Customer: “I want to buy some acetylsalicylic acid.” Druggist: “Do you man aspirin?” Customer: “Yes I can never remember that word…” Most people can remember and understand simple words more easily than “jaw breaker” terminology.… Aspirin-sized Words
“The Second Martin the Life and Theology of Martin Chemnitz” by J A O Preus Concordia Publishing house, 411 pages $35 I last saw Jack Preus, former president of the Lutheran Church Missouri Synod, at… Book Review
With this issue we are happy to take note also of the graduation of four young men from our Bible School (Seminary) in India as well. Two of these men — Binoy and Mani —… Graduates Of The Martin Luther Bible School
Or do we? How often do we use the word “implore” anymore? “Implore” seems to fall into a category with ideas like “appeal”, “beg”, “petition”, — all of which suggest that the implorer/appellant/ beggar/petitioner is… We Now Implore God The Holy Ghost
Those readers who never experience difficulty in initiating a discussion about our Savior with strangers sitting next to them on the plane, or with unbelievers working at their side or even sharing their home may… How Much Of The Holy Spirit?
Studies in Second Corinthians The Paradox Of The Gospel Ministry But we have this treasure in earthen vessels, that the excellence of the power may be of God and not of us. (We are) hard… New Creatures In Christ (2 Cor. 5:17)
“Fools mock at sin, but among the upright there is favor” (Prov. 14:9). There is much mocking of sin these days. It is the subject of jokes for stand-up comedians. Sins are spoken of as… Gems From Proverbs
A word of clarification perhaps needs to be given regarding violence, and even murder, at abortion clinics by pro-life activists. No, we are not for it! In “The Diary of a Fetus” in our January… Violence At Abortion Clinics
From June 1965: How Every Christian Serves His Country When Christians get to feel the world’s hostility — the “hatred” that Jesus said should not amaze us — they are often tempted to withdraw. The… Looking Back in the Spokesman
The marvelous ability of all living things to reproduce themselves after their kind is one of the most distinctive properties of life. This reproductive ability depends in part on a vast collection of precise genetic… Sickle Cell Anemia And Other “Good” Mutations Of Evolution
