ILC Newsletter Every other month we get an update on what’s been happening recently at our Immanuel Lutheran High School, College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Students come to Immanuel with many different God-given gifts—physical, mental, social, spiritual, academic, athletic, and musical. At ILC we strive to provide opportunities both to develop their various… Read More »Music and Theatrics Read More

“He jumped to his feet and began to walk. Then he went with them into the temple courts, walking and jumping, and praising God.” — Acts 3:8 In Jesus’ Name: We have been looking among the many people gathered here in chapel for various names found in the book of Acts. We looked for Ananias,… Read More »An ILC Chapel Talk Read More

“While He blessed them …. He was parted from them” (Luke 24:51) When the Lord of the Church has called one of His believers home to Himself, and it remains for the faithful to commit the mortal remains to the ground, it happens sometimes that the survivors gather first in the cemetery. There they bury… Read More »An Ascension Meditation — Read More

Matthew 21:5 As we prepare for another Christmas celebration, we may wonder what it will cost us this year. Special gifts, special cards, special food, holiday travel — how much poorer will it make us? The Role Of Poverty Actually poverty plays quite a large role in preparing for Christmas, as it did at the… Read More »“Behold, your king is coming to you . . . on a donkey” Read More

and the elders mocked him . . . ” Matthew 27:41 The famous author and editor H. L. Mencken once wrote: “Injustice is relatively easy to bear; what stings is justice.” When Jesus was crucified, that was injustice. And while He hung by the side of the road, and the crowds came by to make… Read More »The chief priests, the teachers of the law, Read More

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Galatians 1:11-24 Credibility Gaps When parents just don’t understand their children, or when children just don’t trust their parents, it has sometimes been attributed to a “generation gap.” When this type of distrust or misunderstanding occurs between men and women, husbands… Read More »Studies in Galatians Read More

Chapter 3:1-14 Bewitched? “O foolish Galatians! Who has bewitched you that you should not obey the truth before whose eyes Jesus Christ was clearly portrayed among you as crucified?” (Gal. 3:1) When the King of Syria (Aram) wanted to capture Elisha, God’s prophet in Israel, he sent enough Syrian soldiers to surround the town of… Read More »Studies In Galatians Read More

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Galatians 4:8-20 PRECIOUS MEMORIES “Oh, Pastor, I am getting so forgetful in my old age. I just can’t seem to remember anything. I wonder if I have Alzheimer’s disease.” Certainly such thoughts and fears have been expressed more than once by… Read More »Studies In Galatians Read More