Announcement Agreement has been reached on a doctrinal statement regarding the understanding of the third use of the Law. This statement, arrived at through study of the Holy Scriptures and the Lutheran Confessions, was accepted and recognized at the 1996 Convention of the Church of the Lutheran Confession as true to the teaching of Scripture.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1996/09
About 135 women joined their hearts in praise and meditation around the theme of Colossians 3:16: “Let the word of Christ dwell in you richly in all wisdom, teaching and admonishing one another in psalms and hymns and spiritual songs, singing with grace in your heart to the Lord.” The occasion for this opportunity of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Meet: Craig F. Owings Craig F. Owings is a teacher at Immanuel School in Mankato, Minn. He joined the teaching staff there in the fall of 1995. He teaches primarily high school courses in the areas of grammar, literature, math, and geography. Mr. Owings graduated from Pacific Lutheran University in 1974, and accepted a teaching… Read More »Month Archive Read More
WHY BILLY IS NO PAUL The third week in June the Minneapolis Metrodome hosted a total of 348,000 people (not counting the nationwide television audience) for a Billy Graham Crusade. Some in the media have compared Graham to the apostle Paul. Here are a few reasons why, from our vantage point, Billy Graham is no… Read More »Month Archive Read More
A Light Shining in a Dark Place Our Lord’s will is that His children might be more and more “conformed to the image of His Son” (Rom. 8:29). There was a time in our country when the educational philosophy of the public school was not in direct conflict with Christianity. Today, however, there can be… Read More »Month Archive Read More
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged Part Eight The Crypto-Calvinists Triumph Before Luther’s death most of the doctrinal battles were against the Medieval errors of Roman Catholicism. After his death in 1546 the errors of John Calvin began to undermine Lutheran doctrine. Calvin’s errors, in this controversy, concerned the two natures of Christ and… Read More »Month Archive Read More
This article begins a new series. After the series of articles on the Devil has run its course, other “revelations of Scripture” could treat such subjects as Antichrist, Sin, Grace, the Last Days, etc. — Ed. The devil! Yes, we hear his name fairly often. It is commonly used in the attempt to add emphasis… Read More »Month Archive Read More
From September 1964* — GO! NEEDED: RELIGIOUS EXTROVERTS. He started out by climbing up on a pillar 12 feet off the ground and living there. Even this soon seemed too close to the contaminating earth, and he built taller pillars. Finally he settled down for 30 years on a towering pillar over 100 feet high.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
If you were o visit each of our CLC congregations across the country, you would note many differences. There are obvious differences in the size and architecture of church buildings. In some places you might worship in a converted garage with 20 other people; in another location there might be 200 worshipers in a brand… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Ask any good athlete who throws a ball, swings a bat, or swings a golf club, and they’ll tell you that same thing: it takes a good follow-through. You follow through with your arm after you release the ball. You follow through with the bat after you make contact. A good follow through is the… Read More »Month Archive Read More