A SLICE OF LIFE IN THE CLC SNAPSHOTS OF CONGREGATIONS FROM AROUND THE CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION I would imagine that the sight of a white, wood-framed church, sitting out on a hill in the midst of a rolling countryside, would turn the thoughts of many to the nostalgia of yesteryear—to a time when many… Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church Hidewood Township, South Dakota Read More

A SLICE OF LIFE IN THE CLC SNAPSHOTS OF CONGREGATIONS FROM AROUND THE CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION As I am writing this, Watertown is expecting a major weather system to be coming through in the near future. Unfortunately, this will bring an end to the unseasonably warm weather we have been enjoying and give… Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church Watertown, South Dakota Read More

Elvis Presley sang “Home is where the heart is.” Computer techies would suggest “home is where your Wi-Fi connects automatically.” Poet Robert Frost said, “Home is where, when you have to go there, they have to take you in.” How about you? Where is your “home?” After being gone from “home” with my wife to… Heaven is Our Home! Read More

“And they said to one another, ‘Did not our heart burn within us while He talked with us on the road, and while He opened the Scriptures to us?’” (Luke 24:32). Usually it is easy to tell. There are the telltale signs that readily reveal a person’s frame of mind. You watch the youngster out… The Emmaus Transformation Read More

“Christ was offered once to bear the sins of many. To those who eagerly wait for Him He will appear a second time, apart from sin, for salvation” (Hebrews 9:28). Our family enjoys disc golfing. Over the years and the courses that we played, we developed the practice of allowing each player one “mulligan” per… “Seconds” Can Be Good or Bad Read More

I have held my fair share of gym memberships over the years—enough to realize the purpose behind all the machines that you find there. They aren’t there just to get your body into a wide variety of physical positions—sitting, standing, lying down, bending over. Their purpose is to exercise, and thereby strengthen, the various muscles of… Worship—With a Purpose Read More

It must have been in one of the special Sunday cartoon strips that I saw it—because otherwise Bil Keane’s Family Circus cartoons were always in circles. I remember three frames. The first showed Billy (Jeffy?) in tears, running to find his mother. The second frame shows the same boy encountering his dad—tears were gone—“Oh! Hi,… A Mother’s Comfort Read More

“O all-embracing Mercy, O ever-open Door, What should we do without Thee When heart and eye run o’er? When all things seem against us, To drive us to despair, We know one gate is open, One ear will hear our prayer.”  TLH 279:4 “Therefore He is also able to save to the uttermost those who… “God Is Able—He Always Lives!” Read More

It was December 1941. Two noteworthy things were about to happen within hours of each other. First, there was the kick-off of the first-ever National Bible Week, which was to begin on Monday, December 8th. The National Bible Association had been making plans to have Scripture read nation-wide over the airwaves on NBC. Various political… “Bible Sunday” — November 23, 2014 Read More

“For this reason I will not be negligent to remind you always of these things, though you know and are established in the present truth. Yes, I think it is right, as long as I am in this tent, to stir you up by reminding you, knowing that shortly I must put off my tent,… Restarting of School— a Wonderful Opportunity! Read More

Jesus is the One  Meditator of that Truth! The year was 1976, and I was ten years old, growing up just outside of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. The company where my Dad worked was a union shop, and a strike was called because of a disagreement between management and the union. The strike lasted for… “God Our Savior Desires All Men to be Saved!” Read More

 31st CLC CONVENTION June 16-19, 2014 Immanuel Lutheran College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin THEME: “God Our Savior Desires All Men to be Saved!” (1 Timothy 2:3-4 NKJV) Essay 1: Jesus is the one Mediator of that truth! (1 Timothy 2:5-6) Essay 2: We are appointed to proclaim that truth! (1 Timothy 2:7) “For this is good and acceptable… “Pay It Forward” Read More

Abraham offers up the son he loves : Genesis 22:1-19 Now it came to pass after these things that God tested Abraham, and said to him, “Abraham!” And he said, “Here I am.” Then He said, “Take now your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah, and… Where Is the Lamb? Read More

Years ago in my hometown an elderly woman crafted new pairs of mittens for my brother, my sister, and me every Christmas. It wasn’t that this lady had forgotten what she had given us the year before. But she knew that the mittens she had made the previous year would likely wear out over the… God’s Gift Giving Read More

“…Him?!” That may not have been the exact word that the prophet Ananias spoke, but it does convey his incredulity at the Lord’s instruction. There is none better to do mission work, to share the gospel of the Savior with others, than you and I.  The Lord had commanded the prophet in a vision to… “…Him?!” Read More

 What comes to mind with the word Boston? Before the horrific event that occurred two months ago, a person may well have associated that city’s name with the Tea Party or the marathon or even the music group popular in the 70s and 80s. That was until April 15, 2013! Ever since then what people… A Remembrance of Sin— a Remembrance of Him! Read More

“…Even though Noah, Daniel, and Job were in [the land], as I live, says the Lord God, they would deliver neither son nor daughter; they would deliver only themselves by their righteousness.” (Ezekiel 14:20) What do Noah, Daniel, and Job have in common? Each was well known for his righteousness. We read that “Noah was a… Noah, Daniel, and Job can’t save! Read More

It has happened that in the process of pursuing a worthwhile goal something else happens which was also good. Several inventions have happened in such an “accidental” way. Play-Doh was initially marketed as wall-paper cleaner to get rid of soot from solid-fuel stoves. Post-It notes came about when one man who had concocted a “low-tack”… Love Your Enemies Read More

As we read in the Gospel of Luke chapter 1, when the eighth day came for Zacharias and Elizabeth’s new baby boy to be circumcised, it was assumed that he would be given his father’s name,  according to the custom of the times.Such was not the case here—not even close! When Zacharias had been struck speechless for… Children of God By Grace Alone! Read More

Arguably, no image illustrates the essence of motherhood better than that of a mother and her newborn baby–for it is the birth of that child which marks a woman as a mother. Read More