LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) Genesis Chapter Thirty-seven The Lord Graciously Rules That We Might Have Hope God had promised to make of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob a Messianic nation. Our chapter marks…
The Mathematics Of Marriage
(A chapel talk given at Immanuel Lutheran High School, Mankato, Minn. Teacher Kevin Hulke is the Gospel messenger.) People often have a hard time understanding what life is like after being married. Obviously for young…
But as for me and my house, we will serve the LORD.”
(Joshua 24:15) Twenty five years ago, as our distressed nation viewed a generation of its youth angrily protesting the evils, real or imagined, of their parents’ society, one of those angry young voices, Graham Nash,…
Announcements
Correction In the October 1995 issue I quoted something from The Vine And The Branches, identifying it as “a publication of ELCA conservatives.” A reader has called to my attention that this is wrong information.…
A New Pastor In Sioux Falls
Editor’s note: Pastor James Shrader recently joined the CLC by colloquy. We requested some biographical information which would introduce him to our readers. We heartily welcome the Shrader family into our wider church family! Pastor…
You’ve Got to Stand for Something
Or You’ll Fall for Anything (A condensation of the 1994 Annual Report of Pastor Mike Sydow to his congregation, Faith of Markesan, Wis. A member had suggested the report be submitted to the Spokesman.) It…
After The Death Of Luther —
How The Formula Of Concord Was Forged (Ten Parts) Part Three: The Leipzig Interim After Luther’s death in 1546 Emperor Charles V conquered Germany with the help of the treacherous Elector Maurice. Charles used executions,…
“New Creatures In Christ”
(2 Cor. 5:17) Studies in Second Corinthians Chapter 7 GODLY SORROW The Church lives by perpetual repentance. Luther summarized his concerns for the church and the Gospel in the first of his ninety-five theses, in…
Holy Communion — An Endless Supply Of Forgiveness
What is your most precious possession? It is not hard to imagine the range of answers one would get to such a question. Some might name a treasured family heirloom, others a precious object they…
A KING-SIZE BED
The iron bedstead 13 1/2 feet long and 6 feet wide described in Deuteronomy chapter three was both king- and giant-sized. “For only Og, king of Bashan, remained of the remnant of giants. Behold, his…