On Sunday, October 27, the members of Good Shepherd Evangelical Lutheran Church, Tucson, Arizona, assembled at the entrance of their new church building to celebrate its completion and to dedicate it to the glory of God. They were joined by …
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Would Luther Recognize the “Lutheran” Church Today?
“If my Lutheran church actually believes this kind of doctrine, they should remove the name Lutheran from our church sign.” These words were spoken to me several years ago by one of the members of a large Lutheran congregation in …
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The President’s Column
“Ye should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered unto the saints.” —Jude 3 In the Lutheran church year calendar, October 31st is designated The Festival of the Reformation. Many secular and church history books refer to the …
The President’s Column: Re. New elected Conference officers.
Our readers are asked to look back to the previous page which contains our masthead. For those of you who are regular readers, you will notice several changes. We have a new Editor of this periodical, and a new Vice-President, …
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From Our Brethren in Russia
Pastor Roman G. Schurganoff, our dear brother in the faith, reports that his little congregation, the Evangelical Lutheran Church of Yekaterinburg, now numbers about twenty-five members. However, due to extremely cramped quarters, only about half of the congregation has been …
Announce the interim appointment of Pastors Robert J. Lietz and David T. Mensing to fill the fifth year chair as co-instructors in our Concordia Theological Seminary.
Official Announcement This is to announce the interim appointment of Pastors Robert J. Lietz and David T. Mensing to fill the fifth year chair as co-instructors in our Concordia Theological Seminary. This chair was left vacant by the illness and …
A Fifty Year Milestone at Lebanon, Oregon
On Friday, June 28, St. John’s Lutheran Church in Lebanon, Oregon, celebrated its fiftieth year as a congregation and the fiftieth anniversary of the Rev. M. L. Natterer as its shepherd. In a special vesper service held in its sanctuary …
What Is Objective Justification?
“By the righteousness of One the free gift came upon all men unto justification of life.” — Romans 5:18 “To wit that God was in Christ reconciling the world unto Himself, not imputing their trespasses unto them, and hath committed …
CL’s 1990 – 1999
The Concordia Lutheran The official periodical of the Concordia Lutheran Conference – 1990’s – 1990 January – February – March 1990 Cover: If any be in Christ he is a new creature… II Corinthians 5:17 The Presidents Column – Redeem …
The Missouri Synod’s Slide into Heterodoxy, 1932-1947 – Part Two
HISTORICAL ESSAY delivered to the Forty-Eighth Annual Convention of the Concordia Lutheran Conference by The Rev. David T. Mensing, Pastor Peace Ev. Lutheran Church, Oak Forest, Illinois ; The Missouri Synod’s Slide into Heterodoxy, 1932-1947 Part Two Suddenly and completely …
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