LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Samuel Chapters Seventeen To Twenty David and Jonathan: A Formula for Friendship This past summer I had the privilege of speaking at my parents’ 50th wedding anniversary.…
Parables Of The Master
Luke 14:25-35 Cost-Counting The scenario is all too familiar. A young person with no significant or permanent income source is bombarded with almost irresistible offers from the credit card companies. “Buy now, pay later” is…
Daily Bible Readings
The Year of our Lord 2000 From the Editor: Thanks once again to Pastor Roland H. Gurgel (Faith, Nicollet and Faith, New Ulm, Minn.) for these daily Bible readings. For the year drawing to a…
Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Now Are the Days Fulfilled A Christmas Hymn #99 in The Lutheran Hymnal The author of this month’s hymn is unknown, but the words of Scripture his hymn call to mind are familiar: “But when…
A Christmas Message from our CLC President–
“There is no hidden meaning to Christmas; no deeper meaning than what the Father has Himself put in it. . . . “ An Unencumbered Christmas What would Christmas be were it an unencumbered Christmas?…
Delivered From Darkness
“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and translated us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins” (Colossians 1:13-14).…
‘The King is coming!’
“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, your King is coming to you; He is just and having salvation, lowly and riding on a donkey, a colt, the foal of…
AN OLD-FASHIONED CHRISTMAS
“With the many dollars that are spent these days for presents, decorations, etc., would the modern-day family feel like it was celebrating Christmas if it had only the meager earthly supplies of the old-fashioned Christmas?…
Announcements
A REUNION The Early Years of ILC-Mankato (1959-1963) All students, faculty, houseparents, and friends who were involved in Immanuel High School, College, and Seminary during the early years of the school are invited to a…
An Anniversary in Watertown, South Dakota–
‘Sons of Trinity’ Help Celebrate Forty Years On August 15, 1999 Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church celebrated its 40th anniversary with a special service entitled: “We are all Sons and Heirs.” The ‘sons of the congregation’–those…