After The Death of Luther —
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part Ten (conclusion) Lessons From The Formula Of Concord Era The years after Luther’s death in 1546 are worth studying as a backdrop for the Formula…
ILC School Opening —
Induction of Four New Professors Opening ceremonies at Immanuel Lutheran College on August 26 reminded me of Jesus’ question to His disciples: “When I sent you . . . lacked ye anything?” And they said:…
A New Shepherd In Red Wing
(Pastor Hein is one of the graduates from our Immanuel Seminary this past Spring. The information which follows was gleaned from the installation bulletin — Ed.) Born on April 19, 1966, John Paul Hein was…
Evolution A Theory, A Fact, Or A Law?
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…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“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…
Two New Congregations In Our Synod Family
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…
A NEW SONG
“He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in…
Luther On The Reformation
Innumerable volumes and articles have been written about Luther and the Reformation. We quote here some comments from the Reformer himself, giving his own impression of the Lord’s work that had brought the true light…
A Message From Our CLC President —
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…
After the Death of Luther —
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.…