Correction In the October 1995 issue I quoted something from The Vine And The Branches, identifying it as “a publication of ELCA conservatives.” A reader has called to my attention that this is wrong information. The editor of The Vine And The Branches is Dr. David Barnhart. Dr. Barnhart was once a member of the… Read More »Announcements Read More

Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 1:15-23 The “Force” Who Is Really With You Are you one of the many who enjoy the modern morality play Star Wars? If so, you know that this captivating fiction piece won’t let you face the Phantom Menace alone. “The Force be with you!” For centuries… Read More »Studies In Ephesians Read More

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 6:1-10 So this is how you fulfill the law of Christ! In the constitutions of our churches there is a list of what members covenant to be and do for one another. Among other things of significance, they declare their… Read More »Studies in Galatians Read More

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) MORE ABOUT NANNY After reading what the undersigned wrote on Galatians 3:5-15 (The ‘Nanny Service’ of the Law), a thoughtful subscriber wondered if it might suggest that there is no place in the life of the Christian for divine law. The… Read More »Studies In Galatians Read More

of the Pacific Coast Pastoral Conference, October 1997. Part One appeared last month. “THE MILLENNIUM” –Let’s Enjoy It Now! (Part 2) What would this divinely controlled period (of the “millennium”) be? What would be its beginning? Its end? Think Now! Recently a Bible student was heard to exclaim with delight, “Why, we are in Revelation… Read More »NOTE: This material was originally prepared for a tract at the request Read More

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 3:15-25 THE “NANNY SERVICE” OF THE LAW Is it important for us to know what the Lord’s apostle wrote in this part of his letter to the Galatian Christians? It was addressed to a specific problem, namely, the threat of… Read More »Studies In Galatians Read More

request the Pacific Coast Pastoral Conference, October 1997. For reasons of space we divide it into two parts. “THE MILLENNIUM” — Let’s Enjoy It Now! (Part I) Will we enter a golden age when the calendar year turns on the year 2,000? Is there something magical about the number with three zeroes? Should we look… Read More »The following material was originally prepared for a tract at the Read More

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 2:1-10 DEFENDING THE GOSPEL As this is being written, the pastors of the CLC are packing their bulging briefcases, loaded with study materials. Every other June the congregations send them to the ILC campus for three days of intensive conferencing.… Read More »Studies In Galatians Read More

(2 Cor. 5:17) Studies in Second Corinthians Please read Chapter 11 MORE OF PAUL’S “FOOLISHNESS” May God grant us pious pastors,” prayed the synod president at a convention. It was a fervent petition. Vivid in his memory must have been the devastation caused by C. F. W. Walther’s old mentor, Martin Stephan. Stephan was the… Read More »“New Creatures In Christ” Read More

Churches Send Their Pastors To Jail “To whom it may concern, “I would like to thank you deeply for the . . . Bible I received from Pastor Bruce on your behalf. It is really informative for a young Christian as myself growing in the Word. . . . Being incarcerated where most forgot about… Read More »Pacific Coast Conference News — Read More

(2 Cor. 5:17) Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 8 This Grace Of Giving Please read chapter 8 of Second Corinthians. It is about taking an offering. A refreshing surprise for people who have been dulled in spirit by the countless pleas for funds that assail us. The new creature in Christ is drawn to it… Read More »“New Creatures In Christ” Read More

IN MEMORIAM Rollin Arthur Reim was born on September 11, 1922, in Fox Lake, Wisconsin, to Edmund and Selma (Schaller) Reim. He was baptized on October 1, 1922, at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Fox Lake, Wisconsin. Rollin attended Northwestern College, Watertown, Wisconsin; and Wisconsin Lutheran Seminary in Mequon. On July 8, 1950, Rollin married Ruth… Read More »A Faithful Spokesman. A Loving Shepherd Read More

Another Conference School Opened Following the lead of three sister churches of the Pacific Coast Conference, St. Stephen of Mountain View, Calif. is undertaking its own day school, with grades K-3 opening this fall. Early in July Miss Sara Pfeiffer, a 1995 graduate of the Education Department at ILC, was installed as principal/teacher. She will… Read More »In Our CLC Classrooms — Read More

2 Cor 5:17 Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 5 LIFE AFTER LIFE What Is So New About Your Hope? The Scriptures tell us: be prepared at any time to give the reason for the hope we have to everyone who asks us. (1 Peter 3:15) Suppose, if you will that someone has raised a question… Read More »New Creatures In Christ Read More

From June 1965: How Every Christian Serves His Country When Christians get to feel the world’s hostility — the “hatred” that Jesus said should not amaze us — they are often tempted to withdraw. The urge is to colonize; to seek out your own with whom to work and among whom to live. Sound sensible?… Read More »Looking Back in the Spokesman Read More

Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 3:1-14 WE’VE GOT A SECRET Secret societies were already popular in the Apostle’s time. Today there are still numerous lodge-like organizations that claim they have certain great truths or wisdom that can only be had by being initiated into the club. Some initiates put a terrible… Read More »Studies in Ephesians Read More

Dressing The Part On his way to the rural Christian Day School, the eight-year-old lad was dragging his feet in reluctance, blushing with shame. His mother had insisted that he wear some dressy “knickers.” Dressing the part, as she saw it. But the boy knew that all of his male schoolmates would be fitted out… Read More »Studies in Ephesians — Chapter 4:17-32 Read More

Mountain View, So. San Francisco Bay — St. Stephen celebrated thirty-five years of God’s grace by dedicating a parsonage. It was four-plus years abuilding, mostly by volunteer labor under the direction of project managers Donald Drews and Richard Dick. The dwelling was received with joy as a gift from God, for the real estate costs… Read More »CLC Ministry In California Read More

Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 5:15-21 Walking Through the Minefield–Safely “Talk with your children about drug abuse, sex, and relationships. Talk!” You’ve heard the public service pleas. The hope is that parental communication might help save society from its social ills. Worldly wisdom at work, and we wish it well. In… Read More »Studies in Ephesians Read More

Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 6:10-24 GOING TO WAR WITH JESUS [Read Ephesians 6:10-24] "Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before . . . " We don’t hear this song much anymore. Anything that carries the martial note of the “crusades” is politically… Read More »Studies In Ephesians Read More