CLC YOUTH CONFERENCE A CLC Youth Conference for youth ages 14-18 will be hosted by St. Paul’s of Golden, Colo. and Immanuel of Mankato, Minn. at Shadowcliff Life Center at Grand Lake, Colo. from June 24-27, 1999. The cost will be $150.00 per participant. An article outlining the conference program and providing further details will… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1998/10
Meet: Ann Libby Ann Libby is presently the 5th and 6th grade teacher at Messiah Lutheran School in Eau CLaire, Wisconsin. Ann graduated from Immanuel Lutheran High School in 1978 and from the University of Washington in 1983. Prior to teaching at Messiah, Ann taught for two years at Gethsemane Lutheran in Spokane, and worked… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Part Four: Partnership — Our Fellowship Should Be A Very Personal Relationship Remember the sharing, the communion, the oneness in Christ? Who is in the hospital, and we do not remember to pray for him? Who does not have joy in his heart over a brother who undergoes successful surgery? Who does not sin and… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* RE: MONUMENTS TO LUTHER For the picture on this month’s cover, as well as for others appearing in this issue direct from “Lutherland,” thanks goes to CLC President Daniel Fleischer. These photographs were taken last spring when CLC representatives made a synodically-sponsored visitation trip to Germany and France. Those who have been there know… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Men don't believe in a Devil now, as their fathers used to do. They've forced the door of the broadest creed, To let "His Majesty" through. There isn't a print of his cloven hoof, or a fiery dart from his bow To be found in earth or air today, for the "wise" have voted so.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Matthew 13:47-52 The Dragnet Jesus used the picture of a dragnet in a parable explaining the mystery of the kingdom of God. To a Midwestern boy raised in the fifties, “Dragnet” was a TV show recounting the day-to-day work of a dead-pan cop named Joe Friday. In police language, a dragnet is a sweep of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(Note: The following letter was written to the editor of the Austin {Minn.} Daily Herald, July 15, 1998 by the Rev. Stephen Kurtzahn; it was a response to an article by a Roman Catholic priest titled “Christianity must be a force for unity and forgiveness,” which had previously appeared in the Austin paper. — Ed.)… Read More »Month Archive Read More
‘LUTHERAN’? WHAT DO YOU MEAN? Occasionally one is asked, “What religion are you?” Your immediate response might be, “Lutheran.” Sadly, in our day that is less and less a meaningful confession or witness because Lutheranism has been loaded with so much baggage. Theologically, as well as in application of the moral imperatives of Scripture, what… Read More »Month Archive Read More
One of the complaints that is often leveled against conservative Lutherans is that we are much too polemical. “Polemic” comes from the Greek word “polemos” which means “war.” In plain English the contention is that we Lutherans spend too much time and effort fighting over doctrine when we should be doing other things. Perhaps you’ve… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Annually, when October 31 rolls around, Lutherans who are mindful of their religious heritage give thought to the reformation movement which took place in Germany during the 1500’s. Their remembrance of this significant event is that of a thankful appreciation for the Lord causing the glorious light of the gospel message to once again shine… Read More »Month Archive Read More