Correction In the October 1995 issue I quoted something from The Vine And The Branches, identifying it as “a publication of ELCA conservatives.” A reader has called to my attention that this is wrong information. The editor of The Vine And The Branches is Dr. David Barnhart. Dr. Barnhart was once a member of the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1996/01
Editor’s note: Pastor James Shrader recently joined the CLC by colloquy. We requested some biographical information which would introduce him to our readers. We heartily welcome the Shrader family into our wider church family! Pastor James Shrader is the third of six children born to Gilford and Gwendolyn Shrader in Newark, Ohio. His mother and… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Or You’ll Fall for Anything (A condensation of the 1994 Annual Report of Pastor Mike Sydow to his congregation, Faith of Markesan, Wis. A member had suggested the report be submitted to the Spokesman.) It is sometimes rather difficult to maintain a confession of Jesus Christ in a world bent on bashing Christians. Everyone of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
How The Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part Three: The Leipzig Interim After Luther’s death in 1546 Emperor Charles V conquered Germany with the help of the treacherous Elector Maurice. Charles used executions, imprisonment, and banishment of pastors to impose the papal doctrines of the Augsburg Interim (May 1548), which was hated by… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(2 Cor. 5:17) Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 7 GODLY SORROW The Church lives by perpetual repentance. Luther summarized his concerns for the church and the Gospel in the first of his ninety-five theses, in which he states that “penance” is not an outward mechanical performance, but an inner attitude of mind which continues throughout… Read More »Month Archive Read More
What is your most precious possession? It is not hard to imagine the range of answers one would get to such a question. Some might name a treasured family heirloom, others a precious object they searched for and saved for. Those who are more thoughtful might say their spouse or children. Those more materialistic might… Read More »Month Archive Read More
The iron bedstead 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide described in Deuteronomy chapter three was both king- and giant-sized. “For only Og, king of Bashan, remained of the remnant of giants. Behold, his bedstead was a bestead of iron; is it not in Rabbath of the children of Ammon? Nine cubits was the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
A Compelling Message, A Compelling Motive “If we are out of our mind, it is for the sake of God; if we are in our right mind, it is for you. For Christ’s love compels us, because we are convinced that one died for all, and therefore all died.” — 2 Cor. 5:13-14 WANTED: Messenger;… Read More »Month Archive Read More