MOTIVATING CHRISTIAN BEHAVIOR
We all have someone in our lives whom we would like to change. There are times when my wife would like to change me, and for good reason. But how to do that? In particular,…
Studies in Galatians
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 6:11-18 A Crowning Word: In the Cross of Christ I Glory! We hear it often enough when it comes to…
THE SORROW AND THE JOY OF GETHSEMANE
A Christian cannot be unmoved when contemplating the scene presented in Gethsemane. Here we behold our beloved Lord Jesus in an agony so intense that His sweat became great drops of blood falling to the…
“Hosanna to the Son of David!”
It was a long journey. They had traveled to Judea from every direction of the Mediterranean world. The descendants of Abraham were required to attend the great Passover Festival in Jerusalem at least once in…
Announcements
Installation In accord with our usage and order, Jay Hartmann, who was called by Peace Lutheran Church of Mission, S.Dak. and St. Paul’s Lutheran Church of White River, S.Dak. to be their pastor, was installed…
Book Review
Dr. Dobson: Turning Hearts Toward Home: The Life and Principles of America’s Family Advocate, by Rolf Zettersten, Word Publ., 1989. (Reviewer: Prof. Em. Paul R. Koch, Spokesman assistant editor; this review first appeared in the…
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.…
SMORGASBORD
* EXCERPT FROM A NIGERIAN JOURNAL Even as wife Celeste kept a diary (many of our readers have enjoyed the book A Peek Into My Nigerian Diary), so did the missionary himself. Pastor Norbert Reim…
Second In A Series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)–
Psalm 121 “LORD, You are my almighty Guardian. In You will I put my trust.” A Psalm of Comfort Psalm 121 I will lift up my eyes to the hills–from whence comes my help? My…
The Good Samaritan — A Persuasion Parable
“What must I do to inherit eternal life?” might be a good test question for instruction class–as the Christian pastor leads a soul to the arms of Jesus–but the expert in Jewish legalities who asked…