Great Lakes Pastoral Conference Dates: September 25-27, 2001 Place: Immanuel Lutheran College, Eau Claire, Wis. Agenda: 1. Old Testament Exegesis: Ecclesiastes 11:1ff.-- Pastor Timothy Holland 2. New Testament Exegesis: 2 Corinthians 13:5ff -- Pastor Philip Matzke 3. Encouragement in the Pastor's Personal Use of God's Word -- Pastor David Naumann 4. Balancing Sanctification and Gospel… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2001/08
(Adapted with permission from an article in the Kimball, Minnesota newspaper) Ascension Lutheran Church in Kimball has installed its first resident minister. The congregation, which today has twenty-five members, was begun as a mission church at the Streich farm in Eden Valley in 1993. It is affiliated with the Church of the Lutheran Confession, a… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Part of the problem . . .” No doubt you too have read lately about the formation of another “branch” (synod?) within Lutheranism. We speak of a group or association calling itself “Lutheran Congregations in Mission for Christ” (LCMC) within the 10,000-congregation and three-million-plus-member Evangelical Lutheran Church of America (ELCA). The association (also called the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; And lead us not into temptation; But deliver us from evil;… 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 Eighth in a Series– The Gloria In Excelsis and Instruction from God’s Word This conclusion of Part I of the liturgy was often referred to as the “Angelic Hymn” because its opening lines are taken from the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Now when Herod saw Jesus, he was exceedingly glad; for he had desired for a long time to see Him, because he had heard many things about Him, and he hoped to see some miracle done by Him. Then he questioned Him with many words, but He answered him nothing” (Luke 23:8-9). From the editor:… Read More »Month Archive Read More
In the next several weeks children will be starting back to school. This is an exciting time. It is exciting to see old friends again and to start new classes. It is exciting to get back to history class. . . . History?! As I think back to my school days, history was never something… Read More »Month Archive Read More
It was the early 1500’s. As the story has it, a Swiss monk named Martin of Basel had made an astonishing discovery. He had come upon something that could have made the difference between life and death for thousands of his countrymen. Unfortunately, as far as we know, he kept the information to himself. He… Read More »Month Archive Read More
A missionary came to a village carrying a Bible in the language of the people there, intending to preach the gospel to them. But the people of that village were suspicious of strangers and killed the missionary before he had a chance to say one word to them. Years later another missionary came to that… Read More »Month Archive Read More
My friend, I stand in judgment now, And feel that you’re at fault somehow. On earth I walked with you by day, But never did you point the Way. You knew the Lord in truth and glory; But never did you tell His story. My knowledge then was very dim; You could have led me… Read More »Month Archive Read More
* EMPHASIS: PERSONAL MISSION WORK The “missions” emphasis in this issue was by editorial request. Not necessarily a personal mission work angle. Yet it is interesting how all has “come together” (may we say) for such an emphasis. Let us explain. The author-unknown poem “My Friend . . . ?” found in this issue was… Read More »Month Archive Read More