Pacific Coast Pastoral Conference February 22-24, 2000 St. Stephen Lutheran Church Hayward, Calif. Agenda: 1. Encouragement for Discouraged Pastors -- Pastor Rollin A. Reim 2. May We Agree in Principle, but Disagree in Application? -- Pastor Bertram Naumann 3. How Can We Develop 'The Work of Evangelism' (2 Tim. 4:5)? -- Pastor Robert List 4.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2000/03
Sharing the Gospel in Ohio Pastor Mark Bernthal, Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Saginaw, Mich. sent along the story below pertaining to the TVBS held in Bedford (suburb of Cleveland), Ohio last August 9-11 (9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., Mon. & Tues., 9:00 a.m. to noon, Wed.) — Editor In mid-July Pastor Paul and Eileen Tiefel helped… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? ” . . . In order to understand the reason for the formation of such a church body as the CLC and in order to be taking into account the Lord’s leading in the gathering of these confessional Christians, it will be necessary as well as salutary… Read More »Month Archive Read More
vignette (vin-yet’), n. 1. short literary essay; sketch vignettist (vin-yet’ist), n. a maker of vignettes, painter, photographer, or writer Vignette #1 — Dateline: Eau Claire, Wisconsin PROFESSOR CLIFFORD KUEHNE, VIGNETTIST It is well known that the CLC became involved in the mission effort in Nigeria largely through the intervention of Mr. Oscar Erpenstein, who with… Read More »Month Archive Read More
‘Jesus Christ Is the Same Yesterday, Today, and Forever’ was the theme of the 1999 CLC Teachers Conference which was hosted by Immanuel Lutheran Church of Mankato, Minnesota from October 13-15. Fifty-four teachers from twelve different states enjoyed the opportunity for fellowship and spiritual growth. Each day the conference was opened with a devotion by… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* HISTORICAL VIGNETTES This synod anniversary year we are running monthly “Historical Markings”–quotes from essays recounting the CLC’s origins. The good suggestion has come to ‘give it a lighter side’ too. So an invitation has gone out on the synod e-mail posts. The invitation–which is intended for layfolk as well as clergy–is to submit informal… Read More »Month Archive Read More
We are in the midst of the presidential primaries. There is a whole lot of boasting going on. How can one be a politician without boasting of his own qualifications? By contrast, how can we be Christians without boasting of the qualifications of our Savior, Jesus Christ? Those who are chosen by God to be… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Psalm 132 “LORD, establish Your gracious rule in my heart” A Prayer Psalm (Please read this longer psalm in your Bible.) This is the longest of the Songs of Ascents. It is thought to have been composed by Solomon at the time of the temple dedication. (Some believe it was written by David at the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Lamb of God, Pure and Holy A Lenten Hymn #146 in The Lutheran Hymnal Our Lord warns against the use of vain repetitions in prayer, saying that such practices are typical of the heathen. We have an example of this kind of prayer in the Bible, when the prophets of Baal cried to their god… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Luke 15:1-10 The Lost Sheep And Lost Coin The lost (but found) sheep and the lost (but found) coin teach us to value God’s attitude. As the scene of the text (vv. 1-3) opens, a motley group of non-church-goers “drew near to Jesus to hear Him.” Right from the beginning we note that nothing characterizes… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after Jesus.” (Luke 23:26) In the early centuries after Christ, there was a sect that denied the true humanity of Jesus.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us. But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you are under the same condemnation? And we indeed justly, for we receive the due reward of our deeds; but this… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Bless the LORD, O my soul . . . Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.” — Psalm 103:1, 3 In the pioneer days of our country when peddlers traveled from town to town with their wares, some sold a cure-all elixir. This was a tonic which, it was claimed, cured whatever… Read More »Month Archive Read More