The 65th Annual Convention, held at St. Luke’s Lutheran Church, Seattle, Washington, officially began at 9:30 a.m. with a Divine Worship Service of Convocation in which the local pastor, the Rev. Edward J. Worley, served as the liturgist and the …
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Sermon Delivered at the Convention Sunday Service
Sermon Delivered at the Convention Sunday Service by the Rev. Paul E. Bloedel — Lebanon, Oregon Romans 12:1-2 The Gospel of God’s grace in Christ Jesus is the most comforting message that a penitent sinner can hear—that on the basis …
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The Physical Ascension of the Lord Jesus is Proof Positive of His Omnipotence
“And it came to pass, while He blessed them, He was parted from them and carried up into heaven.” Luke 24:51 Parting from dear friends, beloved relatives, and especially from cherished brethren in the faith is never easy —even if …
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The Significance of Language in the Propagation of the Gospel
“We do hear them speak in our tongues the wonderful works of God.” — Acts 2:11b Language is commonly defined as a systematic means of communicating ideas or feelings by the use of conventionalized signs, sounds, gestures, or marks having …
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Why the Doctrine of the Trinity is fundamental to Salvation
“There is none other God but one.” —I Corinthians 8:4 Holy Scripture teaches us that man is completely dependent upon God’s own self-revelation as the only source of man’s knowledge of God. God “dwelleth in the light which no man …
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Regular Church Attendance — Our Duty and Great Privilege
Pastor Roman Schurganoff
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“Not forsaking the assembling of ourselves together, as the manner of some is, but exhorting one another, and so much the more as ye see the day approaching.” — Hebrews 10:25 (Note: This article by Pastor Schurganoff was minimally edited …
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“He was numbered with the transgressors.”
These verbally-inspired words of prophecy from the pen of Isaiah are essential to our Christian faith in the vicarious atonement of Jesus Christ for the sins of the world. For, although the holy season of Lent is now behind us, …
One of the Blessed Results of Christ’s Passive Obedience
“…who His own self bear our sins in His own body on the tree, that we, being dead to sins, should live unto righteousness, by whose stripes ye were healed.” — I Peter 2:24 In this portion of the Epistle …
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The Consistent Practice of Close Communion—An Exercise in Christian Love
“He that eateth and drinketh unworthily eateth and drinketh damnation to himself, not discerning the Lord’s body.” — I Corinthians 11:29 In accordance with God’s Word and sound Lutheran practice, we observe “close” (sometimes also called “closed”) Communion, that is, …
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In memoriam… Pastor Elison Bibi Agborubere
“Remember them which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the Word of God, whose faith follow, considering the end of their conversation.” — Hebrews 13:7 Our almighty God, in His all-wise providence and at the time …