“Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion; shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold, thy King cometh unto thee; He is just, and having salvation; lowly, and riding upon an ass, and upon a colt the foal of an ass.” —Zechariah 9:9 …
Author: Rev. Paul E. Bloedel
2010 Convention Digest
The 59th Annual Convention, held at St. John’s Lutheran Church, Lebanon, Oregon, officially began at 9:30 a.m. with a Divine Worship Service of Convocation in which the local Pastor, the Rev. M. L. Natterer, served as the liturgist, and the …
The Truth about the Baptism of the Spirit. CL May – June 2010
Related article: How the Holy Spirit Gives Us Utterance Today Are all apostles? Are all prophets? Are all teachers? Are all workers of miracles? —I Corinthians 12:29 To the Holy Ghost, the Bible especially (though not exclusively) ascribes the work …
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Consequences of Denying the Resurrection of the Body – CL Mar – Apr 2010
Consequences of Denying the Resurrection of the Body “For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised.” —I Corinthians 15:16 The resurrection of the body is something that human reason tends to reject, or at least to regard …
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The Rectilinear Prophecy of Our Savior in Micah 5:2
“But thou, Bethlehem Ephratah, though thou be little among the thousands of Judah, yet out of thee shall He come forth unto Me that is to be Ruler in Israel; whose goings forth have been from of old, from everlasting.” …
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The Temptation of Christ — For Our Comfort and Salvation
“For in that He Himself hath suffered being tempted, He is able to succor them that are tempted.” —Hebrews 2:18 The account of Jesus’ temptation by the devil in the wilderness has been recorded “for our learning” (Romans 15:4) in …
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The Meaning of the Season of Lent
During the season of the Church Year known as “Lent,” our spiritual focus is directed specifically towards Jesus’ passive obedience—that part of our Savior’s work of redemption in which He suffered extreme agony of body and soul beginning in the …