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Year/Month: 2025/07

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | July, 2025
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EduK8 Fund. From its beginning, the Church of the Lutheran Confession has considered Christian education of utmost importance, both to the children being trained and to the future of the synod. The need for God-fearing lay people, pastors, and teachers will always be present. Thanks to the recently established EduK8 Fund, the Board of Education… Month Archive Read More

SPOTLIGHT: HEAD COOK MEL SYDOW

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | July, 2025
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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. Immanuel Lutheran High School Foodservice workers. If you have ever tried to keep teenagers fed, you know what a challenge that is. Now, imagine trying to keep 100 teenagers fed… Month Archive Read More

BREAD OF LIFE READINGS FOR JULY 2025

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | July, 2025
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TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments July 1 TLH 341 / LSB 525 2 Samuel 20 In order to reclaim his throne, David must suppress a rebellion among the northern tribes of Israel. July 2 TLH 258 / LSB 659… Month Archive Read More

IMMANUEL LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL-WINTER HAVEN, FLORIDA

Written by Robert Sauers | July, 2025
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Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession A lot can change in a short time. Since I arrived at Immanuel Lutheran Church and School in Winter Haven in February 2023, the Lord has graciously guided our small congregation both spiritually and physically. With steady worship attendance, a thriving school ministry, renewed efforts… Month Archive Read More

EVANGELISM EFFORTS IN THE MOUNTAINS OF NEPAL!

Written by Lutheran Spokesman | July, 2025
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In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. [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 who is our main contact in Nepal. Names… Month Archive Read More

A FITTING MONUMENT

Written by Professor John | July, 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. Professor John Lau (1926-2015) was a leader in the formation of the CLC. As a pastor he served parishes in Minnesota, Illinois and Wisconsin, and later joined the faculty of Immanuel… Month Archive Read More

THE LETTERS OF SAINT PAUL – FIRST THESSALONIANS – THE IMPORTANCE OF RIGHTEOUSNESS

Written by Peter Reim | July, 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. J.B. Phillips, an English Bible translator and Anglican clergyman, titled his 1955 paraphrase of New Testament epistles Letters to Young Churches. The letter we’ll consider in this issue is the… Month Archive Read More

YOU TROUBLE MAKER, YOU!

Written by David Fuerstenau | July, 2025
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The world is full of trouble makers! Some deserve the designation, others not so much. Copernicus was the first European scientist to advocate the heliocentric theory of the solar system. He offended many who claimed the earth was the center of the universe, who even used the Bible as their “proof.” My Mom thought young… Month Archive Read More

WARNING: A MAJOR SPIRITUAL HEALTH HAZARD

Written by David Schierenbeck | July, 2025
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“But there were also false prophets among the people, even as there will be false teachers among you, who will secretly bring in destructive heresies, even denying the Lord who bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction. And many will follow their destructive ways, because of whom the way of truth will be blasphemed.… Month Archive Read More

JULY (THE TRINITY SEASON)

Written by Nathanael Mayhew | July, 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

HEAVEN IS OUR FATHERLAND

Written by Richard Kanzenbach | July, 2025
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“Patriotism” is loyalty and love for one’s nation. The word is derived from Latin pater, meaning “father.” Patriotism is devotion to one’s fatherland. There are several facets to patriotism. One is simply geography. To grow up on the open prairies, or green farmlands, or busy metro streets and shops—each with its own charm—provides a unique… Month Archive Read More

SPIRITUAL AND SECULAR

Written by John Pfeiffer | July, 2025
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Should religion and public praying be in public schools? Should the government make laws that limit what can be taught in churches? Should church pulpits be used to promote political agendas? Should the government be promoting Christianity? Just what are the roles of church and state? Before the fall into sin, there was only one… Month Archive Read More