A CHRISTMAS TREE FOR BABY JESUS
It’s become a tradition in our family to go out hunting in the woods for our Christmas tree. In specified areas of the Black Hills the Forest Service will let you cut down an evergreen…
Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Oh, Come, All Ye Faithful A Christmas Hymn #102 in The Lutheran Hymnal As familiar and well-loved as this hymn has become, there is surprisingly little known of its origin. The Latin poem “Adeste, Fideles”…
“O Sing Unto The Lord”
Daily Bible Readings 1999 The Spokesman extends hearty thanks to Pastor Roland H. Gurgel for these devotional readings for the coming year. The overall theme chosen for these readings is: “O sing unto the Lord.”…
SMORGASBORD
*OLD NEWS–BUT STILL GOOD NEWS (Paul R. Koch, taken from the Messiah, Eau Claire newsletter, the Messenger, Christmas issue, 1997) We suffer no shortage of access to news in our society–by papers, magazines, television, and…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Judges Chapters Two Through Seven Victorious Against Impossible Odds After the death of Joshua, the Israelites failed to get rid of all the heathen people in the Promised…
Parables Of The Master
Matthew 18:21-35 On Extravagance — And Its Lack You will never be sinned against by anyone the way in which you have sinned against God. No one will ever commit the number of sins against…
–New Preaching Station
Back “on-line” For over a year, a half-dozen Christian households in the Onalaska/Brice Prairie area (suburban LaCrosse, Wis.) had been deprived of their CLC home-page. That is, when St. Mark’s of Onalaska left the CLC…
A SOLEMN LITANY
For enabling our founding fathers to give up comfortable homes, schools, and churches for the sake of the true doctrine . . . We thank Thee, Lord. For giving our founding fathers secular work, shelter,…
Studies In Galatians
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 6:16-26 Freedom From Sin Includes Freedom From Sinning “Liberty means responsibility. That is why most men dread it.” Thus wrote…
First In A Series . . .
God’s Wonderful Marriage Math Equation There are more than a few Bible numbers that for many just don’t add up. The numbers 6 (days of Creation) and 6,000 (approximate age of the earth) present insurmountable…