Category: The Concordia Lutheran Issues 2010-Present

  “Be not thou therefore ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, nor of me His prisoner, but be thou partaker of the afflictions of the Gospel according to the power of God.” (II Timothy 1:8) According to a 2006 …

What is a Confessional Lutheran? CL Sept – Oct 2015 Read More »

  One often hears the claim that, if Martin Luther were alive today, yes, if he were able to come back from the grave, if only for a short time, to see how far the world has come in almost …

If Luther Were Alive Today… CL Sept – Oct 2015 Read More »

Our official relationship as a Conference with the Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations – Nigeria goes back to June, 2004, when the Fellowship of Lutheran Congregations (U. S. A.) ceased to exist as a legal entity and  joined the Concordia Lutheran …

Introducing The Pastors of The F. L. C. N. Read More »

Sermon preached by President Edward J. Worley at the Service of Convocation Sixty-fourth Annual Convention June 26, 2015 Text: Ephesians 2:20 My dearly beloved, grace, mercy and peace from God our heavenly Father, Jesus Christ our Redeemer and the Holy …

The Only and All-Sufficient Foundation Read More »

The 64th Annual Convention, held at Peace Ev. Lutheran Church, Oak Forest, Illinois, officially began at 9:30 a.m. on Friday, June 26th, with a Divine Worship Service of Convocation in which the local pastor, the Rev. David T. Mensing, served …

Convention Digest Read More »

Oak Forest, Illinois June 28, 2015 by Pastor Robert J. Lietz Oak Park, Illinois Text: Luke 16:29 In the name of Jesus Christ, dear friends: Our sermon text for this Convention Worship Service is Luke 16, verse 29, where it …

Sermon Preached at the Sunday Convention Service Read More »

THE WORD OF GOD IS A MOST PRECIOUS TREASURE. For the Word of God is the sanctuary above all sanctuaries, yea, the only one which we Christians know and have. For though we had the bones of all the saints …

Martin Luther on the Word of God Read More »

In our day [1889!], people either do not make this distinction at all, or at least not in the right manner. They not only fail to declare it the Christian’s duty to distinguish between orthodox and heterodox church bodies, but …

Regarding the Differences Between Orthodox and Heterodox Churches Read More »

There are, in fact, only TWO religions in the world when all religions — organized religions and personally-held “religious” philosophies — are categorized according to their simplest characteristics (according to their “least common denominator,” a math term well-known even to …

Christianity Is Unique among the Religions of the World Read More »

And, being assembled together with them, [He] commanded them that they should not depart from Jerusalem but wait for the promise of the Father, “which,” saith He, “ye have heard of me.” — Acts 1:4 On Ascension Day the risen …

The Ascended Savior’s Promise Was Fulfilled on the Day of Pentecost Read More »