Category: essays

“Since Friday, June 30, 1950, The Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod can no longer be counted among church-bodies which uncompromisingly champion the doctrine of plenary verbal inspiration. On that day the corporate body of the Missouri Synod by majority voice vote adopted …

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  “To be a God-pleasing unity therefore we must insist on full and honest agreement on the doctrines clearly revealed in Scripture as the basis of church union. And this means not merely the formal acceptance of the Scriptural teachings, …

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“….we have been beset on all sides by dangers and temptations – manifold and grave. Yet, the Lord has ever been with us and has remained true to His promise,”I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.” (Hebrews 13:5).” The …

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  The Keynote Sermon delivered at the 59th Annual Convention of the Concordia Lutheran Conference Lebanon, Oregon   •   June 25, 2010 by President David T. Mensing I John 2:19 In the Name of Jesus Christ, our precious Redeemer, the …

The Evil of Sinful Separatism. CL July – August 2010 Read More »

From the July / August 2000 issue of The Concordia Lutheran.   HISTORICAL ESSAY delivered to the Forty-Ninth Annual Convention of the Concordia Lutheran Conference by The Rev. David T. Mensing, Pastor Peace Ev. Lutheran Church, Oak Forest, Illinois “The …

Historical Essay – “The Official Establishment of Heterodoxy in the Missouri Synod, 1950” – Part I Read More »

HISTORICAL ESSAY delivered to the Forty-Eighth Annual Convention of the Concordia Lutheran Conference by The Rev. David T. Mensing, Pastor Peace Ev. Lutheran Church, Oak Forest, Illinois ; The Missouri Synod’s Slide into Heterodoxy, 1932-1947 Part Two Suddenly and completely …

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HISTORICAL ESSAY delivered to the Forty-Eighth Annual Convention of the Concordia Lutheran Conference by The Rev. David T. Mensing, PastorPeace Ev. Lutheran Church, Oak Forest, Illinois;The Missouri Synod’s Slide into Heterodoxy, 1932-1947 Part One In just two years, our Concordia …

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