Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
O Happy Home A Hymn for the Family #626 in The Lutheran Hymnal How is it possible to achieve a continuing harmony and happiness in our Christian homes? At times it may seem to be…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That we might have hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapters One through Eleven Sophomore Solomon As I am writing this, our nation is in the midst of that down and dirty, mud slinging, hand wringing,…
A Christian’s Scriptural Response to the World of 2000–
FACING HOMOSEXUALITY (Part 1 of 4) In this article and its subsequent installments we will be considering the issue of homosexuality in our world and our response to it. It is our prayer that this…
A Devotional Study of Psalm 90
“LORD, You have been our dwelling place in all generations. Before the mountains were brought forth, or ever You had formed the earth and the world, even from everlasting to everlasting, You are God.” —…
FOLLOW THAT STAR
Every year we read once again of the journey of the Wise Men from the East who came so far to find the new-born King that they might worship Him. Every year our attention is…
Christian Internationalism
On the subject of internationalism we might mention several varieties. Politically there is that internationalism represented by 20th century communism, which has been destructive and enslaving–some even say ‘evil.’ It has sought to destroy governments,…
Daily Bible Readings For Home Devotion, 2001
Dear reader: This program of Bible readings was built on the framework of the pericope used at Messiah of Eau Claire in 2000. In addition to the Old Testament, Gospel, and Epistle selections read in…
Announcements
Eligible For Call Upon completion of the re-entry process, Pastors John Schierenbeck and John Klatt have recommended that Rev. Karl Stewart be declared eligible for return to the active clergy roster of the CLC. Upon…
What would keep us from a confident look to the future?
” . . . Let us lay aside every weight, and the sin which so easily ensnares us, and let us run with endurance the race that is set before us, looking unto Jesus, the…
“To God Alone the Glory”
In lieu of a “Hymn of the Month” this month, a contributor to that series was invited to help us take note of a special anniversary–Ed. Johann Sebastian Bach 1685-1750 The abilities and talents that…