Lift Up Your Heads Ye Might Gates!

Lift up your heads, O gates!  And be lifted up, O ancient doors, that the King of glory may come in.  Who is this King of glory?  The Lord, strong and mighty, the Lord, mighty in battle!  Lift up your heads, O gates!  And lift them up, O ancient doors, that the King of...

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Better Than Counting: Giving Thanks

  “For everything created by God is good, and nothing is to be rejected if it is received with thanksgiving.” 1 Timothy 4:4 There is a scene in the baseball movie For Love of the Game, where the star pitcher Bill Chapel says, “I’ve lost 134 times.”  His love interest says, “You count...

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Rev. Prof. Kou Seying Obituary

Photo by Frank Kohn ____________________________________________________________________ “To be joyfully Lutheran is … to expose the Gospel in its purity to a world that desperately needs to hear this good news of Jesus Christ.”  –  Rev. Prof. Kou Seying The LCMS has lost a great warrior for the church.  On Nov 23,...

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Rev. Orval Mueller Obituary

  Rev. Orval Mueller On November 19, 2019, Rev. Orval Mueller was called to glory at the age of 81. Rev Mueller graduated from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis in 1964 and spent 24 years in the Ministry before serving as President of the Southern District until 2003. After retirement Rev....

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