Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
How Lovely Shines the Morning Star A Hymn for the Morning #546 in The Lutheran Hymnal There is nothing more ordinary than the rising of the sun and the beginning of another day. It is…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That we might have hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Samuel, Chapters Eight Through Fifteen Saul vs. Paul: Arrogance vs. Humility We recall in our Old Testament Bible history that the children of Israel were tired of…
Seventh In A Series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)–
Psalm 126 “LORD, thank You for liberating me.” A Psalm of Thanks Psalm 126 When the LORD brought back the captivity of Zion, we were like those who dream. Then our mouth was filled with…
Studies In Ephesians
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 1:15-23 The “Force” Who Is Really With You Are you one of the many who enjoy the modern morality play Star Wars? If so, you know…
AS DAY FOLLOWS NIGHT
Sleepless nights can be long. Never does time pass so slowly as when we lie awake at night. It seems as though the darkness will never again give way to light. And it isn’t just…
Convictions Only God Can Produce
Ray Johnson was not what you’d call a lukewarm Christian. If anything, he was a man of deep conviction. Each Sunday Ray, his wife, and their five kids would pile into the family wagon and…
SCRIPTURAL PATRIOTISM
The first weekend in July this year marks the national observance of Independence Day. On a special occasion such as this a predominant theme that is oftentimes in the national consciousness and exclaimed from podiums…
Announcements
Great Lakes Delegate Conference The Great Lakes Delegate Conference will be held at Faith Lutheran Church, Coloma, Mich. Monday and Tuesday, June 7-8, beginning at 1:00 p.m. Delegates, pastors, teachers, professors who need housing and…
A Return to the One-Room School House
(By Chris Williams, Austin {Minn.} Daily Herald, February 28, 1999) It is a mix of Biblical teaching, traditionalism, and old-fashioned values designed to help prepare students for the modern world. St. Paul’s Evangelical Lutheran School…
From The Editor:
A Synod Anniversary The constituting convention of a new confessional Lutheran church body known as the Church of the Lutheran Confession (CLC) took place August 9-12, 1960 at Trinity Ev. Lutheran Church in Watertown, S.Dak.…