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…
Convictions Only God Can Produce
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.…
SMORGASBORD
Our staff members were invited to pass along what they may have written on the subject of the Littleton, Colorado tragedy for their local bulletins or newsletters. We offer the following Christian perspectives. * POSSESSED…
Sixth in a series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)
Psalm 125 “LORD, thank You for keeping my soul safe.” A Psalm of Thanks Psalm 125 Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever. As the…
Parables Of The Master
Luke 13:6-9 The Barren Fig Tree St. Paul uses words like “grace” and “love” to personify Jesus, as in Titus 2 and 3. There is another word which hasn’t been overly used or abused yet–the…
Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Oh, that I Had a Thousand Voices Hymn of Praise to the Trinity #243 in The Lutheran Hymnal Our annual pilgrimage from Clarkston, Wash. to Eau Claire, Wis. takes us over Lolo Pass on the…
PEBBLES IN OUR SHOES
“In everything give thanks, for this is God’s will for you in Christ Jesus” (1 Thessalonians 5:18) Imagine a beautiful, sunny day. Your plan is to hike a mountain trail. As you begin, you can’t…