Nepal Earthquake Update
April 25, 2015 will be a day that many of our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in Nepal will never forget. It was… Read More »Nepal Earthquake Update
April 25, 2015 will be a day that many of our brothers and sisters in Christ who live in Nepal will never forget. It was… Read More »Nepal Earthquake Update
A SLICE OF LIFE IN THE CLC Snapshots of Congregations from Around the Church of the Lutheran Confession “Give unto the LORD the glory due… Read More »Redemption Lutheran Church Lynnwood, Washington
Since its genesis, the ILC Tour Choir has always recorded its songs. Every few years it releases an album in order to make those songs… Read More »Recording the Tour Choir
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, but in the end the
Heavenly Father did.
May 4 TLH 447 Joshua 6:1-27 Six days of marching while nothing happened. They had to trust that on the
seventh day God would make good, as He said.
May 5 [The Ascension of our Lord] WS 757Luke 24:1-53He is risen and shall reign forever and ever!Read More »“BREAD OF LIFE” READINGS May 2016
A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING
(Fifth in a Series on The Lutheran Hymnal)
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 ascension. They use fancy Latin terms like terminus ad quem (“the end to which”), coelum beatorum (“the paradise of the redeemed”) and coelum Dei maiestaticum (“the majestic heaven of God”). The Solid Declaration of the Formula of Concord addresses Christ’s ascension at length in Sections VII and VIII.Read More »Hymn 216 “On Christ’s Ascension I Now Build”
“I’M GLAD YOU ASKED!” (FOURTEENTH IN A SERIES) Pastors Answer Frequently-Asked Questions It’s a legitimate question, and one that should be reviewed on a regular… Read More »Why Can’t Our Sons Belong to the Boy Scouts?
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… Read More »Arvid G.W. Gullerud, 1920-2015
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… Read More »Siddhi, Nepal
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,… Read More »Redeemer Evangelical Lutheran Church Sister Lakes, Michigan
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… Read More »Get On the Bus