WHAT DOES A DISCIPLE LOOK LIKE?
So much that is truly real we never really stop to consider. The fact that you are reading or hearing these words means that you are a sentient human being, which in turn means that…
WHAT DOES A DISCIPLE LOOK LIKE?
SEEN IN PASSING
Items of interest from various sources of religious news and opinion, in print and on the web. State of Wisconsin Tries to Strip Catholic Charity of Its Religious Exemption. For over a century, the Catholic…
MISSION NEWS, FOREIGN AND DOMESTIC
Every other month our CLC Board of Missions updates us with recent news from various mission fields. In this month’s newsletter, we want to share with you some brief updates from various fields where our…
BREAD OF LIFE READINGS, AUGUST 2023
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments August 1 TLH 220 Hebrews 9 Jesus Christ is a greater Priest than those…
THE MAGINOT LINE
I n this series, thos e involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. Prior to World War II, the series of fortifications known as the Maginot Line was considered by…
GENERAL PASTORAL CONFERENCE 2023
The purpose of the General Pastoral Conferences is shared study of the Word of God and mutual encouragement. At times, the study is directed to a particular doctrinal concern—to wrestle with God’s Truth and its…
THE LORD’S SUPPER
This series offers an overview of the chief teachings of the Christian church. The Church of Christ lives by the power of the Gospel; through the message of the cross, the Holy Spirit works faith,…
THE SEED GROWING SECRETLY
And He said, “The kingdom of God is as if a man should scatter seed on the ground, and should sleep by night and rise by day, and the seed should sprout and grow, he himself does not know…
“HE HAS MADE EVERYTHING BEAUTIFUL IN ITS TIME.”
The world that God created was very good! No flaws. No strife. No disappointments. No death. Adam was given the intellect to name every animal and bird God brought before him. That suggests Adam understood…
WON BY HER CONDUCT
Wives, likewise, be submissive to your own husbands, that even if some do not obey the word, they, without a word, may be won by the conduct of their wives, when they observe your chaste…