“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Samuel Chapters Seventeen To Twenty David and Jonathan: A Formula for Friendship This past summer I had the privilege of speaking at my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.… LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
* A TRADITION TO RE-ESTABLISH? Last Christmas one of our pastors put out, via an e-mail message, the following word of encouragement to his brothers in the CLC ministry. The good words speak to us… SMORGASBORD
Coming Into The Light During the electioneering this month you may recall hearing something about a Wisconsin politician that was not good news. He got reelected. According to some reports, he has come out of… An ILC Chapel Address–
Luke 14:15-24 ‘For the Jew first and also for the Gentile’ In this parable of the Great Supper, Jesus sought to highlight the Jews’ rejection of God’s gracious invitation, and to warn those who were… Parables Of The Master
* TWO SOULS PASSING (The obituary of Pastor Carl Thurow appears in this issue. The September 19, 1999 worship service bulletin of Messiah Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, Wis. contained the following “comparisons” between one who… SMORGASBORD
1914-1999 Note: Below is the obituary prepared and read (itemized Scriptures included) by officiating Pastor Paul Tiefel Jr. at the funeral of the deceased — Ed. (Psalm 139:13-14,16) On August 16, 1914 God blessed Theodore… Pastor Carl M. Thurow
(We thank our graduates for telling us how the Lord led them into the ministry. – Ed.) Meet Pastor David Schaller David Paul Schaller was born on January 15, 1974 to Pastor Paul and Nona… 1999 Seminary Graduates
‘Sons of Trinity’ Help Celebrate Forty Years On August 15, 1999 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special service entitled: “We are all Sons and Heirs.” The ‘sons of the congregation’–those… An Anniversary in Watertown, South Dakota–
Thanksgiving is so much more than a holiday. It involves our whole life. Martin Rinckart described this nicely in his familiar hymn: “Now thank we all our God With heart and hands and voices” (TLH… Give thanks “with heart and hands and voices”
Come, Ye Thankful People, Come A Hymn On Harvest And Thanksgiving #574 in The Lutheran Hymnal Thanksgiving Day in the United States commemorates the harvest gathered by the Plymouth Colony in 1621. After the extreme… Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
