New Location In Michigan Our Reed City mission has moved its services to the Cadillac, Mich. area. Services are now held every other week at the Sands Motel at the intersection of Hwy. 115 & 55 at 4:00 p.m. The Sands Motel is two blocks from Mitchell State Campground. For more information please call Mr.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1996/07
“Your Calling In Life” Ten students were graduated from Immanuel Lutheran High School, Mankato, Minn. in a worship service/concert on June 2, 1996. The senior class, whose colors were royal blue and white, chose Proverbs 3:1-2 as their class verse: “My son, do not forget my law, but let your heart keep my commands; for… Read More »Month Archive Read More
In connection with the Spring concert on May 17, 1996 Pastor Vance Fossum, chairman of the Board of Regents for Immanuel Lutheran College, delivered the message for the dedication of the new building. For space considerations what follows is an abbreviated version of his remarks. Dear Friends — students, faculty, alumni, guests, and especially the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
DAILY BREAD AT ILC Some of the “daily bread” for which we have been taught to pray was well represented at ILC on commencement weekend: the gift of a new building; the gift of a new and improved pipe organ; the gifts to the CLC of a day school teacher and three candidates prepared for… Read More »Month Archive Read More
When a well-known figure in organized crime died, the newspaper story on his death mentioned that during his life he had been quite generous in his gifts to his family’s church. He surely was not the first nor the last thief to salve his conscience by giving to a church or charity a small part… Read More »Month Archive Read More
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part Seven Agricola And The Anti-Law Party John Agricola, a close friend both to Luther and Melanchthon, created problems about the relationship between Law and Gospel which are still plaguing Lutherans. Unlike the others, Agricola began his attack upon justification before Luther died in 1546. Those… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Most people, Christian or not, are aware of the debate about the identity of Jesus Christ. Most recently the Holy Week 1996 issues of three national news magazines — TIME, Newsweek, US News & World Report — featured Jesus Christ on the cover. The cover stories featured the latest attempts of the self-appointed Jesus Seminar… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(2 Cor. 5:17) Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 10 The Apostle Paul Defends The Gospel Ministry In chapter 10 Paul shifts gears and returns to the theme of this letter — the defense of his Gospel ministry in the face of the opposition of some in Corinth. In the last three chapters the apostle reluctantly… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Here is something Strom Thurmond would say. Go into his office and ask the 93-year-old Senator from South Carolina where he expects to be at this time next year. He will probably say “Ratcheer!” This is an old saying. Gregory Peck used it in the 1946 film “The Yearling.” Clint Eastwood sneered at its use… Read More »Month Archive Read More