Vacation Bible Schools
Salem Lutheran Church Eagle Lake, Minnesota Michele Rysavy of Salem congregation writes: “VBS was held June 12-16, 1995. We had 17 children in attendance. The upper level class made a banner for the back wall…
Ground-Breaking In Austin, Minnesota
By the grace of God St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, Austin, is seeing its prayers answered. After many years of coping with floodwaters at a previous site, a new church and school complex is under construction…
Women’s Equality And Mothers Superior: A Thanksgiving
Your newspaper carried articles about it — on Saturday, August 26th — about Women’s Equality Day and the 75th Anniversary of the 19th Amendment (Women’s Suffrage). The next day, Sunday the 27th, we did something…
“Plead My Cause, O LORD . . .”
“Plead my cause, O LORD, with those who strive with me; Fight against those who fight against me . . . Say to my soul, ‘I am your salvation’ . . . Let them shout…
“If we say that we have no sin, we deceive ourselves, and the truth
is not in us. If we confess our sins, He is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness” (1 John 1:8-9). “A Wonderful Way To Remember The…
After The Death of Luther —
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part One: Luther’s Death When Luther died, Lutheranism collapsed. Military defeat of the Lutherans worsened the weaknesses of the Wittenberg faculty. This era is painful to…
A Key Word: “ALONE”
(This is a portion of an address given as part of the 1994 Area Reformation Festival Service at Immanuel, Mankato, Minnesota — Ed.) …Against (the) assaults of Satan we must pray for the spiritual strength…
ADRIFT ON THE SEA OF THEOLOGY
It makes for a captivating, albeit often tragic, story or TV drama. A seaworthy vessel with supposedly capable seamen at the helm loses its power or moorings while at sea and soon finds itself adrift…
“That All May Be One…”
(Adapted from the February 1995 Newsletter of Grace Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota) The pastor of the ELCA church in our city recently took his turn writing an article for the church page of the…
Church of the Lutheran Confession Foundation
Why Do We Have A Foundation? The need for the Foundation became apparent when the Board of Trustees began having trouble administering some of the gifts that were being given to the CLC. There were…