Appointments Upon the resignation of Rev. Walter Schaller upon the acceptance of a call, Rev. Michael Roehl has been appointed Conference Visitor for the West Central Conference. — Daniel Fleischer, President Rev. Steven Sippert has been appointed as associate editor of the Ministry By Mail. –Daniel Fleischer, President Address Change CLC Ministry By Mail Editor… Read More
Year/Month: 1997/07
The peach trees were poised to blossom and lend their citrus fragrance everywhere along the hundred kilometer system of lakes known as the Okanagan in British Columbia. And in the city of Vernon on the first Sunday in May the brand new CLC congregation of St. Paul Ev. Lutheran Church gathered in the rented Halina… Read More
‘GO IN GOD’S PEACE’ In his remarks in connection with the graduation service on Sunday, June 8, High School Principal Kevin Hulke referred to the fact that just completed was the 131st (!) year of Christian Education at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mankato. Truly, what great things God has done and is doing for this congregation,… Read More
A View From The Back Row I had gotten used to being in the front row at graduations at our Immanuel Lutheran College in Eau Claire. Privilege. Responsibility. That has changed, and I think I’ll like the view from the back row just as well. Across the field of waving heads I noted on stage… Read More
by Mrs. Celeste Reim (reviewed in our May 1997 issue) — Dec. 22, 1946 An urgent message came this afternoon from Archibong of Ibiono. He wrote, “I have fallen in my fight for the Lutheran Church. . . .” He wanted Nubby to come and take his will. The note sounded almost hysterical, so Nubby… Read More
* COMMANDMENTS FOR TODAY (from a recent Sunday bulletin of Grace Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Pastor P. Fleischer) In a sermon a few weeks ago your pastor made reference to how lightly the ten commandments — and sin in general — are taken by many in our day. Here is what was said: The writer… Read More
From July 1967 — WHAT IS A THEOLOGIAN? (by sainted Prof. Edmund Reim) — It may seem presumptuous to claim space in our Spokesman or to use up the time of our readers for a simple question to which any dictionary can give a pat answer. Yet this word as well as its companion term,… Read More
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 2:1-10 DEFENDING THE GOSPEL As this is being written, the pastors of the CLC are packing their bulging briefcases, loaded with study materials. Every other June the congregations send them to the ILC campus for three days of intensive conferencing.… Read More
This month of July witnesses the incorporation of Hong Kong into the People’s Republic of China. In 1999 Macao will be brought back in. The mainland continues to cast its eyes at the so-called “break away province” of Taiwan. What does the future hold for the Chinese? The alternatives appear to be: the old guard… Read More
Without a doubt the most famous quote of President John F. Kennedy’s presidency is, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Centuries before JFK uttered these words, Christians the world over had been putting them into practice. Countless Christians have died serving their country in… Read More