(This stirring hymn was sung at this spring’s commencement at Immanuel College in Eau Claire. The best we could determine is that the hymn is to be credited to P. E. Kretzmann, but there is no restrictive copyright. — The Editor) 1. Immanuel: God with us! That is our humble prayer. For sin and guilt… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2001/07
The key word was “transitions”; the Scriptural guidance was couched in Revelation 1:8. From the back row it seemed to me that the closing concert and the commencement exercises were right on track. The ILC Fieldhouse was jam-packed, as usual; the closing concert was uplifting, as customary; even the ambient heat and humidity escalated normally.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* YET ANOTHER CALLED HOME (Under this title the following was posted on synod e-mail by the Rev. Wayne Eichstadt, Associate Pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mankato, Minnesota. The message is a compelling one for current-day CLC members. The date of the writing was Tuesday, May 15, 2001.) Roman O. Schreyer (April 17, 1904 -… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“That men live to the world” The third man in today’s Gospel shows how this is done. He had volunteered to follow the Lord, but he said, “Lord, I will follow thee; but let me first go bid them farewell which are at home at my house.” How, we wonder, did he want to bid… Read More »Month Archive Read More
"Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker." Psalm 95:6 Seventh in a Series– A Section of Prayer and Praise The Introit There is symbolism in our liturgy. The actions and reactions of the worship leader and the worshipers are often determined by symbolic purpose. For example,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Luke 19:11-28 STEWARDS OF THE GOSPEL “MINA” (From the Greek word “mna”) Although there are similarities to the Parable of the Talents (Matthew 25:14-30), the different context, audience, and mina* distribution clearly establish it as unique. A short time earlier, Jesus had spoken in plain language of His impending suffering, death, and resurrection, but to… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 5:22-33 The Missing Link in Modern Marriage “Wives, submit to your husbands.” (“Gasp!”–from the ‘feminist’) “The husband is the head of the wife…” (“You’ve got to be kidding” snorts the grad student) “Husbands, love your wives” (“Hey, I do” protests the salesman; “I work fifteen hours… Read More »Month Archive Read More
At national observances like Memorial Day or Independence Day a predominant theme is patriotism. Patriotism has been defined as devoted love, support, and defense of the fatherland, that is, the land of one’s ancestors or one’s native country. In the carrying out of the theme for these special days, we may hear references made to… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“The cup of blessing which we bless, is it not the communion of the blood of Christ? The bread which we break, is it not the communion of the body of Christ? For we, being many, are one bread and one body; for we all partake of that one bread” (1 Corinthians 10:16-17). One of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
By mid-summer in most normal years the South Dakota short-grass prairie is turning brown. It then becomes a visual, daily reminder of sinful mankind’s true status: weakness, frailty, and death. This pride-bashing judgment of God was recorded through Isaiah: “All flesh is grass . . . the grass withers, the flower fades, but the word… Read More »Month Archive Read More