Date Hymns Reading Comments
Feb 1 TLH 518/LSB 750 Matthew 5:1-12 Children of God need not be ashamed if they must suffer for Christ.
Feb 2 TLH 349/LSB 683 Matthew 6:16-24 Do not focus on earthly treasures such as honor, glory, or wealth; but appreciate those treasures that have heavenly significance.
Feb 4 TLH 370/LSB 575 Matthew Read More
Archives From - February,2019
2018 Mission Helper Trip—East Africa
Written by Lutheran Spokesman
Post Date: February, 2019
Post Categories: Missions,Notes from the field
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Emirates Airlines Flight 236 departed Chicago at 8:45 P.M. on July 9th for a fourteen-hour flight to Dubai. So began the 2018 Mission Helper Trip to East Africa. Preparations for the trip, however, began months before. Purchasing airline tickets, visiting medical facilities for necessary shots, and preparing lessons to present the Seven Read More
Called to Action
Written by Lutheran Spokesman
Post Date: February, 2019
Post Categories: Devotions,Holy Christian Church
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Post Date: February, 2019
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Read John 1:29-51
Examples—good, bad, or indifferent—are all around us. Even though we know the Bible’s primary purpose is to show us the path to heaven through the grace of our Lord Jesus, the Scriptures are also full of examples. Paul tells us, “Now all these things happened to them as examples, and they were written for our Read More
Christian Science
Written by Lutheran Spokesman
Post Date: February, 2019
Post Categories: I'm Glad You Asked
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Post Date: February, 2019
Post Categories: I'm Glad You Asked
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Some lies are so obvious they can’t be disguised. So, cults rely on a trick the Navy once used when trying to hide ships on the open seas. Vessels were painted in bright, bold colors, and covered with complex geometric patterns. The idea was not concealment but confusion.
Confusion is a key factor in Christian Science. The name itself is a Read More
Frankincense
Written by Lutheran Spokesman
Post Date: February, 2019
Post Categories: Gems from the Old Testament
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Post Date: February, 2019
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“And when they had opened their treasures, they presented gifts to Him: gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” Matthew 2:11
As a boy, I often puzzled over the gifts of the Magi. Gold was certainly a treasure. But what was myrrh, and who was Frank? Eventually, I realized that “Frank” was not a person but a nation; that Read More
Graduation Celebration in Kenya
Written by Lutheran Spokesman
Post Date: February, 2019
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Post Date: February, 2019
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Graduation services were recently held at the two schools in Kenya that are supported by our CLC Project KINSHIP. Twenty-six eighth graders at St. David’s, Etago, completed their final year on the hillside campus. Some two hundred miles northeast, nine eighth graders were the first graduating class of Emmaus Hill Lutheran School in Moi’s Read More
Marriage: More Than Just a Piece of Paper
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Post Date: February, 2019
Post Categories: Studies in the New Testatment
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Post Date: February, 2019
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“Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled;
but fornicators and adulterers God will judge.”
(Hebrews 13:4)
“What’s the point in marriage?
It’s just a piece of paper, and a piece
of paper doesn’t define our love.”
That statement sums up how many people view marriage today. But Read More
Age: 24
Program: Education
Year in School: Senior
Where were you born?
Eau Claire, Wisconsin, born and raised.
Married? Unmarried? Tell us about your family.
I’m engaged to be married to my wonderfully beautiful and talented girlfriend, Jessica Salter. I’m the oldest of four children: three Read More
St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church Austin, Minnesota
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Post Date: February, 2019
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Post Date: February, 2019
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Seventy-eight years ago, in the early summer of 1941, St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran Church had its first worship service, conducted by Pastor Reinhardt Schierenbeck of Sanborn, Minnesota. On June 27 of 1941, St. Paul’s was incorporated and its constitution adopted. At the time of organization, St. Paul’s membership consisted of fourteen Read More
They think they have identified it, submerged in the clear, shallow waters near the shores of Iznik Golu in modern Turkey. This ancient church was destroyed centuries ago by an earthquake that also caused the ground to sink into the lake. The ancient name of Iznik was Nicea. In this church the Council of Nicea was held in A.D. 325, and here the Read More