Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of His saints. – Psalm 116:15 Who are the “saints” of the Lord? All true believers in Christ, their Savior, without exception. A “saint” by definition is a holy person; …
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity – Tuesday
So teach us to number our days, that we may apply our hearts unto wisdom. — Psalm 90:12 Everybody knows that one day he must die. No one, however, knows when he will die. And, although death is so “final” …
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity – Monday
I have waited for Thy salvation, O Lord. – Genesis 49:18 Jacob, the son of Isaac and the grandson of Abraham, was at the point of death in the land of Egypt. By the Holy Ghost, working through the Word …
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Twenty-Fourth Sunday after Trinity – Sunday
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return. – Genesis 3:19 This word was originally spoken specifically to Adam, who had been formed “of the dust of the ground” (2:7). But it was meant for Eve also and for …
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Twenty-Third Sunday after Trinity – Thursday
Rest in the Lord, and wait patiently for Him. – Psalm 37:7 My dear Christian, you know that sometimes the sea that bears your life’s fragile skiff runs very high in consequence of a heavy storm. Everything seems tumultuous and …
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The God of the Bible – CL Jan – Sept 1970
THE GOD of the BIBLE In the Athanasian Creed we Christians confess the doctrine of the Holy Trinity, that there are 3 persons in one God: “There is one person of the Father, another of the Son, and another …
The Tabellary Harmony of the Gospel Story
THE TABELLARY HARMONY OF THE GOSPEL-STORY From Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann, N.T Vol. 1 The prolog of John’s gospel. John 1, 1-18. Preface of Luke’s gospel. Luke 1, 1-4. Birth of John the Baptist promised. Luke 1, …
Looking Back Seventy Years in Our History to the Missouri Synod’s Adoption of the Common Confession in 1950. CL Jul – Aug 2020
“… that the generation to come might know…” —Psalm 78:6 With this article, we want to remind our readers, most of whom were not yet alive when the events took place which caused us to separate from the Missouri Synod …
Rightly Judging the Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod – CL Sept-Oct 2006
Rightly Judging the Lutheran Church— Missouri Synod “Mark them which cause divisions and offenses contrary to the doctrine which ye have learned, and avoid them.” —Romans 16:17 In the March-April 2006 issue of the Concordia Lutheran, we began a series …
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Straddling the Fence the Admission of Defeat – CL Sept-Oct 2006
“He that is not with Me is against Me; and he that gathereth not with Me scattereth abroad.” —Matthew 12:30 In his first epistle chapter three, the Apostle Peter exhorts his readers, including us Christians today, who have sanctified the …
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