BENEATH THE JUNIPER TREE
“[Elijah] came and sat down under a broom tree. And he prayed that he might die.” (1 Kings 19:4) Have you ever felt like giving up; like saying, “That’s it. I’m done. I’ve had enough”?…
REASON FOR HOPE
“For Christ also suffered once for sins, the righteous for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit, in which he…
SERVICE OF THE SACRAMENT: THE LORD’S PRAYER
Ever wonder why we Lutherans use the form of worship we do? In this series we examine the depth and meaning of the various elements of our Lutheran worship service. In our communion liturgies, the…
SOLUTIONS FOR BROKEN RESOLUTIONS
I don’t recall ever making a New Year’s resolution. Perhaps I had to come up with one as a school assignment once but, if so, I certainly never tried to accomplish it. The whole practice…
THE ESSENTIAL EPIPHANY
It is January and the hours of darkness still outnumber those of daylight. If you are not fond of shorter days, the good news is that we are gaining about two minutes of daylight each…
ANNOUNCEMENTS
2024 CLC Mission Helper Trip. Applications are now being accepted for the 2024 CLC Mission Helper Trip to Africa. Apply now so you can be part of this opportunity to spread the Gospel to children…
THE CHRISTMAS ROAD
“Are you the one who is to come, or shall we look for another?” (Matthew 11:3 ESV) Life is a road. We can be confident that we are on the right road when our faith…
UPDATE ON THE IGLESIA LUTERANA CONFESIONAL (MEXICO)
Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. In October, Missionary Todd Ohlmann and Board of Missions member Jeff Radichel visited Pastor Juan Olvera of the…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, DECEMBER 2023
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments December 1 TLH 81/LSB 372 1 Corinthians 1 Paul and Sosthenes greet the believers…
FAITH LUTHERAN CHURCH–MANCHESTER, MISSOURI
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession We are blessed to have some tremendous activity going on at Faith Lutheran Church in Manchester, Missouri (Saint Louis area). Within this past calendar year,…