Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns

We Now Implore God the Holy Ghost A Pentecost Hymn #231 in The Lutheran Hymnal Artists and writers often pride themselves on the originality of their works. They like to think that their paintings and… 

“Do All To The Glory Of God” “But seek ye first the kingdom of God, and His righteousness, and all these things shall be added unto you.” — Matthew 6:23 This is the sort of… 

“Make a joyful noise!” Joy is a very important subject in God’s Word. Words like joy, joyful, rejoice are found over 300 times in the Bible. God makes it very clear, particularly in the Psalms,… 

“Who can find a virtuous wife? For her worth is far above rubies. . . . She opens her mouth with wisdom, and in her tongue is the law of kindness. She watches over the… 

“Then Peter said to them, Repent, and let every one of you be baptized in the name of Jesus Christ for the remission of sins; and you shall receive the gift of the Holy Spirit.… 

“According to the working of His mighty power which He worked in Christ when He raised Him from the dead and seated Him at His right hand in the heavenly places, far above all principality… 

*’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…