What are your thoughts on the riots that have now been connected with the Black Lives Matter movement? Are they right? Are they good? It is true that Americans enjoy the protection that the Constitution gives to their right to free speech. Residents of the United States have the rights and even responsibility to peacefully […]

Lord God, our Heavenly Father, We thank You for the start of another academic year at our Bethany Lutheran College. In a time of an enhanced fear of death in our country, You have given us the joyful privilege of proclaiming the wonderful knowledge of eternal life through faith in Your Son. Keep our college […]

Juneteenth (its history and celebration) is a good illustration of the office of the keys. On September 22, 1862, President Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation, freeing the slaves in all states, to be effective Jan. 1, 1863. But it was not until June 19, 1865, that Union officers were able to bring this declaration to […]

Sometimes referred to as the “Birthday of the Christian Church,” Pentecost is the day the Holy Spirit Jesus had promised came to His disciples, as described in Acts, Chapter 2: 1When the day of Pentecost came, they were all together in one place. 2 Suddenly a sound like the rushing of a violent wind came from heaven, […]

Now, on that same day, two of them were going to a village named Emmaus, about seven miles from Jerusalem. They were talking with each other about all of these things that had happened. While they were talking and discussing this, Jesus himself approached and began to walk along with them. But their eyes were […]