Lutheran Spokesman

Pastor Robert McDonald — St. Peter’s Lutheran church of Stambaugh, Michigan had submitted a blank Call form to the Call Committee for Graduates, leaving it… Read More »Meet The Graduates From Our Seminary

Salem Lutheran Church Eagle Lake, Minnesota Michele Rysavy of Salem congregation writes: “VBS was held June 12-16, 1995. We had 17 children in attendance. The… Read More »Vacation Bible Schools

By the grace of God St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Austin, is seeing its prayers answered. After many years of coping with floodwaters at a previous… Read More »Ground-Breaking In Austin, Minnesota

“Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me . . . Say to my soul,… Read More »“Plead My Cause, O LORD . . .”

is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all… Read More »“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth

How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part One: Luther’s Death When Luther died, Lutheranism collapsed. Military defeat of the Lutherans worsened the… Read More »After The Death of Luther —

(This is a portion of an address given as part of the 1994 Area Reformation Festival Service at Immanuel, Mankato, Minnesota — Ed.) …Against (the)… Read More »A Key Word: “ALONE”

It makes for a captivating, albeit often tragic, story or TV drama. A seaworthy vessel with supposedly capable seamen at the helm loses its power… Read More »ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF THEOLOGY

(Adapted from the February 1995 Newsletter of Grace Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota) The pastor of the ELCA church in our city recently took his… Read More »“That All May Be One…”