“Holy Scripture On Christian Marriage” A helpful series of articles under this title appeared in the Lutheran Spokesman between November 1998 and September 1999. The six articles written by Pastor David Schierenbeck, Berea Lutheran Church, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, have been drawn together into pamphlet form. The pamphlet, suitable as a master for copy purposes,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2000/08
The Other Camp You’ve heard of Camp Roughrider north of Jamestown, North Dakota. You know about the youth camp on the ILC campus in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. You probably have even heard of the CLC Youth Conference being held in Colorado this summer. But there’s a good chance you’ve never heard of ‘the other camp.’… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? On Tuesday morning, September 8, 1959, the high school opened its doors for registration. The enrollment numbered twenty-four–twelve freshmen, three sophomores, four juniors, and five seniors. Professor Dommer conducted the opening service on Wednesday morning, using Psalm 1 as his text, emphasizing that the school would be… 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 Dateline: Sleepy Eye, Minnesota PASTOR ROLLIN A. REIM, VIGNETTIST A short anecdote: A year after the CLC was organized, the Minnesota Valley congregations had a joint Reformation service in a rented hall in Sleepy Eye. A… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Seventh in a Series– THE ANTICHRIST (Part 2) PAPAM ESSE IPSUM VERUM ANTICHRISTUM — “THE POPE IS THE VERY ANTICHRIST” Smalcald Articles “This teaching shows forcefully that the Pope is the very Antichrist, who has exalted himself above, and opposed himself against Christ, because he will not permit Christians to be saved without his power,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 4:1-16 True “Unity In Diversity” “Unity in Diversity” is the rallying cry in most of today’s churches. What is meant by this ecumenical motto is that it is not important what people believe and teach about the “details” of their faith. As long as people acknowledge… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty A Hymn for the Opening of the Service #1 in The Lutheran Hymnal Above this first of the hymns in our hymnal stands the heading “Adoration,” a category that includes hymns on the subject of worship itself. Such hymns are useful, especially for opening a worship service, for they… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“For everyone to whom much is given, from him much will be required; and to whom much has been committed, of him they will ask the more” — Luke 12:48 YOU ARE WELL EQUIPPED! The captain of the supertaker Exxon Valdez was responsible to get his cargo of millions of gallons of crude safely from… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Christian Love Reflects A Debt Forgiven The evangelist Luke calls her “a certain woman in that town who was a sinner.” But as she stepped into the room that day her reputation preceded her. She was possibly a prostitute who had sold her body and bargained away her soul. She was the talk of her… Read More »Month Archive Read More
*Elected or re-elected at this Convention ELECTIONS: Officers President: The Rev. Daniel Fleischer* Vice President: The Rev. John Schierenbeck* Secretary: The Rev. James Albrecht* Moderator: Professor Ronald Roehl* Board of Missions The Rev. Bruce Naumann Mr. Peter Krafft The Rev. Michael Eichstadt* Mr. Jack Mayhew* Board of Regents The Rev. Vance Fossum Mr. James Gullerud… Read More »Month Archive Read More
–Report on the 24th CLC Convention– Forty years ago, by God’s grace and blessing, the Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC) had it’s beginning. It was out of faithfulness to God’s Word that our founding fathers left their former fellowships and formed the CLC. Therefore it was fitting that the theme of the first CLC… Read More »Month Archive Read More