2023 CLC General Pastoral Conference June 20-22 Immanuel Lutheran College, Eau Claire, Wisconsin Agenda: Old Testament Exegesis: Amos 1:1ff—Pastor Joseph Naumann New Testament Exegesis: 2 Thessalonians 2:13ff —Pastor Michael Roehl Pornography—The Secret Sin No One Wants to Talk About —Pastor Caleb Schaller An Evaluation of Bible Translations—Pastor Nathan Pfeiffer Scriptural Study of In Vitro Fertilization—Pastor… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2023/06
Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. In April of this year, I had the privilege of joining Missionary Todd Ohlmann on an initial in-person visit with a contact in the Philippines. For a bout a week, we had the opportunity to meet with Pastor… Read More »Month Archive Read More
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments June 1 TLH 43 Genesis 1:1-2:3 The Lord creates the universe in six days. On the seventh day He rests. June 2 TLH 236/LSB 500 Acts 2:42-3:26 After Pentecost, the followers of Christ devote… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession Our Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church is located about forty miles north of downtown Houston. It is a fairly new church in the CLC, but has a long history within our church body. Many may remember Bethel Evangelical Lutheran Church, which was located in Spring, Texas,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [Editor: The following is a report from Pastor Jyothi Benjamin, in his own words, about the passing of his father, V.S. Benjamin, longtime chairman of the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI). The report is lightly edited… Read More »Month Archive Read More
This series offers an overview of the chief teachings of the Christian church. Is it a Lutheran reflex to hear the words “good works” with a little suspicion, even a wary concern about do-it-yourself thinking when it comes to salvation? That concern may be valid, but it does not derive from the Bible’s use of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Jesus’ parable of the leaven is recorded in both the Gospels of Matthew (13:33) and Luke (13:20-21). It is one of many parables dealing with the “kingdom of heaven,” God’s rule in the hearts of people. As was typical of Jesus’ parables, He again uses something common to His audience to teach a spiritual lesson.… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Saint Paul, Alexander the Great, Vince Lombardi, Ernest Shackleton. What did these men have in common? Was it not the focus, the whole-hearted effort they exercised to achieve their goals? While Saint Paul’s call to preach the Gospel was directly from the Lord, the others seemingly followed unabated and with passion their own agenda. Caleb,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Servants, be submissive to your masters with all fear, not only to the good and gentle, but also to the harsh. For this is commendable, if because of conscience toward God one endures grief, suffering wrongfully. For what credit is it if, when you are beaten for your faults, you take it patiently? But when… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Ever wonder why we Lutherans use the form of worship we do? In this series we examine the depth and meaning of the various elements of our Lutheran worship service. The Old Testament rule for evidence was that everything had to be established by at least two or three witnesses (Deuteronomy 19:15). The wisdom of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Most people know the importance of fruit in their diet. It has been this way from the beginning as God told Adam and Eve at creation, “Behold I have given you every plant yielding seed . . . and every tree with seed in its fruit. You shall have them for food.” (Genesis 1:29 ESV)… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak with other tongues, as the Spirit gave them utterance.” (Acts 2:4) There are eleven men enrolled at the Wittenberg Theological Seminary in Arusha, Tanzania. Eight of them are in the three-year seminary, with three others in the first-year, introductory level. One of… Read More »Month Archive Read More