Volume 14 Issue 20

[ddownload id=”8308″ style=”link” text=”Download PDF Version”] | [ddownload id=”8310″ style=”link” text=”2016 – 2017 Lectionary”] Advent Series – Canticles of the Christ-Child Mary’s Magnificat: Luke 1:46-55 Pastor Mark Bernthal Luke 1:46-55 46 And Mary said, “My soul magnifies the Lord, 47 and my spirit rejoices in God my Savior, 48 for he has looked on the

Volume 14 Issue 19

[ddownload id=”8278″ style=”link” text=”Download the PDF version”] A Day for Giving Thanks By Pastor Matthew Ude [ A note for our international brothers: November 23 was Thanksgiving, an national holiday in the US ] Psalm 136 is a psalm giving thanks to the Lord in which the Hebrews recounted the things that God has done

Todd Ohlmann

Pastor Ohlmann serves Faith Lutheran Church in the St. Louis, MO area and is also the chairman of the CLC Board of Missions. He leads short-term Mission Helper Trips to India, Nepal, and East Africa

Peter Evensen

Our current missionary in Togo, West Africa

Volume 14 Issue 18

[ddownload id=”8212″ style=”link” text=”Download PDF”] The Augsburg Confession : Article 27 Concerning Monastic Vows This article is a follow-up to the church customs and traditions mentioned in Article XV. In that article the Lutherans stated that monastic vows were one of several customs which were abused in the Roman Church, and those abuses are taken

Volume 14 Issue 17

[ddownload id=”8208″ style=”link” text=”Download PDF”] The Augsburg Confession: Article 26 Of the Distinction of Foods Church Customs This article goes into more detail on the Church customs and traditions spoken of generally in Article XV. There the Lutheran confessors stated that church customs established by men were only useful if they were “observed without sin” and if

Volume 14 Issue 16

[ddownload id=”8203″ style=”link” text=”Download PDF”] The Augsburg Confession: Article 25 Confession by Pastor Nathanael Mayhew Confession In Article 11, which also dealt with the topic of Confession, we have already discussed the Biblical role of absolution as connected to confession and the errors (both perceived and real) on the part of the Roman Catholic church.

A Little History Lesson as we Celebrate the Lutheran Reformation

From the Field October 17, 2016 This month we celebrate the Lutheran Reformation. God restored so very much to His church of the Word’s teachings that had been hidden for so long as the antichrist covered over the truth. We must also admit though that we Lutherans were slow to carry the Word into all

Volume 14 Issue 15

[ddownload id=”8193″ style=”link” text=”Click here to download PDF”] The Augsburg Confession: Article 24 Of the Sacrifice of the Mass by Pastor Nathanael Mayhew More on the Lord’s Supper The doctrine of the Lord’s Supper is spoken of in the Augsburg Confession more often than any other doctrine. In Article X the Lutherans clarify their teaching

Kinship

Kinship is the branch of CLC Missions, which supports and promotes orphans and students overseas.

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