2024 West Central Delegate Conference May 21-23 Grace Lutheran Church, Valentine, Nebraska Agenda: A Devotional Study of a General Epistle—Pastor Delwyn Maas Personal Prayer Fellowship—Pastor Paul Krause Preparing Young Christians for Attending Public University—Delegate from Berea Sioux Falls “New Earth” and the Last Day—Pastor James Naumann Encouraging Faithful Church Attendance—Delegate from Prince of Peace Hecla… Read More »Month Archive Read More
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Items of interest from various sources of religious news and opinion, in print and on the web. Wisconsin Court Rules Against Religious Charity. In a narrow 4-3 ruling in March, the Wisconsin Supreme Court ruled that a Catholic social services agency in Superior, Wisconsin, could no longer claim an exemption from paying unemployment tax. The… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Every other month we get an update on what’s been happening recently at ourImmanuel Lutheran High School, College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. God has long blessed the CLC through teacher Mark Kranz, who is retiring after forty years of service in synod schools, including the last twenty-three at ILC. He reports having thoroughly… Read More »Month Archive Read More
The BREAD OF LIFE Bread of Life Readings, May 2024 TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments May 1 TLH 421/LSB 688 John 9 The hardships that we face in life are not necessarily results of specific sins that we have… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” (Hebrews 13:8) When I was asked to write this article about what is new at Berea, I kept coming back to what isn’t new, but has been consistent. We know that we are sinful by… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Want to meet the person who may be your next pastor or Christian day school teacher? This series profiles the men and women who are in their final year of preparation for the public teaching or preaching ministry at our Immanuel Lutheran College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. Age: 23 Program: Teaching Track Year… Read More »Month Archive Read More
In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. The Mission Development Fund (MDF) provides money for many of the tools we use to train pastors around the world. For example, in 2018 the MDF helped a pastor who is one of our seminary instructors in India replace… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Our heading is the result of some reflective thought concerning two “happenings,” both on Good Friday, and both in the area of public communications. The one was on television, the other in a leading midwestern newspaper. The first incident is that in the news broadcasts for that day much was said about its being the… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Every hoarder’s worst nightmare is to find someone sorting through his belongings, and throwing into the trash items that he considers to be personal treasures. The Parable of the Dragnet (Matthew 13:47-50) is imbued with this same intensity and shock. The dragnet is a wide swath of netting drawn across open water, enclosing “some of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
(Please read Psalm 4) Amid an armed rebellion, and with his life in danger, David was still able to sleep. Why? David Prayed David was able to sleep because he gave his problems to the Lord in prayer. God was the source of his salvation and had never failed him in the past. We too… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“But the end of all things is at hand; therefore be serious and watchful in your prayers. And above all things have fervent love for one another, for ‘love will cover a multitude of sins.’ Be hospitable to one another without grumbling. As each one has received a gift, minister it to one another, as… 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. “And as they were eating, Jesus took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to the disciples and said, ‘Take, eat; this is My… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Between 1961 and 2017, the National Football League offered a youth football skills competition known as “Punt, Pass, and Kick.” Children were invited to compete within their age groups, winners being determined based on the cumulative distance and accuracy of their punts, passes, and kicks. That those three events are mostly unrelated meant that only… Read More »Month Archive Read More
It is a time-tested maxim: “What goes up, must come down.” This is true for the stock market, it is true for emotions, and it is true for everything upon which gravity exerts its influence. Jesus’ ascension reminds us that He flipped this maxim to be: “He who comes down, must go up.” Or in… Read More »Month Archive Read More