My Courage Hymn #206, v. 2 Scripture Reading: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 Believers have always gotten a bum rap. We are perceived as weak because Jesus said, “Blessed are the meek.” We are also perceived as… A Sample Daily Devotion (April 6, 1999) from “Gurgel’s Devotions” —

* DAILY DEVOTIONS “I’d rather read these devotions than the Bible!” — “I like his comparisons!” — “It’s as good as reading Zorn’s Manna or Meditations” — “You don’t know what you’re missing!” Such are… SMORGASBORD

Immanuel Lutheran College Eau Claire, Wisconsin In my view from a seat near the rear of the Fieldhouse at ILC, the ebullient crowd needed to be shushed into the listening mode for an experience that… Graduation — May 22, 1999

Immanuel Lutheran School Mankato, Minnesota At the graduation service at Immanuel, Mankato (2:30 p.m., Sunday, June 6th) seventeen 8th graders and eleven 12th graders were recognized for successfully completing the required courses. Five “sibling sets”… Graduation, June 6, 1999

A knowledge of “god” is common to all people. The knowledge of the only true God is not. Christians describe God as Triune (three-in-one) in order to confess the only living God in contrast to… The Trinity

As we come to the end of a century and move toward the year 2000, we are hearing more and more of end-time prophecies. Add in the Y2K concerns and there is a ready-made opportunity… SO WHEN WILL THE LORD COME?

A GOOD START Ever notice if you don’t get the first button right, all the other ones end up wrong as well? Ever notice that if a child doesn’t have a good start in life,… Father’s Day Thoughts —

“In everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Imagine a beautiful, sunny day. Your plan is to hike a mountain trail. As you begin, you can’t… PEBBLES IN OUR SHOES

Oh, that I Had a Thousand Voices Hymn of Praise to the Trinity #243 in The Lutheran Hymnal Our annual pilgrimage from Clarkston, Wash. to Eau Claire, Wis. takes us over Lolo Pass on the… Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns

Luke 13:6-9 The Barren Fig Tree St. Paul uses words like “grace” and “love” to personify Jesus, as in Titus 2 and 3. There is another word which hasn’t been overly used or abused yet–the… Parables Of The Master