Reformation Vignettes
3. LUTHER AS TEACHER “From childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus” — 2 Timothy 3:15. Martin Luther was…
Come Sing With Me
Dear children, come and sing with me Of Bethlehem and King’s decree, And Joseph up from Galilee With Mary mild. When Caesar, king of high degree, Did move the world with one decree, There came…
SMORGASBORD
* LETTERS AND THE BIBLE READING GUIDE While the Spokesman does not have a “Letters to the Editor” column as such, rest assured that the editor does at times receive letters. Some of these letters…
A Christmas message from our CLC President —
SAVED BY A CHILD On a personal level it is not easy. As we still are flesh and blood we daily are contending against ourselves as it were. The war between the old man and…
AN – EK – DEE – AY – GAY – TOS
Most people are already doing their Christmas shopping. Funny how even Christians get caught up in this. Spending many hundreds on their children and others in a frenzy of . . . giving? Lots of…
Have A White Christmas!
Are you dreaming of a white Christmas? For many it just doesn’t seem like Christmas without at least a little snow. There is nothing quite like the calm and quiet which descends after a heavy…
THE MOST PRECIOUS BIRTHDAY GIFT
“Wouldn’t a Christmas baby be just sooo precious?!” Parents who are expecting a child in December grow accustomed to hearing this. Certainly a Christmas birth is meaningful to Christian parents, as it should be also…
Announcements
Installations In accord with our usage and order Karl Olmanson who was called by Immanuel Ev. Lutheran Church and School of Mankato, Minnesota to teach in our Immanuel High School was installed on August 31,…
For this family, ‘Son’day is a day of work
When it comes to passing down the family occupation, the Rev. Bertram Naumann seems to know best. After all, four of Naumann’s six sons are pastors. The Naumanns reunited last week at the annual Pastoral…
The Dating Game
Much of the controversy between evolutionists and creationists concerns the age of the earth and its fossils. Evolution, depending as it does on pure chance, requires an immense amount of time to stumble upon anything…