SMORGASBORD
* BLACK AND WHITE AND GRAY “Black and white is comfortable, but gray may be more honest.” This is the commentary headline of an article in the ecumenical newspaper, Metro Lutheran. If you want to…
If We Resemble Apes, Does That Mean We Evolved From Apes?
Anyone who has ever watched the monkeys and apes at the zoo couldn’t help but notice their resemblance to humans. By comparison, the bears in the zoo are not nearly as similar to human as…
CLC Teachers’ Conference —
Worthy Through Christ Valentine, Nebraska was the site of the CLC Teachers’ Conference in late October 1996. The warm greetings and the overall hospitality of the host congregation, Grace, were greatly appreciated by all in…
“Country School Day”
A little red country school house near the Fischer farm in Hanska, Minnesota was the site of Country School Day for Immanuel-Mankato students in grades 1-4. The school is owned, in part, by Mr. &…
Dedication In Austin
“Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy and because of Your truth” (Ps. 115:1). It was on these words that the Rev. L. W.…
December Announcements
Note To Subscribers: All individual subscriptions for the Lutheran Spokesman now have the common renewal date of December. (These are distinguished from congregational bulk subscriptions which expire in June.) Any subscriptions started during the year…
CHRISTMAS IS A MYSTERY
The people who handle sweepstakes contests seem to know a lot about the way Americans celebrate Christmas. As you read this article, millions of entry-forms have already been addressed, bundled, and are now waiting to…
A FRAGRANCE FROM LIFE TO LIFE
On the compound where our missionary lives in Nigeria there is a tall and stately tree called the “Queen of the Night.” It’s a name well-deserved. Once the sun has set and the countryside is…
ON BEING DIFFERENT
Advent Devotion Two opposing concepts in Scripture, oddly enough, have something in common. One concept is “sinfulness.” The other is “holiness.” That they are opposites is obvious. What they have in common is that both…
A Christmas Message From Our CLC President
REFORMATION’S EFFECT ON APPRECIATION OF CHRISTMAS BLESSING “God has stooped to speak heavenly truths in human words, so that we might know the riches of His grace…” The nature of such a publication as the…