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Year/Month: 2025/06

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | June, 2025
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A conference of pastors and inquirers near Karatu, Tanzania, April 14-15 Wittenberg Seminary faculty members at the conference luncheon, (l to r) Pastors Robert Loskira, Jeremia Issangya and Missionary Bruce Naumann Anniversary. You are invited to join the members of Berea, Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota, in giving thanks to the Lord of the Church for… Month Archive Read More

SEEN IN PASSING

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | June, 2025
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UK School Celebrates “Refugee Week” Instead of Easter. Norwood Primary School in Eastleigh, Hampshire, this year canceled its traditional Easter observance in the name of “diversity and inclusion.” The observance was apparently seen as too discriminatory in favor of Christians. In its place the headmistress of the school introduced a “Refugee Week.” Hussain, Nasser. “Canceling… Month Archive Read More

BUILDING PROJECTS IN NIGERIA AND BANGLADESH

Written by Robert Sauers | June, 2025
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. From foundation stones to living stones, God is shaping His Church in Nigeria and Bangladesh! Two vital construction projects are underway—each designed to support the training of church leaders and the spread of the Gospel in fields ripe… Month Archive Read More

BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, JUNE 2025

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | June, 2025
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TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comment June 2 TLH 160 / LSB 442 Psalm 24 David calls the people of the Lord to worship their God, Who is glorious and Who has demonstrated His glory in creation. June 3 TLH… Month Archive Read More

HOLY TRINITY EVANGELICAL LUTHERAN CHURCH – COLUMBIA, SOUTH CAROLINA

Written by David Pfeiffer | June, 2025
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Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession “Unless the Lord builds the house, they labor in vain who build it.” (Psalm 127:1) Main church entrance. Last May, Holy Trinity Lutheran Church celebrated the fiftieth anniversary of our Christian day school (pre/K—eighth grade) with a seminar, special worship service, and potluck. This summer… Month Archive Read More

DEVASTATING FLASH FLOODS IN THE CLCI

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | June, 2025
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[Editor: The following is a report about current events in the Church of the Lutheran Confession in India (CLCI). It is written, in his own words, by the indigenous pastor who is our main contact in the CLCI. Names of people and places are being withheld because of increasing persecution in the area. The report… Month Archive Read More

ASPIRIN-SIZED WORDS

Written by Pastor Robert | June, 2025
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In this series we are reprinting Spokesman articles by early leaders in the CLC. Pastor Emeritus James Albrecht is the curator of the series. Pastor Robert Mackensen (1920-2012) was a charter member of the CLC, and served congregations in Wisconsin, Minnesota, Colorado and North Carolina. This article is from the Lutheran Spokesman of July 1995.… Month Archive Read More

COLOSSIANS “NOT THIS, THAT”

Written by Michael Roehl | June, 2025
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In this series we offer brief introductions to the books of the Bible, including background, authorship, content, and application to the lives of today’s Christians. The word “sapper” comes from the French noun sapeur and the verb saper, both of which refer to “digging under” or “undermining.” In military usage, the job of sappers is… Month Archive Read More

FAITH CLINGS TO THE SECRET THINGS

Written by Drew Naumann | June, 2025
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“If there is a God, then how do you explain . . .?” I’d guess that most of us have heard this demanding question before, especially from friends and family who are not believers or who are struggling in their faith. The desire of man to have the God of heaven and earth explained to… Month Archive Read More

DIVINE INSPIRATION OF THE BIBLE

Written by Mark Gullerud | June, 2025
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“Knowing this first, that no prophecy of Scripture is of any private interpretation, for prophecy never came by the will of man, but holy men of God spoke as they were moved by the Holy Spirit.” (2 Peter 1:20-21) Gutenberg Bible, New York Public Library In the instruction of our youth, pastors have found it… Month Archive Read More

JUNE (EASTER, PENTECOST AND TRINITY)

Written by Nathanael Mayhew | June, 2025
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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… Month Archive Read More

LUTHER’S MARRIAGE – JUNE 13, 1525

Written by David W. Bernthal | June, 2025
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“With my wedding, I have made the angels laugh and the devils weep.” M. Luther For all his early life, Martin Luther knew that priests and nuns were not allowed to marry. After all, the vow of chastity was, and is, an important tenet of the Roman Catholic faith. So when Martin chose the path… Month Archive Read More

MARRIAGE’S BOND OF PERFECTION

Written by Karl Olmanson | June, 2025
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“And above all these things put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony.” (Colossians 3:14 ESV) A friend of mine, referring to himself and his wife, said, “I know we won’t be married in heaven, but I think I’ll ask God if I can just stand by her awhile.” He wasn’t struggling with… Month Archive Read More