*’WHAT’S YOUR SLANT ON FUNERALS?’ (From the Messiah Messenger, Newsletter of Messiah Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, Wis. The writer is Prof. Em. Paul R. Koch.) If someone is brash enough to ask the question, the… 

Luke 12:13-21 THE RICH FOOL The title seems all wrong. The world considers a rich man as smarter, more hardworking, and more lucky than the rest. Rich people are not often thought of as fools,… 

Many churches will be involved in Earth Day activities this weekend. Some will even devote their Sunday morning message to this topic. Is this something in which churches should be involved? After His resurrection the… 

“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Samuel, Chapters One Through Seven Samuel, Prophet and Judge of Israel Three names in these opening chapters of 1 Samuel serve as a skeleton upon which to… 

Psalm 123 “LORD, help me bear patiently the insults of the contemptuous world.” A Prayer Psalm Psalm 123 Unto You I lift up my eyes, O You who dwell in the heavens. Behold, as the… 

“Whosoever is born of God overcometh the world!” — 1 John 5:4-5 John links this thought with what he wrote earlier in chapter 2:13-15, where he says that the young people in the congregation have… 

He is Arisen! Glorious Word! An Easter Hymn #189 in The Lutheran Hymnal You’ve heard it said: “Pressure makes diamonds.” The Lord speaks in similar fashion through Peter’s pen: “You are kept by the power… 

EASTER 1999 In a world of sin and sorrow there is little of which we can be sure. And many of the things of which we absolutely can be sure we wish weren’t so. For… 

In the last few years we have all seen the t-shirts and decals that say “No Fear.” Those who display this message apparently intend to say that they are bold and courageous, that they have… 

There had never been a football game quite like it. Not in all the years before; not in the 80-some years since. It was a dark and dreary day in 1916, the perfect setting for…