Category: Columns

April 5, 2023

One Story

by Mathew Block Early in the history of the church a heresy arose called Marcionism. Marcion (for whom this error is named) believed that Jesus was the revelation of a more merciful God than the one we see in the Old Testament. He didn’t deny…

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March 1, 2023

We Value Sanctity of Life

by Timothy Teuscher “We value life as a gift of God to be cherished, nurtured, and protected from conception to natural death.” That is the fifth value statement as to what walking together as pastors, deacons, and congregations in our synodical family means and involves….

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February 23, 2023

Here we go again

by Marvin Bublitz Perhaps it was at a wedding or other family gathering. Maybe it happened as a group of your friends gathered. Suddenly, one of your family or friends started telling a story. As they start, you find yourself thinking: “Here we go again.” …

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February 15, 2023

Demographics is destiny?

by David Haberstock Many of you grew up in or lived through the Baby Boom—all those babies born post-war between 1946 and 1964. In 1964, the birth rate plummeted (about nine months after Kennedy’s assassination, though it had been declining before that). Culture began talking…

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February 9, 2023

Where to start the New Year?

by Robert Mohns For many of us, the new year sets our minds on goals and plans. It’s a time to get a fresh start at tackling projects that we kept putting off in 2022 and to engage in new projects. But where do you…

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February 6, 2023

Walk in the Light

by Mathew Block “Whoever says he abides in [Jesus] ought to walk in the same way in which He walked.” So writes St. John in his first epistle (1 John 2:6). We follow after Jesus on the way because He is the Way (John 14:6)….

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