THE LORD’S PRAYER–A Series
Our Father who art in heaven, Hallowed be Thy name; Thy kingdom come; Thy will be done on earth as it is in heaven; Give us this day our daily bread; And forgive us our…
FROM A PASTOR’S DESK–
CAVING IN This week’s local paper brought a clergy column titled “How we can pray in unity?” with which we are compelled to express our disagreement. The writer, a pastor of the local Community Church,…
Parables Of The Master
Matthew 22:1-14 THE GREAT INVITATION There are invitations and there are invitations. A casual, spontaneous call to a friend or loved one to meet them for lunch is one thing; a formal, personal, in-advance invitation…
SMORGASBORD
* ON HUMAN CLONING The following letter was sent to a local newspaper last November by one of our CLC pastors. We heartily agree with the expressions in the letter. This being the anniversary month…
Our Nation in Crisis; Our God still a Refuge–
(An article appeared in the SMORGASBORD section, November 2001, entitled “Retaliation.” The author, Pastor Wayne Eichstadt of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Mankato, Minnesota, went on to write a number of bulletin articles on Christian perspectives connected…
Studies In Ephesians
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 6:10-24 GOING TO WAR WITH JESUS [Read Ephesians 6:10-24] “Onward Christian soldiers, Marching as to war, With the cross of Jesus Going on before . .…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapter Nineteen “Please God, let me die.” Have you ever uttered or thought the words in our title? As we travel through this vale of tears…
As A New Year Begins —
ETERNITY’S SONG In our Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany celebrations at Berea (Inver Grove Heights, Minnesota) we have been singing and scrutinizing the songs of the season–our beautiful carols and cherished hymns which lyrically and musically…
An Epiphany Meditation–
God’s Mathematics What kind of math were they teaching when you went to school? Was it the old math or the new math? Perhaps you went through the system at a time when they were…
THE GLORY OF GOD SHINES MOST BRIGHTLY IN THE FACE OF JESUS CHRIST
“For we preach not ourselves, but Christ Jesus the Lord; and ourselves your servants for Jesus’ sake. For God, who commanded the light to shine out of darkness, hath shined in our hearts, to give…