As I repose ready to drift off, the chorus of chirping and croaking ceases. The bush is pitch black and deadly still. The stillness then is broken by a screeching sound. Is it some cat… 

Luke 14:7-11 A Precept Parable The opening verse says it’s a parable, but it just doesn’t read like a parable. It reads more like a set of precepts about good manners at a Jewish wedding… 

Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 2:1-13 Our Rags To Riches Story (Christ is the Key) “All our righteousnesses are as filthy rags”–these words were Isaiah’s sharpened needle in the self-righteous balloon… 

Second in a Series– THE LAND The Land What land? The Promised Land, the land that flowed with milk and honey (Ex. 3:8), the Land of Canaan that extended “from the river of Egypt to… 

Built on the Rock the Church doth Stand A Hymn On and For the Church #467 in The Lutheran Hymnal The congregations of the Church of the Lutheran Confession worship in a variety of settings.… 

LIVING OUR FAITH IN CHRISTIAN MARRIAGE One of the great faith-challenges facing us as Christians is to live and practice our faith. Within Christian marriage this means translating the God-desired, ideal “love” of Ephesians chapter… 

Psalm 128 “LORD, grant me the blessing of family happiness.” A Psalm of Comfort Psalm 128 Blessed is every one who fears the LORD, who walks in His ways. When you eat the labor of… 

* MARTIN GALSTAD, 1909-1999 (Pastor Rollin A. Reim, Reporter) Just short of his 90th birthday, Martin Galstad of Lake Hamilton, Fla., received an honorary Doctor of Humane Letters degree from Wisconsin Lutheran College, where five… 

THE MILLENNIUM One Thousand Years This numerical expression occurs six times in the first seven verses of Revelation 20. It occurs in only two other places in the Bible: “For a thousand years in Your… 

Psalm 127 “LORD, bless my undertakings with success.” A Psalm of Instruction Psalm 127 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman…