Why Lutherans Fight Over Doctrine
One of the complaints that is often leveled against conservative Lutherans is that we are much too polemical. “Polemic” comes from the Greek word “polemos” which means “war.” In plain English the contention is that…
A Reformation message from our CLC President —
‘LUTHERAN’? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? Occasionally one is asked, “What religion are you?” Your immediate response might be, “Lutheran.” Sadly, in our day that is less and less a meaningful confession or witness because Lutheranism…
‘CHURCH UNITY IS AN ISSUE OF INTEGRITY’
(Note: The following letter was written to the editor of the Austin {Minn.} Daily Herald, July 15, 1998 by the Rev. Stephen Kurtzahn; it was a response to an article by a Roman Catholic priest…
Parables Of The Master
Matthew 13:47-52 The Dragnet Jesus used the picture of a dragnet in a parable explaining the mystery of the kingdom of God. To a Midwestern boy raised in the fifties, “Dragnet” was a TV show…
THE DEVIL YOU SAY!
Men don’t believe in a Devil now, as their fathers used to do. They’ve forced the door of the broadest creed, To let “His Majesty” through. There isn’t a print of his cloven hoof, or…
SMORGASBORD
* RE: MONUMENTS TO LUTHER For the picture on this month’s cover, as well as for others appearing in this issue direct from “Lutherland,” thanks goes to CLC President Daniel Fleischer. These photographs were taken…
STUDIES ON THE BIBLICAL WORD “FELLOWSHIP” —
Part Four: Partnership — Our Fellowship Should Be A Very Personal Relationship Remember the sharing, the communion, the oneness in Christ? Who is in the hospital, and we do not remember to pray for him?…
In Our CLC Classrooms —
Meet: Ann Libby Ann Libby is presently the 5th and 6th grade teacher at Messiah Lutheran School in Eau CLaire, Wisconsin. Ann graduated from Immanuel Lutheran High School in 1978 and from the University of…
Studies In Galatians
Standing Fast In the Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 5:1-15 The Razor’s Edge Of Religion In Rocky Mountain National Park there lies a ‘razor’s edge’–a portion of the Continental…
STUDIES ON ‘FELLOWSHIP’ —
Part Three: Koinonia Means Sharing Of the church in Jerusalem we are told that they continued steadfastly in the apostles’ teaching and fellowship, in the breaking of bread and in prayers (cf. Acts 2:42). This…