Another devotion (condensed) from last summer’s convention,
under the theme: “Who Are We?” People Of God — Diverse, Yet United What if every one of us were just like everyone else? What if we were all cut from the same heavenly cookie…
JESUS MAKES A POWERFUL IMPRESSION!
They say that a good product will sell itself. You can tell by the way people talk. If they like a new product, they not only use it for themselves. They tell their friends. They…
Angel Voices
A Hymn By Professor Paul Schaller Angel voices in the night, Eyes that sparkle with delight, Gifts and golden candlelight — Christmas comes again! Shepherds run to David’s town, Wise men cause a king to…
December Announcements
Note To Subscribers: All individual subscriptions for the Lutheran Spokesman now have the common renewal date of December. (These are distinguished from congregational bulk subscriptions which expire in June.) Any subscriptions started during the year…
Dedication In Austin
“Not unto us, O LORD, not unto us, but to Your name give glory, because of Your mercy and because of Your truth” (Ps. 115:1). It was on these words that the Rev. L. W.…
SMORGASBORD
* BROADENING THE BASE Instead of being called “Editor’s Smorgasboard” this occasional column with comments on happenings in the church and the world will be broadened by dropping the first word. The intention is to…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) The Book Of Job LESSONS FROM JOB A tragic car accident leaves its victim paralyzed for life. A young man finds out he has terminal cancer. An expectant…
A Christmas Message From Our CLC President
REFORMATION’S EFFECT ON APPRECIATION OF CHRISTMAS BLESSING “God has stooped to speak heavenly truths in human words, so that we might know the riches of His grace…” The nature of such a publication as the…
ON BEING DIFFERENT
Advent Devotion Two opposing concepts in Scripture, oddly enough, have something in common. One concept is “sinfulness.” The other is “holiness.” That they are opposites is obvious. What they have in common is that both…
A FRAGRANCE FROM LIFE TO LIFE
On the compound where our missionary lives in Nigeria there is a tall and stately tree called the “Queen of the Night.” It’s a name well-deserved. Once the sun has set and the countryside is…