The Year of our Lord 2000 From the Editor: Thanks once again to Pastor Roland H. Gurgel (Faith, Nicollet and Faith, New Ulm, Minn.) for these daily Bible readings. For the year drawing to a… 

Luke 14:25-35 Cost-Counting The scenario is all too familiar. A young person with no significant or permanent income source is bombarded with almost irresistible offers from the credit card companies. “Buy now, pay later” is… 

“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.… 

* 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… 

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… 

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… 

* 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… 

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… 

(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… 

‘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…