An Easter Message From Our Synod President —
AFTER A WINTER OF DISCONTENT — PEACE AND JOY For many of us in the Midwest the winter has been hard and long. In our moments of weakness we forget that the severity of it…
ON BEING DIFFERENT — Part II
“You’re not like the other boys,” she said. “They’re only after one thing! You don’t act like that. Your language is decent. You’ve got good manners. You’re really different.” This is often the stated reaction…
A COMPLETE VICTORY
It was probably the most unlikely statement to be made during the entire Gulf War. Within hours after the cease-fire was declared, a badly beaten Saddam Hussein emerged from his bunker and announced his victory.…
Announcements
Minnesota Teachers’ Conference Date: February 17, 1997 Place: Grace Lutheran School Fridley, Minnesota Agenda: * 9:30 a.m. Opening Devotion and other preliminaries * 10:00 Teaching Sex Education in our Grade Schools From a Christian Perspective…
In Our CLC Classrooms —
Meet: Beth Sydow Elizabeth Sydow is a teacher at Grace Lutheran Church in Fridley, Minnesota. Beth attended Immanuel Lutheran High School and College. She accepted a call to teach at Immanuel, Mankato in 1966. She…
SMORGASBORD
* Ann Landers Is Wrong (an article in the Sleepy Eye (Minn.) Herald- Dispatch, January 23, 1997, by Pastor Paul Fleischer) Did you happen to see the Ann Landers column which appeared last November in…
As Revealed By Scripture–
The Devil #4 The Devil Works To Deceive Deception is the operative word here, then the concept behind the word, then the malignant spirit behind that. Speaking of the Devil, as we are, today’s theme…
We Are People Who Care
(A final devotion by the chaplain of last summer’s CLC Convention at ILC, Eau Claire. The general theme asked the question: “Who Are We?”) When my family and I moved to Phoenix in the late…
Studies in Galatians
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Galatians 1:1-10 “It Is My Catherine…” There is something about the human nature that prompts a man to honor his favorite…
A Clean Slate
Have you at any time wished that you could relive a day of your life and do it differently? People express such a wish after a costly mistake; they fantasize erasing guilt by the magic…