Blessed art Thou, O Lord, our God, for Thine unfathomable mercy and grace to us in providing to the congregations of our precious fellowship diligent and faithful pastors or undershepherds of Thy local flocks. Preserve them in purity of doctrine …
Collect for the Eighth Sunday After Trinity (False Prophet Sunday) Read More »
Christ is the promised Prophet to mankind inasmuch as, being Himself the wisdom and the truth and having in Him all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge, He in the days of His visible conversation on earth proclaimed unto man …
Christ, Our Divine Prophet – Excerpt from A. L. Graebner Outlines of Doctrinal Theology Read More »
“And while they looked steadfastly toward heaven as He went up, behold, two men stood by them in white apparel, which also said, ‘Ye men of Galilee, why stand ye gazing up into heaven? This same Jesus, which is taken …
The Ascension Angels’ Prophecy of Christ’s Second Visible Advent Read More »
This past October 31st, we celebrated the four hundred ninety-fourth anniversary of the Reformation, the date on which Dr. Martin Luther posted his 95 Theses on the door of the Castle Church in Wittenberg, Germany. This historic event simply marks …
Reflecting upon the World into Which Martin Luther Was Born Read More »
The Concordia Lutheran – Official Organ of the Concordia Lutheran Conference STATEMENT OF PURPOSE: To set forth in simple and plain language the pure doctrine of God’s Word as taught by the true Lutheran Church in full accordance with …
“We believe, teach, and confess that the sole rule and standard according to which all dogmas together with [all] teachers should be estimated and judged are the prophetic and apostolic Scriptures of the Old and of the New Testament alone…” …
Merciful heavenly Father for Jesus’ sake, because our need for future pastors is presently so critical among us that, if Thou shouldest call even one of Thy faithful ambassadors home to his eternal rest, no one is prepared to take …
“He that descended is the same also that ascended up far above all heavens, that He might fill all things” — Ephesians 4:10 In Luther’s explanation of the Second Article, we confess, “I believe that Jesus Christ, true God, begotten …
How Reformed Theology Attacks the Ascension of Christ Read More »
“Jesus saith unto him, Thomas, because thou hast seen Me, thou hast believed. Blessed are they that have not seen and yet have believed.” — John 20:29 “Seeing is believing” is an age-old expression, indicating that people will not believe …
This Scriptural Position We Still Hold A PLEA TO ALL OUR FORMER BRETHREN and TO ALL WHO LOVE THE TRUTH (Regarding Church and Ministry) In this pamphlet, our Concordia Lutheran Conference presents the results of its intensive …
