FAITH CLINGS TO THE SECRET THINGS
“If there is a God, then how do you explain . . .?” I’d guess that most of us have heard this demanding question before, especially from friends and family who are not believers or…
ASPIRIN-SIZED WORDS
In this series we are reprinting Spokesman articles by early leaders in the CLC. Pastor Emeritus James Albrecht is the curator of the series. Pastor Robert Mackensen (1920-2012) was a charter member of the CLC,…
DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODS IN THE CLCI
[Editor: The following is a report about current events in the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI). It is written, in his own words, by the indigenous pastor who is our main contact…
COLOSSIANS “NOT THIS, THAT”
In this series we offer brief introductions to the books of the Bible, including background, authorship, content, and application to the lives of today’s Christians. The word “sapper” comes from the French noun sapeur and…
HOLY TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH – COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” (Psalm 127:1) Main church entrance. Last May, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church celebrated…
LACKING NOTHING
I think I was in college before I understood verse one of the 23rd Psalm. Perhaps others have puzzled over it as well. The rest of the psalm seemed relatively clear to me. Like a…
THE GLORIOUS LIGHT OF THE PROPHETIC WORD
As I write this article, the season of Epiphany is wrapping up, and the church is preparing to enter the season of Lent. Epiphany is a season of Jesus being revealed as the Son of…
May (A Season of Easter)
The Lutheran church enjoys a long tradition of identifying one “Hymn of the Week” for every Sunday of the church year. Such a hymn should reflect the unifying theme of the service, and is intended…
THE GIFT OF MOTHERS
Does the title of this article mean that mothers are the gift or that mothers are the ones from whom the gift comes? The answer is, “Both!” “And Adam called his wife’s name Eve, because…
STRONG + TENDER = GOOD
“The sheep are out!” Whenever those words echoed through the farmhouse, everyone knew what it meant: “Drop what you are doing and get outside!” It was urgent, lest the sheep trample the garden or wander…