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“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Second Samuel, Chapters Eleven and Twelve David’s Fall and Repentance Lust, adultery, deceit, murder, and scandal are words… Read More »LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

Luke 16:1-13 The Parable Of The Unjust Steward To retell Jesus’ parable in a modern setting: “A wealthy businessman had an administrator whom he had… Read More »Parables Of The Master

God Bless Our Native Land A Prayer for the Nation #577 in The Lutheran Hymnal It’s an election year! As you know, that means during… Read More »Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns

Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? . . . When Immanuel congregation in 1959 took up the matter of Christian higher education and… Read More »Historical Markings

vignette (vin-yet’), n. 1. short literary essay; sketch vignettist (vin-yet’ist), n. a maker of vignettes, painter, photographer, or writer Dateline: Middleton, Wisconsin DUANE W. RIGGERT,… Read More »Fortieth Anniversary Historical Vignettes

Due to space constraints, printed here are excerpts only, allowing the reader to “catch the flavor” of the President’s address at the ILC Commencement service… Read More »Thoughts From A Commencement Address

May 20, 2000 President John Pfeiffer’s commencement address (entitled “With All Your Might,” based on Ecclesiastes 9:10; see page of this issue) struck the keynote… Read More »Commencement At Immanuel Lutheran College

100 Years Of God’s Grace (1899-1999) In the 1870’s and 1880’s a number of German Lutheran families came to settle in Hidewood Township in Deuel… Read More »Zion Ev. Lutheran Church, Hidewood Township, South Dakota–

Heritage, inheritance, and legacy are all terms that speak of one generation of people handing down to the next generation something very special that is… Read More »Our Great Heritage