SEEN IN PASSING Items of interest from various sources of religious news and opinion, in print and on the web. New Bible Design Offers Help for Dyslexics. “The lines land with slightly thicker strokes and dashes at the bottom. The letters leave little spaces inside as they curve up, like a stencil. This new typeface,… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Year/Month: 2025/01
Installation. In accord with our usage and order, Zachary Sippert was installed as pastor of Grace Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Minnesota on September 29, 2024. Also participating in the service were (photo, l-r) Pastors Nathanael Mayhew, Luke Willitz, George Dummann, Nathan Pfeiffer, Johnathan Schnose, Zachary Sippert, Joseph Naumann, Professor Steven Sippert, Pastors Emeritus Norman… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Every other month we get an update on what’s been happening recently at our Immanuel Lutheran High School, College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. For the first time in Immanuel Lutheran High School history, we have won a state championship in a team sport. On November 9, the Lancers volleyball team, coached by Professor… Read More »Month Archive Read More
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments January 1 TLH 523 / LSB 756 1 Peter 1 Though we endure suffering in this life, we have joy and hope by faith in Jesus Christ. We are called to live lives… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession We preach Christ crucified. Okay, that isn’t new. Christ crucified has always been what we’ve preached here, but we are trying to make that clearer to the world. The most obvious way we’ve tried to make this clear is by adding our new cross on… Read More »Month Archive Read More
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. An Update from Nepal [Editor: The following is a report about current activities in the Himalayan Church of the Lutheran Confession in Nepal (HCLCN). It is written, in his own words, by the indigenous pastor… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path.” (Psalm 119: 105) In this series we are reprinting Spokesman articles by early leaders in the CLC. Pastor Emeritus James Albrecht is the curator of the series. Professor C. M. Gullerud (1908-1995) was a former president of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod… Read More »Month Archive Read More
In this new series we offer brief introductions to the books of the Bible, including background, authorship, content, and application to the lives of today’s Christians. I Corinthians For the Christian Living in a Corrupt Society Human Authorship: St. Paul, who founded the church in Corinth in A.D. 51-53 (see Acts 18:1-9) Time of Writing:… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Remember what Amalek did to you on the way as you were coming out of Egypt, how he met you on the way and attacked your rear ranks, all the stragglers at your rear, when you were tired and weary; and he did not fear God. Therefore it shall be, when the Lord your God… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“But also for this very reason, giving all diligence, add to your faith virtue, to virtue knowledge, to knowledge self-control, to self-control perseverance, to perseverance godliness, to godliness brotherly kindness, and to brotherly kindness love. For if these things are yours and abound, you will be neither barren nor unfruitful in the knowledge of our… Read More »Month Archive Read More
The Lutheran church enjoys a long tradition of identifying one “Hymn of the Week” for every Sunday of the church year. Such a hymn should reflect the unifying theme of the service, and is intended to be sung on that Sunday every year. In this series, Pastor Nathanael Mayhew gives us a brief overview of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“We three kings of Orient are . . .” is the opening line of a beloved Epiphany carol from the mid-nineteenth century. The problem is, we aren’t sure how many wise men there were, nor do we know if they had royal status, nor that they were present at Jesus’ manger. We do know that… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Behold, children are a heritage from the Lord, the fruit of the womb is a reward.” (Psalms 127:3-5) Society values human life; examples are everywhere. Perplexing, then, isn’t it, that while so much effort is spent protecting life, millions of unborn babies have been killed intentionally by abortion? How can this be? Yes, how can… Read More »Month Archive Read More