Appointment Pastor Stephen Kurtzahn has been appointed as Visitor of the Minnesota District. He will fill the unexpired term of Pastor Douglas Libby who resigned upon accepting the call to a fulltime position in Immanuel High School, Mankato. –Daniel Fleischer President Installation On July 2, 1995 I ordained and installed Michael Schierenbeck as pastor of… Read More »Month Archive Read More

Meet: Seth Schaller Seth Schaller received his elementary education teaching degree from Immanuel Lutheran College in May 1993. Through the Call Committee on Graduates, he received a call to teach at Redeemer Lutheran School in Cheyenne Wyoming, where he is currently teaching. Seth married Erin nee Fossum Schaller in 1994. His most memorable day in… Read More »Month Archive Read More

Behind An Editorial Groan Almost as soon as last month’s issue arrived at our home in finished form I knew I was in trouble. My wife asked me if I looked closely at the cover. I said: Why? and looked at it again with critical eye. Immediately I knew what she meant, and sank back… Read More »Month Archive Read More

From August 1965 (a portion of) REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD — II. . . . We are all descendants of one man, C. F. W. Walther. . . .Everything you and I have learned to treasure all that was good in the Synodical Conference — its faithfulness to the Gospel, its emphasis on sound… Read More »Month Archive Read More

Worth Looking Back At It was 1965 when then editor of the Lutheran Spokesman Winfred Schaller Jr wrote a provocative series of articles entitled REMEMBER THE DAYS OF OLD The following words from the first article in the series (May 1965) help to explain the authors purpose: In several articles we wish to explore our… Read More »Month Archive Read More

(The following are excerpts from a recent letter from our missionary to Thailand We know you will find it interesting As you read you will also find many things for which you will want to pray.) June 10 1995 Dear Fellow Believers: How I praise God that I can write to you from Asia, the… Read More »Month Archive Read More

2 Cor 5:17 Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 5 LIFE AFTER LIFE What Is So New About Your Hope? The Scriptures tell us: be prepared at any time to give the reason for the hope we have to everyone who asks us. (1 Peter 3:15) Suppose, if you will that someone has raised a question… Read More »Month Archive Read More

The IRS defines a dependent as one who relies on his parents or someone else for more than half his support. According to God’s family design “growing up”, in most cases, involves moving from a state of dependency to a state of independence. Yet even the most independent among us realizes that term is purely… Read More »Month Archive Read More