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The Scattered Germans

“Oh, if you’d study the Northern part of Indiana, you’d discover how necessary it is to send a true shepherd to us. The harvest is great, but, alas, there are no workers! But if it isn’t possible to send us a preacher, then send us a circuit rider in spite of this. We are hungry [...]

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The Presentation of the Augsburg Confession

The churches among us teach with complete unanimity . . . .
So begins Article I of the Augsburg confession, and today we celebrate and commemorate the presentation of the Augsburg Confession to Emperor Charles V at the imperial Diet of Augsburg on 25 June 1530. On that day, the Augsburg Confession was submitted as a [...]

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A Word for Congregations Receiving New Seminary Grads this Spring

With the vicarage placement and candidate call services behind us and the baccalaureate and graduation ceremonies soon to occur, our wide-eyed seminarians will have heard several helpful exhortations before embarking on their new ministries.
It occurred to me that it might also be good to express a few thoughts for the congregations who are blessed to [...]

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CTSFW announces release of Lutheran Hymnody DVD

Concordia Theological Seminary’s Good Shepherd Institute of Pastoral Theology and Sacred Music announces the release of an 80-minute DVD with Dolby Surround Stereo called: Singing the Faith-Living the Lutheran Musical Heritage. This is a four-week study that tells the history of Lutheran congregational song and is viewable in four 20-minute segments [...]

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Saint Patrick: The Man Behind the Legends

St. Patrick lived in fourth-century Briton, and his home was probably on the west coast of modern-day England. His grandfather was a priest (in the days before priestly celibacy) and his father was a deacon in the church.
At the age of sixteen, Patrick was captured by slave traders and sold to a slave owner in [...]

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