Reformation 1996 In 1529, the year that Martin Luther prepared the Small and Large Catechisms, he wrote the classic Reformation hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Luther wrote: Though devils all the world should… A Message From Our CLC President —

How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged Part Nine The Crypto-Calvinists Self-destruct After Luther’s death in 1546 Melanchthon’s followers, with his help, conspired to replace Luther’s doctrine with Calvin’s, at Wittenberg, Leipzig, and across Germany.… After the Death of Luther —

LUTHER ANNIVERSARY Appreciative heirs watch for significant dates in the life of Dr. Martin Luther, thus to seize the opportunity another anniversary affords to highlight God’s working in his life. By now most Lutherans are… EDITOR’S SMORGASBORD

Or, None Of The Above? I have heard many Christians say that evolution doesn’t concern them because, after all, it’s “only a theory.” Presumably they think that the word “theory” means about the same thing… Evolution A Theory, A Fact, Or A Law?

“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Genesis Chapters Forty-five Through Fifty Jacob’s Move To Egypt Jacob had had a hard life. The flight from his brother, the deception of his uncle Laban, the loss… LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Golden, Colorado St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church is located just west of Denver in Golden, Colorado–settled in a valley between two table mesas on the east and the foothills of… Two New Congregations In Our Synod Family

A Light Shining in a Dark Place Our Lord’s will is that His children might be more and more “conformed to the image of His Son” (Rom. 8:29). There was a time in our country… The Lutheran Grade School:

WHY BILLY IS NO PAUL The third week in June the Minneapolis Metrodome hosted a total of 348,000 people (not counting the nationwide television audience) for a Billy Graham Crusade. Some in the media have… Editor’s Smorgasbord

Meet: Craig F. Owings Craig F. Owings is a teacher at Immanuel School in Mankato, Minn. He joined the teaching staff there in the fall of 1995. He teaches primarily high school courses in the… In Our CLC Classrooms —

About 135 women joined their hearts in praise and meditation around the theme of Colossians 3:16: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms… Women’s Fellowship Day