West Central Pastoral Conference Date: September 17-19, 1996 Place: Berea Ev. Lutheran Church, Sioux falls, SD Agenda: 1) Old Testament Exegesis: Psalm 128 — Pastor Jay Hartmann 2) New Testament Exegesis: Romans 6:15-23 — Pastor Peter Reim 3) Isagogical Study of Hebrews — Pastor Norman Greve 4) Review and discussion: Walther’s Law And Gospel —… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1996/10
St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church Golden, Colorado St. Paul Evangelical Lutheran Church is located just west of Denver in Golden, Colorado–settled in a valley between two table mesas on the east and the foothills of the Rockies on the west. The congregation was formed in 1993, resulting in a merger of St. Luke of Denver… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Genesis Chapters Forty-five Through Fifty Jacob’s Move To Egypt Jacob had had a hard life. The flight from his brother, the deception of his uncle Laban, the loss of his beloved Rachel in childbirth, evil reports about the behavior of his elder sons, and the supposed death of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Or, None Of The Above? I have heard many Christians say that evolution doesn’t concern them because, after all, it’s “only a theory.” Presumably they think that the word “theory” means about the same thing as a “pipe dream.” But the term theory, at least as it applies to experimental science, has a much nobler… Read More »Month Archive Read More
LUTHER ANNIVERSARY Appreciative heirs watch for significant dates in the life of Dr. Martin Luther, thus to seize the opportunity another anniversary affords to highlight God’s working in his life. By now most Lutherans are aware that this is the 450th anniversary of Luther’s death. It was February 18, 1546 when he died, falling asleep… Read More »Month Archive Read More
How the Formula Of Concord Was Forged Part Nine The Crypto-Calvinists Self-destruct After Luther’s death in 1546 Melanchthon’s followers, with his help, conspired to replace Luther’s doctrine with Calvin’s, at Wittenberg, Leipzig, and across Germany. Their stealth book, Exegesis Perspicua, revealed their dishonesty and allegiance to Calvin. Elector August, a faithful Lutheran who had been… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Reformation 1996 In 1529, the year that Martin Luther prepared the Small and Large Catechisms, he wrote the classic Reformation hymn A Mighty Fortress Is Our God. Luther wrote: Though devils all the world should fill, All eager to devour us . . . There are no new tricks in the devil’s arsenal. He needs… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Innumerable volumes and articles have been written about Luther and the Reformation. We quote here some comments from the Reformer himself, giving his own impression of the Lord’s work that had brought the true light of the Gospel back to the church. The numbers following these quotations indicate paragraph numbers from the topical collection of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“He lifted me out of the slimy pit, out of the mud and mire; he set my feet on a rock and gave me a firm place to stand. He put a new song in my mouth, a hymn of praise to our God” (Ps. 40:2-3). We’ve heard the tune before. We heard it from… Read More »Month Archive Read More