“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Judges Chapters Thirteen Through Sixteen Samson: Sun-like, but not Son-like There are only a few individuals in the Scriptures who had their births foretold by heavenly messengers. John…
When I Survey the Wondrous Cross A Good Friday Hymn #175 in The Lutheran Hymnal “Give us something better, young man!” That stern rebuke launched Isaac Watts, then only 18 years old, into the work…
Historians have little or no problem with the fact that a man named Jesus of Nazareth was crucified by the Romans in Jerusalem sometime around 30 A.D. History books will tell you that Jesus was…
“Now therefore, says the Lord, turn to me with all your heart, with fasting, with weeping, and with mourning. So rend your heart, and not your garments; return to the Lord your God, for He…
As we enter the season of Lent, we remember it also as the Passion season. The original meaning for the word passion, and the first still given in my dictionary, is suffering or agony, with…
Installations In accord with our usage and order, Delwyn Maas, who was called by Holy Cross congregation of Phoenix, Ariz. to be its pastor, was installed on December 6, 1998. –Pastor W. H. Fanning In…
Meet: Karla Olmanson Karla Olmanson teaches a half day of 5th and 6th grade classes, plus music, for grades 1-6 at Immanuel Lutheran School in Mankato, Minnesota. She has been teaching there since 1985. A…
* POSTMODERNISM (NOTHING NEW UNDER THE SUN) This, our first issue of a new year, is addressing the subject of postmodernism. What is that, you ask? It is the new and latest cultural worldview. I…
From January 1969– WHAT IS TRUTH? One of the purposes of the Church of the Lutheran Confession, according to its constitution, is “to protect this fellowship against the encroachment of error and unionism through united…
YOUR WORD IS TRUTH The ancient scribes who hand-copied the Old Testament Scriptures showed great reverence for the Word by the strict rules that they followed in their work. For example, they focused on one…
