2025 West Central Pastoral Conference September 9-11 Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Rapid City, South Dakota Agenda: Old Testament Exegesis—Pastor James Naumann New Testament Exegesis—Pastor Benjamin Libby Retiring from the Public Ministry—Pastor Delwyn Maas Predestination: A Review of Who and How It Comforts—Pastor Thomas Schuetze Tactful Response to Lying in the Bible—Pastor Michael Roehl Peter’s Epistles… Month Archive Read More
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Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. “No, we don’t have anyone for the Diaspora List. Our only long-distance member is a lady in Pennsylvania, but since no one else lives there, you don’t want her info.” I immediately exclaimed, “That’s exactly who we want!”… Month Archive Read More
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments August 1 TLH 777 / LSB 744 Psalm 41 While enduring illness and the malice of his enemy, David prays to the Lord. August 2 LSB 669 1 Kings 1 Abishag serves David in… Month Archive Read More
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession Things continue on here in Northeastern Wisconsin much as they always have. The seasons change—you know, from Packer season to Packer draft season to Packer training camp season. Or at least that’s what you’d think based on the news. Of course, things actually do continue… Month Archive Read More
In Isaiah Chapter 54 the prophet delivers a message of hope and encouragement to the Jewish nation. In spite of their faithlessness to the Lord and His judgment that was coming, God would restore them as His own people. Then there would come a time of great blessing and growth. Figuratively speaking, they would need… Month Archive Read More
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 Michael Sydow (1941-2009) served parishes in Phoenix, Manchester, Cheyenne, and Markesan; he also held memberships on the CLC Board of Trustees and Board of Regents. He later joined the faculty… Month Archive Read More
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. Just as a loving father longs for and prays for a son who has gone away to school and is being bullied and teased, the Apostle Paul had a longing… Month Archive Read More
From little on, children are told the story of the Golden Calf, the idol erected by Aaron while Moses was on Mount Sinai receiving the Ten Commandments. How quickly the Israelites turned to the false gods of the Egyptians in attempting to solve their problems! Less familiar, perhaps, is the account of the golden rats… Month Archive Read More
“For if God did not spare the angels who sinned, but cast them down to hell and delivered them into chains of darkness, to be reserved for judgment; and did not spare the ancient world, but saved Noah, one of eight people, a preacher of righteousness, bringing in the flood on the world of the… 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… Month Archive Read More
Life tends to give us daily reminders of rejection—unanswered calls, ignored messages, empty chairs at the table. Even in church, we may quietly wonder, “Do I really belong? Does God truly love me?” In a world that values popularity and performance, being chosen feels like something you have to earn. And many of us feel… Month Archive Read More