“Take Courage… I Am With You”
“The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me.” (John 10:25) But the boat was now in the middle of the sea, tossed by the waves, for the wind was…
Wrong Loyalties
ENCOUNTERS OF A SPIRITUAL KIND Last of a series of ten There was a man of the Pharisees named Nicodemus, a ruler of the Jews. This man came to Jesus by night and said to…
JUSTUS JONAS
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS (THIRD of four) JUSTUS JONAS “My eyes stay open through the watches of the night, that I may meditate on your promises.” (Psalm 119:148 NIV) Some people have an exceptional…
Lucas Cranach (The Elder)
FAITH OF OUR FATHERS (FOURTH of four) Lucas Cranach (The Elder) “Just as each of us has one body with many members, and these members do not all have the same function, so in Christ…
Are We Losing?
A REFORMATION MESSAGE FROM OUR CLC PRESIDENT The troops are withdrawing and coming home. The Wall Street Journal reports that the remaining US combat forces will leave Afghanistan sometime in 2016, after a bloody fifteen…
“Called by the Gospel”
CATECHISM SERIES: Studies in The Apostles’ Creed FIRST OF FIVE PARTS OF A SERIES ON THE THIRD ARTICLE “This is most certainly true!” The THIRD ARTICLE installments: 1) The Holy Spirit has called me by…
Beating a Horse that Will Not Die
Christ, Thou art the sure Foundation, Thou the Head and Cornerstone; Chosen of the Lord and precious, Binding all the Church in one; Thou Thy Zion’s Help forever And her Confidence alone. (TLH #466:1) …
Worship Him, All You People
“Therefore we must give the more earnest heed to the things we have heard, lest we drift away. For if the word spoken through angels proved steadfast, and every transgression and disobedience received a just…
“…You give them something to eat”
“When Jesus heard it, He departed from there by boat to a deserted place by Himself. But when the multitudes heard it, they followed Him on foot from the cities. And when Jesus went out…
Serving the Servants’ Servant
LAST OF FIVE PARTS OF A SERIES ON THE SECOND ARTICLE “This is most certainly true!” THE APOSTLES’ CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ,…