date: May, 2016
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IN MEMORIAM Arvid Gerhard Walter Gullerud was born on January 19, 1920, to Rev. Olaf and Sarah (Tyssen) Gullerud. The family lived about a mile from the small village of Glendorado, Minnesota. In 1934 he was confirmed by his father at nearby Norseland Lutheran Church. Shortly after this. his father passed Read More

Get On the Bus

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Post Date: May, 2016
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TAKING THE GOSPEL ON TOUR In the latest installment of this series, former choir member Randy Wittorp shares his reflections on traveling with the Tour Choir of Immanuel Lutheran College.
The time I spent on tour was some of the most memorable of my years at Immanuel. While many have the Read More

Hymn 216 “On Christ’s Ascension I Now Build”

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Post Date: May, 2016
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A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING  (Fifth in a Series on The Lutheran Hymnal)

Why do we celebrate Ascension Day?

Although most Reformed churches today largely ignore the event as a calendar item, we Lutherans do not. Theologians actually have much to say about the doctrine of Christ’s bodily Read More

Making Promises You Can’t Keep!

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Post Date: May, 2016
Post Categories: Confirmation,Devotions
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DEVOTION – CONFIRMATION “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who according to His abundant mercy has begotten us again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead, to an inheritance incorruptible and undefiled and that does not fade away, reserved in heaven for Read More

Rahab — A Reformed Prostitute

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Post Date: May, 2016
Post Categories: Gems from the Old Testament,Old Testaments,Series
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Sex sells, is sold, and enslaves human hearts. Businesses use sexual messages and imagery in their advertisements to sell their products. Human bodies are sold for sex in the age-old trade of prostitution. With the proliferation of pornography, especially on the internet, countless victims are enticed and ensnared. Satan, the chief enemy of Read More

Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church Sister Lakes, Michigan

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Post Date: May, 2016
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When a small Lutheran congregation was organized in the southwest corner of lower Michigan in January 1963, the name Redeemer was chosen. Over the years, those who have attended here have been assured that “It was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed . . . but with the precious blood of Read More

Siddhi, Nepal

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Post Date: May, 2016
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NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors.
During the last couple of weeks of January 2016, I had the privilege of traveling to Nepal on behalf of the CLC Board of Missions. Much was accomplished while I was Read More

The Ongoing Conversation

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Post Date: May, 2016
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Jesus_ascension_1Lutheran theologian A.L. Graebner wrote of Christ’s ascension into heaven that it was Read More