We Are Holy People
This is the first of five messages which Convention Chaplain, Pastor Michael Eichstadt, presented under the overall theme: “Who Are We?” “Who are you?” That is probably the number one question of the day. After…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Genesis Chapters Forty-Two Through Forty-Five The Problem Of Guilt The problem of guilt is a recurring theme in literature. A character in a novel commits a crime and…
Pietism And Promise Keepers (fourth and last in series):
The “Promises” And Antidotes Promise Keepers began with 72 men under the leadership of Colorado football coach Bill McCartney in 1990. McCartney and the others were members of the Vineyard denomination, a Pentecostal group led…
Elections
(*Elected or re-elected at this Convention) CLC Officers: President: The Rev. Daniel Fleischer* V. President: The Rev. Elton Hallauer* Secretary: The Rev. James Albrecht* Moderator: Prof. Ronald Roehl* Board of Missions Mr. Don Ohlmann (1998)…
Report On The 1996 Convention
Familiarity And Change The 22nd Convention of the CLC opened with a feeling of familiarity. Delegates were greeted by familiar faces up on the gymnasium stage. Folding chairs and bleachers provided an all-too-familiar feeling (a…
“RATCHEER!”
Here is something Strom Thurmond would say. Go into his office and ask the 93-year-old Senator from South Carolina where he expects to be at this time next year. He will probably say “Ratcheer!” This…
New Creatures In Christ”
(2 Cor. 5:17) Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 10 The Apostle Paul Defends The Gospel Ministry In chapter 10 Paul shifts gears and returns to the theme of this letter — the defense of his…
It’s A Matter Of Faith
Most people, Christian or not, are aware of the debate about the identity of Jesus Christ. Most recently the Holy Week 1996 issues of three national news magazines — TIME, Newsweek, US News & World…
After the Death of Luther –
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part Seven Agricola And The Anti-Law Party John Agricola, a close friend both to Luther and Melanchthon, created problems about the relationship between Law and Gospel…
Does God Need Our Offerings?
When a well-known figure in organized crime died, the newspaper story on his death mentioned that during his life he had been quite generous in his gifts to his family’s church. He surely was not…