Announcements
Appointments Upon the resignation of Rev. Walter Schaller upon the acceptance of a call, Rev. Michael Roehl has been appointed Conference Visitor for the West Central Conference. — Daniel Fleischer, President Rev. Steven Sippert has…
Announcements
OUR CANADIAN CONNECTION
The peach trees were poised to blossom and lend their citrus fragrance everywhere along the hundred kilometer system of lakes known as the Okanagan in British Columbia. And in the city of Vernon on the…
Graduation at Immanuel, Mankato —
‘GO IN GOD’S PEACE’ In his remarks in connection with the graduation service on Sunday, June 8, High School Principal Kevin Hulke referred to the fact that just completed was the 131st (!) year of…
ILC Graduation, May 1997 —
A View From The Back Row I had gotten used to being in the front row at graduations at our Immanuel Lutheran College in Eau Claire. Privilege. Responsibility. That has changed, and I think I’ll…
From “A Peak Into My Nigerian Diary”
by Mrs. Celeste Reim (reviewed in our May 1997 issue) — Dec. 22, 1946 An urgent message came this afternoon from Archibong of Ibiono. He wrote, “I have fallen in my fight for the Lutheran…
SMORGASBORD
* COMMANDMENTS FOR TODAY (from a recent Sunday bulletin of Grace Lutheran Church, Sleepy Eye, Pastor P. Fleischer) In a sermon a few weeks ago your pastor made reference to how lightly the ten commandments…
Looking Back in the Lutheran Spokesman
From July 1967 — WHAT IS A THEOLOGIAN? (by sainted Prof. Edmund Reim) — It may seem presumptuous to claim space in our Spokesman or to use up the time of our readers for a…
Studies In Galatians
Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 2:1-10 DEFENDING THE GOSPEL As this is being written, the pastors of the CLC are packing their bulging briefcases, loaded…
The Transition of Power
This month of July witnesses the incorporation of Hong Kong into the People’s Republic of China. In 1999 Macao will be brought back in. The mainland continues to cast its eyes at the so-called “break…
Ask God To Bless Your Country
Without a doubt the most famous quote of President John F. Kennedy’s presidency is, “Ask not what your country can do for you; ask what you can do for your country.” Centuries before JFK uttered…