TRUE CHRISTIANS OR AVERAGE POLITICIANS?
We are in the midst of the presidential primaries. There is a whole lot of boasting going on. How can one be a politician without boasting of his own qualifications? By contrast, how can we…
Thirteenth in a series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)–
Psalm 132 “LORD, establish Your gracious rule in my heart” A Prayer Psalm (Please read this longer psalm in your Bible.) This is the longest of the Songs of Ascents. It is thought to have…
Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Lamb of God, Pure and Holy A Lenten Hymn #146 in The Lutheran Hymnal Our Lord warns against the use of vain repetitions in prayer, saying that such practices are typical of the heathen. We…
Parables Of The Master
Luke 15:1-10 The Lost Sheep And Lost Coin The lost (but found) sheep and the lost (but found) coin teach us to value God’s attitude. As the scene of the text (vv. 1-3) opens, a…
His Yoke Is Easy, His Burden Light
“Now as they led Him away, they laid hold of a certain man, Simon a Cyrenian, who was coming from the country, and on him they laid the cross that he might bear it after…
Paradise For The Penitent!
“Then one of the criminals who were hanged blasphemed Him, saying, If You are the Christ, save Yourself and us. But the other, answering, rebuked him, saying, Do you not even fear God, seeing you…
Medicine For The Soul
“Bless the LORD, O my soul . . . Who forgives all your iniquities, Who heals all your diseases.” — Psalm 103:1, 3 In the pioneer days of our country when peddlers traveled from town…
Announcements
Coordinating Council The Coordinating Council will meet in Eau Claire on March 1,2, 2000. Individual boards meet on February 28,29. The meeting which is ordinarily held after Easter was advanced because of the late date…
CLC Exploratory Services
This is a list of “start-up” congregations who are being served by an off-site pastor. Some meet in homes, others in rented facilities. Also included are our CLC exploratory missions in Cadillac, Mich. Visitors are…
SMORGASBORD
* DATELINE — JANUARY 1968 (In December 1999 Missionary David Koenig submitted to us the following thoughts) In a CLC Mission Newsletter of January 1968 there was the following: “MORE ON INDONESIA — One man…