TLH 233 “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest”
A HYMN OF GLORY LET US SING “The King of kings, and Lord of lords, who alone has immortality, dwelling in unapproachable light, whom no… Read More »TLH 233 “Come, Holy Ghost, Creator Blest”
Lutheran Spokesman
Praying in the Darkness
GEMS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT Many prayers in the Psalms are offered by people going through difficult times; but most of them express a measure… Read More »Praying in the Darkness
No Substitute
STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT “Do not be carried about with various and strange doctrines. For it is good that the heart be established by… Read More »No Substitute
Unitarian Universalism
UNDERSTANDING THE CULTS In this twelve-part series we are taking a brief look at some of the major cults, past and present, that have found… Read More »Unitarian Universalism
The Augsburg Confession
“THIS WE BELIEVE” In ongoing observation of the 500th anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation, we are presenting a brief overview of those confessional documents that… Read More »The Augsburg Confession
Story of Bhoglal Gharti, Rolpa
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. The following is a report from… Read More »Story of Bhoglal Gharti, Rolpa
Faith Lutheran Church of West St. Louis County, Manchester, Missouri
A SLICE OF LIFE IN THE CLC Snapshots of congregations from around the Church of the Lutheran Confession. The numbers are grim. 24% consider themselves… Read More »Faith Lutheran Church of West St. Louis County, Manchester, Missouri
A New Field for Missionary Evensen
MISSION NEWSLETTER Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. Imagine traveling to a foreign country,… Read More »A New Field for Missionary Evensen
Both Shepherd and Lamb
COVER STORY – GOOD SHEPHERD
Jesus was many mutually exclusive things that, humanly speaking, He couldn’t be. He was the God of Sabaoth, and He was the Prince of Peace. He was Lord and Master, and He was the humble Servant. He was “true God, begotten of the Father from eternity,” and He was a mortal man Whose life left Him on Calvary’s cross. He was also both Shepherd and Lamb.
We get this, of course, but it is nonetheless remarkable when you actually take the time to consider it. That both are true is beyond dispute. Jesus once said this of Himself: “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life for the sheep. He who is a hired hand and not a shepherd, who does not own the sheep, sees the wolf coming and leaves the sheep and flees, and the wolf snatches them and scatters them. He flees because he is a hired hand and cares nothing for the sheep. I am the good shepherd. I know my own and my own know me, just as the Father knows me and I know the Father; and I lay down my life for the sheep.” (John 10:11-15 ESV) Clearly then He is a shepherd. Yet John the Baptist, on two separate occasions, identified Jesus as “the Lamb of God.” (John 1:29, 34)Read More »Both Shepherd and Lamb
Graduating with the Lord
DEVOTION – GRADUATION
Near the end of my first grade year, I asked my mom how much longer I needed to go to school. I enjoyed first grade as well as kindergarten the year before that, but I did wonder if there would be a day when I wouldn’t have to go anymore. I had suspected that I would need to go at least until eighth grade, and my suspicions were confirmed. Then my mom surprised me with the news of eight more years of school, called “high school” and “college.” For a young child squinting to see the end of school as upon a distant horizon, graduation seems like a fantasy which will never materialize. For those who are now arriving at their graduation day, the common question is, “Where did the time go?”
While graduation is the end goal for millions of young people around our nation, graduation day is not the end. The word itself implies a progression to something new. Just as the celebration of a sports championship is shortly followed by a new season, so each graduation brings on a new season of life. And how intimidating it can be to graduate into that unknown! Whether you are an eighth grader graduating into the intimidating halls of high school, or a high school senior progressing to the pressures of college, or a college senior stepping into your career, graduation is often accompanied by fear of what comes next.Read More »Graduating with the Lord