On December 13, l981 Mohan Bas and several men formed the Bharath Evangelical Lutheran Church. Bas had decided to leave the India Evangelical Lutheran Church (LC-MS affiliate) over doctrinal concerns. It is now twenty years since that step was taken. What has the Lord done? Mohan Bas inquired of different Lutheran churches, one of which… Read More
Year/Month: 2002/01
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
CAVING IN This week’s local paper brought a clergy column titled “How we can pray in unity?” with which we are compelled to express our disagreement. The writer, a pastor of the local Community Church, is writing from the backdrop of the recent terrorist attacks. He begins by calling attention to the ecumenical prayer service… Read More
Matthew 22:1-14 THE GREAT INVITATION There are invitations and there are invitations. A casual, spontaneous call to a friend or loved one to meet them for lunch is one thing; a formal, personal, in-advance invitation to a banquet feast with a dignitary is something else. The first in an invitation which may or may not… Read More
* ON HUMAN CLONING The following letter was sent to a local newspaper last November by one of our CLC pastors. We heartily agree with the expressions in the letter. This being the anniversary month of the 1973 Roe vs. Wade Supreme Court ruling in favor of abortion, the letter’s contents are especially timely. Dear… Read More
(An article appeared in the SMORGASBORD section, November 2001, entitled “Retaliation.” The author, Pastor Wayne Eichstadt of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mankato, Minnesota, went on to write a number of bulletin articles on Christian perspectives connected with the 9/11 terrorist attacks. This second article was also part of the radio broadcast, Immanuel Meditations, the morning of… Read More
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 6:10-24 GOING TO WAR WITH JESUS [Read Ephesians 6:10-24] "Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before . . . " We don’t hear this song much anymore. Anything that carries the martial note of the “crusades” is politically… Read More
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapter Nineteen “Please God, let me die.” Have you ever uttered or thought the words in our title? As we travel through this vale of tears there are, no doubt, times when we wish the Lord would call us home to Him. Sometimes these words, however,… Read More
ETERNITY’S SONG In our Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany celebrations at Berea (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota) we have been singing and scrutinizing the songs of the season–our beautiful carols and cherished hymns which lyrically and musically set forth the story and significance of our Savior’s birth. From David’s Psalms to Mary’s Magnificat to Simeon’s prophetic prelude;… Read More
God’s Mathematics What kind of math were they teaching when you went to school? Was it the old math or the new math? Perhaps you went through the system at a time when they were teaching both kinds, so that you use both of them without knowing the difference. Either works, of course–if you’re figuring… Read More
“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give the light of the knowledge of the glory of God in the face of Jesus Christ.” 2 Corinthians 4:5-6 The… Read More