Late Acknowledgement The author of the article “More Than Enough” (November 1997 Lutheran Spokesman) gratefully acknowledges the following as a helpful source for his article: “For Such a Time as This” (Milwaukee: Northwestern Publishing House). From The Editor In our issue of May 1996 an article appeared entitled Part II. Methods of Pietism. The article… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1998/01
Our CLC teachers converged on Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota for the annual Teachers’ Conference at Berea Ev. Lutheran Church and School on October 15-17. The weather was wonderful and the hospitality of the Berea family was tremendous. The conference program covered a variety of educational topics and was well received by all of the participants… Read More »Month Archive Read More
worked together almost around the clock–in the weeks before Pastor David Reim left for Vernon, British Columbia–to complete a large stained glass project that had been in planning for almost a year. The excitement built as the windows slowly began to take shape until they were complete. The result is a beautiful reminder of the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
request the Pacific Coast Pastoral Conference, October 1997. For reasons of space we divide it into two parts. “THE MILLENNIUM” — Let’s Enjoy It Now! (Part I) Will we enter a golden age when the calendar year turns on the year 2,000? Is there something magical about the number with three zeroes? Should we look… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* YOUR TV, A THREAT TO FAITH —(From a Sunday bulletin this fall at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Okabena, Minn.; Vance Fossum is pastor) It is becoming a fairly regular happening: as the new TV programs air every fall, they fall to new depths of moral depravity. Over the years we can mark each step… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 3:15-25 THE “NANNY SERVICE” OF THE LAW Is it important for us to know what the Lord’s apostle wrote in this part of his letter to the Galatian Christians? It was addressed to a specific problem, namely, the threat of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
The wonder and joy that surrounds the arrival of a newborn infant is something to behold. When a parent or grandparent gathers up that small bundle for a first look, there is always a sense of awe at the miracle of new life, and the amazing potential that lies in such a tiny and helpless… Read More »Month Archive Read More
–Psalm 31:15 There is a creeping malaise of pessimism seizing the hearts and minds of people today. This feeling of helplessness and frustration is heightened by the passing of another year and the approaching end of another century. There is a paralysis of spirit that is gripping not only the world but also us Christians.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
If you could choose any one thing in the entire universe that would make 1998 a happy new year for you, what would it be? For a lot of folks the answer is this simple: “Just let the Sweepstakes van pull into my driveway at the end of this month. Yes, with that kind of… Read More »Month Archive Read More