A stranger approached me on a Florida pier. He was out witnessing. After several exploratory questions, he knew my church affiliation: Church of the Lutheran Confession. “Martin Luther was evil,” he said, totally dismissing Luther.…
Installation. In accord with our usage and order, Rick Mariner, who was called by Immanuel Evangelical Lutheran Church of Mankato, Minnesota, to be a high school teacher, was installed on August 18, 2024. —Pastor Joseph…
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. The start of school at Immanuel every fall is exciting,…
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments 09/02/24 TLH 26/LSB 797 Isaiah 30 The Lord judges His people for their reliance…
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession Some might say “Nothing” when asked what is new at Saint Matthew in Dallas, Texas, since the last update seven years ago. Of course that…
In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. There are three passages in particular in the Book of Acts that give us a glimpse into the thrust of…
Let us assume that a teacher who lived a thousand years ago had written an “autograph” [that is, a document hand-written by the author himself.] He had some students who appreciated the value of their…
They came from every direction. They came across land and by air. They came from states near and far, and from across the sea. They are the 143 voting members of the 36th Church of…
A sense of entitlement is a corrosive cancer which blinds the soul to the goodness of our Lord and leads to a wide range of sin. In the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers (Mathew 21:33-46),…
For Hagar, the circumstances were desperate. She was young, alone, pregnant and penniless; a slave fleeing the harsh treatment of her mistress Sarai. Seventy miles lay behind. If her destination was home in Egypt, many…
