Years ago in my hometown an elderly woman crafted new pairs of mittens for my brother, my sister, and me every Christmas. It wasn’t that this lady had forgotten what she had given us the year before. But she knew that the mittens she had made the previous year would likely wear out over the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2013/12
The voice of one crying in the wilderness: “Prepare the way of the Lord; Make straight in the desert a highway for our God. Every valley shall be exalted and every mountain and hill brought low; the crooked places shall be made straight and the rough places smooth; the glory of the Lord shall be… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Pastor Paul Naumann • Tacoma, Washington “Appearances can be deceiving.” No one knows the truth of that statement more fully than does a Christian. Most people understand the principle. They keep it in mind as a salutary warning against the false and deceptive product advertising that floods the media in our day. They use it… Read More »Month Archive Read More
PART ONE OF A SERIES ON THE SECOND ARTICLE “This is most certainly true!” THE APOSTLES’ CREED I believe in God the Father Almighty, Maker of heaven and earth. And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Ghost, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was… Read More »Month Archive Read More
The Shocked
Written by David Koenig | December, 2013
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Those shocked by love (Fifth of a Series) And when they had laid many stripes on them, they threw them into prison, commanding the jailer to keep them securely. Having received such a charge, he put them into the inner prison and fastened their feet in the stocks. But at midnight Paul and Silas were… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of sons” (Galatians 4:4-5, NIV). “There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under heaven.” So wrote Solomon in Ecclesiastes (3:1).… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“…On earth peace…” declared the angels to the shepherds on the night of the Savior’s birth (Luke 2:14). How shall we understand the expression “…On earth peace…”? Does the angelic declaration of peace on Earth refer to some millennial peace during which Jesus allegedly returns to set up His kingdom on Earth? Does it… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Re-gifting Encouraged!
Written by Michael Eichstadt | December, 2013
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Have you ever re-gifted a present? In recent years the practice of re-gifting has been promoted as a way to deal with unwanted or unneeded gifts. After all, what are you going to do with two identical DVDs? What if you already own three Green Bay Packer caps? You could shove them into the depths… Read More »Month Archive Read More
This past summer a new entrance sign was erected for our CLC’s Immanuel Lutheran High School, College, and Seminary, 501 Grover Rd., Eau Claire, Wis. in memory of Prof. Michael Sydow (left, Dec. 19, 1941-Oct. 9, 2009) who taught at the school from 1996-2008. Doing the construction work for the family Memorial were the Prof.’s… Read More »Month Archive Read More
What is Addiction … and is It a Sin?
Written by Lutheran Spokesman | December, 2013
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Dependence is defined as the presence of three or more of the following**: Tolerance: Developing a tolerance to the substance/behavior such that more and more is needed for the same effect Withdrawal: Absence of the substance/behavior leads to physical or psychological withdrawal Overuse: Using larger amounts than what was intended Desire to cut back Time: A… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Blessings in the Family of God”
Written by Mark Gullerud | December, 2013
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First of a 2 part Series An essay titled “What place does the church (small “c”) have in a Christian’s faith-life?” was presented to a CLC Pastoral Conference at Redeemer Lutheran Church, Cheyenne, Wyoming, in September, 2013. This is a first of two parts from that essay (abbreviated by the editor). During Israel’s wilderness journeys children… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Farewell and God-speed to Pastor Ed Starkey, CLC Missionary
Written by Paul Koch | December, 2013
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Good friends may be parted by the ocean, but not from our hearts and prayers. That holds true as Ed Starkey, pastor of our CLC congregation, St. Peter’s of Stambaugh-Iron River, Mich., became Missionary Starkey for India. The commissioning service was held on September 23 at Messiah church of Eau Claire, and early in October… Read More »Month Archive Read More