Correction Most likely our subscribers noticed the mislabeling on the cover of last month’s issue. Volume 43, Number 9 should, of course, have been designated for the month of March, not May. Our apologies for any confusion caused. — The editor From the ILC Board of Regents Adelgunde Schaller has served at the high school… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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A(NOTHER) MOVIE TO AVOID Most Hollywood-produced movies today are not worth seeing because they promote behavior such as obscenity, violence, immorality, and a variety of other anti-Christian actions, ideas, and attitudes. Now comes a movie which, though produced by Christian filmmakers and purporting to be based on the Bible, is also not worth seeing. We… Read More »Month Archive Read More
THE BEST WAY TO DIE Take yet another look at the cross–the best way for Jesus to die, and the best way for you to die–and to go on dying, as Galatians 5:24 shows: “Those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.” The Holy Spirit creates a willing obligation in… Read More »Month Archive Read More
FACING HOMOSEXUALITY (Part 4 of 5) In part three of this series we saw the variety of ways in which great effort is being made to make the sin of homosexuality acceptable. These efforts are also being made within the visible church–efforts which invariably lead to a corruption of God’s Word, as we will see… 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 Fourth in a Series– The Amen and the Confession of Sins Amen Amen is a common expression found throughout our liturgy, hymns, and prayers. It is often said at the conclusion of a prayer, hymn, or confession… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapters Twelve through Fourteen The Divided Kingdom While I was preparing to write this article on the dividing of the kingdom of God’s people in the Old Testament, my thoughts turned to the division that our country faced in the wake of the last Presidential election.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
What a world of difference a simple punctuation mark can make. It can be the difference between disappointment and delight. For instance, one man realizes that he has gone as far as he will ever get in his career. He looks around himself and says: “This is as good as it gets?” He’s obviously unhappy… Read More »Month Archive Read More
St. Matthew’s account of the Easter story What gracious, wondrous love is this, my soul? The tomb that held the body of our Lord Was open, empty, that first Easter morn. Is this a trick, illusion, devil's brew? A fable, fabrication, forgery? Have we, as Christians, perpetrated lies? If so, says Paul, of all men… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain An Easter Hymn #204 in The Lutheran Hymnal This Easter hymn is based on the Song of Moses in Exodus 15. As he contemplates the resurrection of Christ, the author recalls the events of the Exodus which foretold the work of Christ in picture and type. In the Passover… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Abide with us, for it is toward evening . . . ” Many congregations have an Easter sunrise service. Joyful hearts sing the Easter message with enthusiasm in the early morning. I will never forget the Sunday morning that started with an overcast sky, but that during the sermon (“He is not here, but is… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Teacher, we want to see a sign from You” (Mt. 12:38). With this, Jesus’ enemies demanded a miraculous sign from Him that would prove He was the promised Lord and Christ who was to come and redeem Israel. In response Jesus characterized these sign-seekers as being a part of “an evil and adulterous generation,” saying… Read More »Month Archive Read More
A new day dawned, and with it the women who served and so loved the Lord Jesus looked forward to a sad duty of love. The prospect of a dismal future lay before them–a future without a living Lord. They made their way out to the tomb where they were certain the body of the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
After preaching in a small village of northern India, a Christian missionary was confronted by a Muslim. “You must admit we Muslims have something you do not have. When we go to Mecca, we at least find a coffin. But when you Christians journey to Jerusalem, you find nothing but an empty tomb.” What a… Read More »Month Archive Read More