An Epiphany Meditation–
God’s Mathematics What kind of math were they teaching when you went to school? Was it the old math or the new math? Perhaps you went through the system at a time when they were…
As A New Year Begins —
ETERNITY’S SONG In our Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany celebrations at Berea (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota) we have been singing and scrutinizing the songs of the season–our beautiful carols and cherished hymns which lyrically and musically…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapter Nineteen “Please God, let me die.” Have you ever uttered or thought the words in our title? As we travel through this vale of tears…
Studies In Ephesians
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 6:10-24 GOING TO WAR WITH JESUS [Read Ephesians 6:10-24] “Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before . .…
Our Nation in Crisis; Our God still a Refuge–
(An article appeared in the SMORGASBORD section, November 2001, entitled “Retaliation.” The author, Pastor Wayne Eichstadt of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mankato, Minnesota, went on to write a number of bulletin articles on Christian perspectives connected…
SMORGASBORD
* ON HUMAN CLONING The following letter was sent to a local newspaper last November by one of our CLC pastors. We heartily agree with the expressions in the letter. This being the anniversary month…
Parables Of The Master
Matthew 22:1-14 THE GREAT INVITATION There are invitations and there are invitations. A casual, spontaneous call to a friend or loved one to meet them for lunch is one thing; a formal, personal, in-advance invitation…
How Far Is It To Christmas?
“The shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go to Bethlehem and see this thing that has come to pass, which the Lord has made known to us.’” — Luke 2:15b Already in September I…
ADVENT — OUR HOPE IN HIS COMING
We live in distressing times, times of considerable unrest in the world. Terrorists would unsettle us with threats of violence. Anthrax rumors and scares abound. Great distress has been seen in the world before. It…
From Our CLC President–
Teaching our Children To Appreciate Christmas When the post-Thanksgiving shopping is past, if toy sales are up over the previous year, it is good for the merchants. It also means that many children will have…