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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Fourth Sunday in Advent – Friday
Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Zion! Shout, O daughter of Jerusalem! Behold thy King cometh unto thee: He is just, and having salvation. – Zechariah 9:9 This is a word of prophecy, written at a time when the Savior had …
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Fourth Sunday in Advent – Thursday
The dayspring from on high hath visited us to give light to them that sit in darkness and in the shadow of death, to guide our feet into the way of peace. – Luke 1:78-79 And Elisabeth brought forth a son. And …
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