worked together almost around the clock–in the weeks before Pastor David Reim left for Vernon, British Columbia–to complete a large stained glass project that had been in planning for almost a year. The excitement built…
request the Pacific Coast Pastoral Conference, October 1997. For reasons of space we divide it into two parts. “THE MILLENNIUM” — Let’s Enjoy It Now! (Part I) Will we enter a golden age when the…
* YOUR TV, A THREAT TO FAITH —(From a Sunday bulletin this fall at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Okabena, Minn.; Vance Fossum is pastor) It is becoming a fairly regular happening: as the new TV…
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 3:15-25 THE “NANNY SERVICE” OF THE LAW Is it important for us to know what the Lord’s apostle wrote in…
The wonder and joy that surrounds the arrival of a newborn infant is something to behold. When a parent or grandparent gathers up that small bundle for a first look, there is always a sense…
–Psalm 31:15 There is a creeping malaise of pessimism seizing the hearts and minds of people today. This feeling of helplessness and frustration is heightened by the passing of another year and the approaching end…
If you could choose any one thing in the entire universe that would make 1998 a happy new year for you, what would it be? For a lot of folks the answer is this simple:…
November 1997 Issue In last month’s issue, p. 6, the full text of the hymn stanza by Gerhardt Mueller for the Second Sunday in Advent reads: Behold, Daughter of Zion, Salvation now draws near; The…
The Angels #1 Biblical Characteristics Of Angels Have you noticed the recent interest in angels? There have been magazine articles, books, and a popular television series. We also see the fertile imagination of the writers…
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Exodus Chapters Thirty-two Through Forty and Numbers Chapters Six Through Twenty-one Idolatry And Rebellion: 40 Years Of Mercy “How could they have been so foolish!” I don’t know…
