WHY BE ORTHODOX?
The word “orthodox” means “true teaching.” It is the opposite of “heterodox,” which means “other teaching,” that is, teaching other than that which God teaches. So the comparison is true-teaching versus false-teaching. It is used…
Studies In Galatians
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Galatians 4:8-20 PRECIOUS MEMORIES “Oh, Pastor, I am getting so forgetful in my old age. I just can’t seem to remember…
SMORGASBORD
* GETTING EXCITED ABOUT A SYNOD CONVENTION (?!) Synodical conventions are often seen as anything but exciting and electrifying. How does one get excited anyhow about sitting in meetings in hot and humid weather to…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Joshua Chapters Six And Seven God’s Victory Over Jericho Perhaps most of you are familiar with the spiritual “Joshua Fought the Battle of Jericho.” It has a rather…
STUDIES ON “FELLOWSHIP” —
Part One: The Vertical And Horizontal Of Fellowship The word “koinonia” is found in noun form in the New Testament some 19 times. It is variously translated as fellowship, communion, partnership, participation, share, contribution, taking…
Parables Of The Master
Matthew 13:24-30, 36-43 The Tares Do you know what “cheat” is? My grandfather told me about it. He homesteaded in northeastern North Dakota early in this century. Wheat was an important crop. “Cheat,” also known…
The Other Christmas
“The love of God has been poured out in our hearts by the Holy Spirit who was given to us” (Romans 5:5). As the fiftieth day after Easter comes around again this year, there will…
THE TRINITY AND GOD’S PLAN OF SALVATION
The church has struggled to define God in the three ecumenical creeds — the Apostles’, the Nicene, and the Athanasian. We confess that we worship God in Trinity–the mystery of three persons in one God.…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Joshua Chapters One Through Five Passing On The Promised Land “What a trip!” We often hear such a phrase coming from the lips of parents at the end…
Parables Of The Master
Matthew 13:1-23 The Sower And the Seed Just by way of introduction: as you read this text you note that vv. 3-9 give the parable; vv. 10-17 give instruction embedded in a riddle; and vv.…