Installations In accord with our usage and order, Delwyn Maas, who was called by Holy Cross congregation of Phoenix, Ariz. to be its pastor, was installed on December 6, 1998. –Pastor W. H. Fanning In accord with our usage and order, Tina Stelter, who was called by Our Saviors’ congregation of Jamestown, N.Dak. to be… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 1999/01
Meet: Karla Olmanson Karla Olmanson teaches a half day of 5th and 6th grade classes, plus music, for grades 1-6 at Immanuel Lutheran School in Mankato, Minnesota. She has been teaching there since 1985. A graduate of ILC in 1969, Karla first taught for three years in Red Wing, Minn. at Our Redeemer’s Lutheran School.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* POSTMODERNISM (NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN) This, our first issue of a new year, is addressing the subject of postmodernism. What is that, you ask? It is the new and latest cultural worldview. I was first introduced to the term back in 1994 when Christian News carried a review of the book “Postmodern Times–A… Read More »Month Archive Read More
From January 1969– WHAT IS TRUTH? One of the purposes of the Church of the Lutheran Confession, according to its constitution, is “to protect this fellowship against the encroachment of error and unionism through united testimony and doctrinal discipline.” This statement is surely out of tune with the times. Today most people in the churches… Read More »Month Archive Read More
YOUR WORD IS TRUTH The ancient scribes who hand-copied the Old Testament Scriptures showed great reverence for the Word by the strict rules that they followed in their work. For example, they focused on one letter at a time, lest their eyes confuse similiar words; they even counted the letters in each book that they… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Second In A Series In our November Spokesman we spoke of God’s Wonderful Marriage Math Equation: 1 + 1 = 1. Even though our amoral society and our own sin-nature would emphasize other “new math” marriage equations: 1 + 1 = 2 (independence) or 1 + 2 = 3 (extra-marital relationships) we do well to… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 6:1-10 So this is how you fulfill the law of Christ! In the constitutions of our churches there is a list of what members covenant to be and do for one another. Among other things of significance, they declare their… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“LORD, save me from the lying lips of my enemies.” A Prayer Psalm Psalm 120 In my distress I cried to the LORD, and He heard me. Deliver my soul, O LORD, from lying lips and from a deceitful tongue. What shall be given to you, or what shall be done to you, you false… Read More »Month Archive Read More
The year 1999 brings us close to the end of both a century and a millennium. The approach of the year 2000 has caused much excitement, with people expecting great changes in our world. Some are hoping for great new things to happen in the next millennium. Others are forecasting fearful things. But as we… Read More »Month Archive Read More
O Jesus, King Of Glory An Epiphany Hymn #130 in The Lutheran Hymnal Many fine hymns have been written during times of great trial, for such times turn us to the Lord’s Word for comfort and strength, with the result that we grow in knowledge and faith. It is not surprising that hymnwriters have been… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Having seen His star in the East, certain Magi came to pay special homage to an infant King in the little town of Bethlehem. There are important questions concerning this King that need to be properly answered in order for people the world over to be blessed by His reign: what kind of a king… Read More »Month Archive Read More