The Sound In The Night
As I repose ready to drift off, the chorus of chirping and croaking ceases. The bush is pitch black and deadly still. The stillness then is broken by a screeching sound. Is it some cat…
SPEAKING THE TRUTH IN LOVE
” . . . But speaking the truth in love, may (we) grow up into Him in all things, who is the head, even Christ.” — Ephesians 4:15 The truth hurts. Boy, don’t we know…
Personal Mission Work
What comes to mind when we assess our personal involvement in Christian mission work? Perhaps we think of our participation in the Mission Festival each year–when guest preachers speak to us on the topic of…
Announcements
Minnesota Pastoral Conference Place: Mt. Olive Lutheran Church, Detroit Lakes, Minn. Dates: Tuesday-Thursday, October 26-27, beginning at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday Agenda: * Old Testament Exegesis, Obadiah — Pastor Wayne Eichstadt * New Testament Exegesis,…
SMORGASBORD
* ‘THE END TIMES’ — With the impending turn of both the century and the millennium, we wanted to offer something on these pages touching on eschatology, or the “End Times.” Once again we see…
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 two CLC exploratory missions in Gold Canyon, Ariz.…
Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Through the Day Thy Love Hath Spared Us An Evening Hymn #553 in The Lutheran Hymnal From the human perspective King David had every reason to suffer from insomnia. His beloved albeit traitorous son Absalom…
Eighth In A Series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)–
Psalm 127 “LORD, bless my undertakings with success.” A Psalm of Instruction Psalm 127 Unless the LORD builds the house, they labor in vain who build it; unless the LORD guards the city, the watchman…
Biblical Perspectives On The End Times
THE MILLENNIUM One Thousand Years This numerical expression occurs six times in the first seven verses of Revelation 20. It occurs in only two other places in the Bible: “For a thousand years in Your…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Samuel Chapter Sixteen David Anointed King Things were not looking good for the Israelites. Saul, their first king, whose reign had begun with such promise, had disobeyed…