West Central Delegate Conference Dates: June 4-6, beginning at 10:00 a.m. (CDT) on Friday through 3:00 p.m. on Sunday. Place: Redeemer Ev. Lutheran Church, Bowdle, S.Dak. Agenda: 1) Devotional Study of Psalm 51 — Rev. George Dummann 2) Devotional Study of Psalm 121 — Mr. Caleb Wiechmann 3) Explanation of the Liturgy — Rev. Peter… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1999/05
The tournament is held annually at Immanuel Lutheran College, Eau Claire. A flyer describing this year’s tournament adds the following information: “Welcome . . . . This year’s tournament has been renamed as the Don Brandt Memorial Basketball Tournament. It was named after its founder who passed away last year. In 1986, he organized a… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* THE GIDEONS A Spokesman reader recently favored us with an informative writing on the Bible distribution group popularly known as “the Gideons.” It was while he was still a member of another Lutheran synod that this reader, who recently became a member of the CLC, was led to investigate the Gideons first-hand. (In his… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Christian Marriage Faces Sin-Pitfalls It is no surprise that Satan’s strategy for winning souls would focus on those institutions God has established for the propogation and preservation of the Christian faith–the church, the family, and Christian marriage. In recent generations all of those sacred institutions have come under relentless siege and, to no one’s surprise,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Psalm 124 “LORD, thank You for being my almighty Defender.” A Psalm of Thanks Psalm 124 “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side,” let Israel now say — “If it had not been the LORD who was on our side, when men rose up against us, then they would have… Read More »Month Archive Read More
” . . . And I believe in the Holy Ghost, The Lord and Giver of Life, Who proceedeth from the Father and the Son, Who with the Father and the Son together is worshiped and glorified, Who spake by the Prophets . . . “ “Therefore I say to you, every sin and blasphemy… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (see 3:8) Chapter 1:1-14 Salvation “Signed, Sealed, Delivered” In Christ When Paul put pen to parchment in his letter to the Christians in Ephesus, he was writing to people who seemed to be in very uncertain circumstances. This city, famous for its majestic temple to the pagan goddess Diana,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost A Pentecost Hymn #231 in The Lutheran Hymnal Artists and writers often pride themselves on the originality of their works. They like to think that their paintings and novels originate in their minds alone and that they are indebted to no one else for their ideas. In this… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Do All To The Glory Of God” “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” — Matthew 6:23 This is the sort of word from God that we chapel speakers like to use at the beginning of the school year, for then it’s… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Make a joyful noise!” Joy is a very important subject in God’s Word. Words like joy, joyful, rejoice are found over 300 times in the Bible. God makes it very clear, particularly in the Psalms, that He wants His people to be noisy when they are joyful. What the Lord desires is for us to… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. . . . She opens her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the ways of her household, and does not eat the bread of idleness. Her children rise up and call her blessed;… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit. For the promise is to you and to your children, and to all who that are afar off, as many… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“According to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality and power and might and dominion, and every name that is named, not only in this age, but also in… Read More »Month Archive Read More