“For unto you is born this day in the City of David a Savior, which is Christ, the Lord! And this shall be a sign unto you: Ye shall find the Babe wrapped in swaddling clothes, lying in a manger.” …
Author: Rev. David T. Mensing
Report from the Committee on Missions
“Bear ye one another’s burdens.” — Galatians 6:2a For the sake of our readers who may not be acquainted with our Conference and its polity, the purposes of its Committee on Missions (according to its Constitution, Article IX, 3) include …
If Luther Were Alive Today… CL Sept – Oct 2015
One often hears the claim that, if Martin Luther were alive today, yes, if he were able to come back from the grave, if only for a short time, to see how far the world has come in almost …
Orthodox Practice
The Vital Relationship of Orthodox Practice to Orthodoxy in Doctrine “Why call ye Me, ‘Lord, Lord!’ and do not the things which I say?” —Luke 6:46 [This timely topic was thoroughly discussed at our Summer Plenary Pastoral Conference, June 19, 2007 and …
Introducing The Pastors of The F. L. C. N.
Our official relationship as a Conference with the Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations – Nigeria goes back to June, 2004, when the Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations (U. S. A.) ceased to exist as a legal entity and joined the Concordia Lutheran …
Christianity Is Unique among the Religions of the World
There are, in fact, only TWO religions in the world when all religions — organized religions and personally-held “religious” philosophies — are categorized according to their simplest characteristics (according to their “least common denominator,” a math term well-known even to …
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Christ’s Resurrection is a Prototype of Our Own
“[Christ] shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto His glorious body…” — Philippians 3:21 Having once again, during the holy Lenten season, reviewed and examined in detail the vicarious atonement of our Savior in His …
The Real Cost of Our Redemption
“Ye know that ye were…redeemed…with the precious blood of Christ.” I Peter 1:18-19 During this holy Lenten season, it behooves us to consider in true contrition and repentance not only our many sins by which we have offended our God …
Christ’s Epiphany in His Transfiguration
“And, behold, there talked with Him two men, which were Moses and Elias, who appeared in glory and spake of His decease which He should accomplish at Jerusalem.” — Luke 9:30-31 When we Christians speak of the Epiphany of our …
The On-Going Need for Faithful Christian Pastors
“The harvest truly is plenteous, but the laborers are few.” —Matthew 9:37 Not only did this word of the Lord Jesus pertain specifically to the situation at hand when He uttered it; but it certainly applies to our circumstances today, …
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