Rejoice, Rejoice, Believers
A Hymn of Glory Let Us Sing – TLH Hymn 72, WS 703, LSB 515 “It’s late.” As children, we didn’t like to hear those words. It meant that it was time for bed and…
Seen in Passing
Items of interest from various sources of religious news and opinion, in print and on the web. Christian Schools Shine During COVID. “In a recent survey of public school and Christian school parents, the Herzog…
Seeking Wealth, Gaining Misery
STUDIES IN THE NEW TESTAMENT “Come now, you rich, weep and howl for the miseries that are coming upon you! Your riches are corrupted, and your garments are moth-eaten. Your gold and silver are corroded…
Our Journey through the Wilderness
GEMS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT “Remember the whole journey on which the Lord your God led you these forty years in the wilderness, in order to humble you and to test you, in order to know what…
Redemption Lutheran Church—Lynnwood, Washington
WHAT’S NEW WITH YOU? Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession. The challenges and opportunities that each congregation faces are often impacted by their specific circumstances. Congregations are in different settings and…
Jesus Is Directing Things for His Second Coming
DEVOTION – SECOND COMING Behold, he is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see him, even those who pierced him, and all tribes of the earth will wail on account of him. Even…
Where Does Contrition Come From?
WALTHER’S LAW AND GOSPEL One of the hallmarks of the Lutheran Church is its proper understanding and application of the Bible’s two main teachings—Law and Gospel. Dr. C.F.W. Walther’s seminal work, The Proper Distinction Between…
Turning Goats into Sheep
NOTES FROM THE FIELD In this series, those involved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. In my last Spokesman article (“Goats for God,” March 2021) I talked about how we…
The Problem of “Saints”
COVER STORY – ALL SAINTS The celebration of All Saints Sunday has been largely abandoned by many Christian denominations. Because of a problem. A poll would quantify or establish the problem. Ask one hundred people…
The Limited Public Ministry Program
ILC NEWSLETTER Every other month we get an update on what’s been happening recently at our Immanuel Lutheran High School, College and Seminary in Eau Claire, Wisconsin. To the male readers of the Lutheran Spokesman,…