25 Christmas Day -THL 90 Enjoy Jesus’ birthday with Him and His family! 26 John 4:3-26-THL 279 Her Christmas gift came as a surprise. 27 John 4:27-38-THL 502 No water-pot needed for the water of Life. 28 John 4:39-45 -THL 67 Christmas with missionary out-reach. 29 John 4:46-54-THL 70 Conversion, new life, and sharing Christ.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2011/12
19 Matthew 3:13-17 -THL 74 Praise the Spirit for these testimonies! 20 Matthew 4:1-11 -THL 142 Self-sacrifice was His constant purpose. 21 John 1:19-28 -THL 63 John did not compete with Jesus. 22 John 1:29-34 -THL 165 John’s insight came by divine revelation. 23 John 1:35-51 -THL 270 Revelations to download in our future, too.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
12 Luke 2:21-24 -THL 114 And Jesus was His name. 13 Luke 2:25-38 -THL 137 These believers were ready and waiting. 14 Matthew 2:1-12 -THL 127 Again, man proposes, but God disposes. 15 Matthew 2:13-23 -THL71 Jacob’s Heir arrived on schedule. 16 Luke 2:39-52 -THL 133 Jesus excelled in all human attributes. 17 Psalm 24-THL… Read More »Month Archive Read More
5 Philippians 2:5-11 -THL 104 Jesus gave up His regency for us. 6 Genesis 49:8-12-THL -THL 77 Jacob previews Jesus as Shiloh. 7 Numbers 24:15-19 -THL 99 Balaam sees Jesus as Star of Jacob. 8 Micah 5:2-5 -THL 647 Micah sees Bethlehem as His birthplace. 9 Jeremiah 33:14-16 -THL 2 THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS. 10… Read More »Month Archive Read More
2012 CLC Mission Helper Trip East Africa (Kenya and Tanzania) July 2012 The CLC Mission Helper Program is taking applications and making preparations for the 2012 Mission Trip. The number one priority of this trip will be spreading the Good News of forgiveness, salvation, and eternal life through the life, death, and resurrection of our… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Our CLC Bookhouse now carries the 80-page spiral-bound devotional titled AT BETHLEHEM’S CRIB— Seven Christmas Sermons by Norman A. Madson, Sr. (1886-1962). $8.50 Read More
Original Lutheran mission work began in Nigeria with Danish missionaries in 1913. This then was later supported by American Lutherans. For those of our background in the Lutheran Synodical Conference, the work in Nigeria is dated from 1936, so that this year (2011) is the 75th anniversary of that beginning. Read More
“The weapons we fight with are not the weapons of the world. On the contrary, they have divine power to demolish strongholds. We demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.” (2 Corinthians 10:4-5) Read More
So Jesus said to Peter, “Put your sword into the sheath. Shall I not drink the cup which My Father has given Me?” (John 18:11) OK… raise your hand if you like pain… anyone? Who enjoys suffering… anyone? It’s fair to say that human beings are averse to suffering. The moment a headache or sore… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Meditations On Jesus’s Sermon On The Mount Matthew chapters Five through Seven “Do not think that I came to destroy the Law or the Prophets. I did not come to destroy but to fulfill. For assuredly, I say to you, till heaven and earth pass away, one jot or one tittle will by no means… Read More »Month Archive Read More
He also spoke this parable: “A certain man had a fig tree planted in his vineyard, and he came seeking fruit on it and found none. Then he said to the keeper of his vineyard, ‘Look, for three years I have come seeking fruit on this fig tree and find none. Cut it down; why… Read More »Month Archive Read More
*Defined in Webster as 1) at the end, in conclusion; 2) decisively; conclusively, irrevocably “Finally… finally… finally… finally… finally… finally… finally… the split came!” Count ’em—seven times the word “finally” appears in two short articles (August & September 2011 issues) in Forward in Christ, the Wisconsin Synod’s counterpart to our Lutheran Spokesman. Read More
Before the fall into sin there was no need for salvation. Adam and Eve already enjoyed perfect bliss and happiness in paradise. But since the fall and the consequent loss of paradise, restoration of perfect bliss and happiness (eternal salvation) is regained only through the One who was promised by the Father and who came… Read More »Month Archive Read More
I got to thinking about some of the Christmas greetings we hear and use. Out in the world it has become controversial to use a truly Christian Christmas greeting. We hear people exclaim “Happy Holidays!” with great exuberance, but that greeting rings artificial for the child of God. Read More
An almost palatable taste of hope was in the air. Much had been promised and much was expected–at least by the faithful. The elements of success had been carefully brought together. People waited with bated breath. Finally, the winning shot went home and the team held on for ultimate victory. The USA hockey team had… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Dear reader, please have Luke 1:5-25 before you “Silence is golden” is the old saying. To a frazzled mom with noisy, active little ones, it is a golden time when the children are put to bed and the house is quiet. For a teacher after a long day, it is a golden time when the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
2 Mark 1:21-34 -THL 114 Jesus worked Saturdays AND Sundays! 3 Luke 4:14-30– THL 60 Was He Joseph’s boy, or God’s Messiah? 4 Luke 5:1-11-THL 410 Miracles do not create but support faith. 5 Luke 5:27-39 -THL 489 Some clergymen were hard to convince. 6 John 5:1-15 -THL 345 Jesus is the “off-chance” cure for… Read More »Month Archive Read More