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Psalm 132 “LORD, establish Your gracious rule in my heart” A Prayer Psalm (Please read this longer psalm in your Bible.) This is the longest… Read More »Thirteenth in a series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)–

We are in the midst of the presidential primaries. There is a whole lot of boasting going on. How can one be a politician without… Read More »TRUE CHRISTIANS OR AVERAGE POLITICIANS?

* HISTORICAL VIGNETTES This synod anniversary year we are running monthly “Historical Markings”–quotes from essays recounting the CLC’s origins. The good suggestion has come to… Read More »SMORGASBORD

‘Jesus Christ Is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever’ was the theme of the 1999 CLC Teachers Conference which was hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church… Read More »CLC TEACHERS CONFERENCE — 1999

vignette (vin-yet’), n. 1. short literary essay; sketch vignettist (vin-yet’ist), n. a maker of vignettes, painter, photographer, or writer Vignette #1 — Dateline: Eau Claire,… Read More »Fortieth Anniversary Historical Vignettes

Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? ” . . . In order to understand the reason for the formation of such a church… Read More »Historical Markings

Sharing the Gospel in Ohio Pastor Mark Bernthal, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Saginaw, Mich. sent along the story below pertaining to the TVBS held in Bedford… Read More »TRAVELING VACATION BIBLE SCHOOL (TVBS)–

The Mount of Transfiguration (You may first wish to read Matthew 17:1-9) We have a little fellow at our house who daily does his impersonation… Read More »To Keep Us Going —

“Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that… Read More »Chapel Talk (see endnote)–