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Father Abraham
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
by Brad Pribbenow | All those who receive God’s Word and believe his promise, as Abraham did in Genesis 15:6, are made righteous like Abraham. In fact, they are not only children of Abraham, but children of God.
Lutheran Brethren Seminary hosts J-Term every year. It is a time of training for church leaders and a chance for continuing education and renewal for our pastors in the Church of the Lutheran Brethren. Learn more and download and stream the sessions at lbs.edu.
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Cover Story
Father-heart of God
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
by Richard Iverson | Our family’s journey into adoption has been like a long walk. Having been blessed with four biological daughters, we had a sense that our nest (and minivan!) was full. We had no thought or plan to grow our family through adoption. But about six years ago God started working on our hearts about opening up our home to another child.
The Wonder of Our Heavenly Father
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
by Mark Erickson | What adoption story has more meaning and power than that of a little baby conceived in dysfunction or disadvantage who is adopted into an anxiously waiting, healthy family where that child’s basic needs are abundantly met? Try this one: The message of the Bible is that a perfectly righteous God has made the supreme effort and sacrifice necessary to welcome (adopt) rebellious sinners into his eternal family!
CLB News
C. Lloyd Bjornlie Passes Away
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
C. Lloyd Bjornlie, July 25, 1925 - January 9, 2011. Lloyd served as Principal of Hillcrest Lutheran Academy and as President of Lutheran Brethren Schools.
J-Term Audio Available
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
J-Term 2011 Audio is now available at the Seminary website (www.lbs.edu).
Community of Joy Church Turns 25
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
Community of Joy LB Church in Eagan, MN, is celebrating it's 25th Anniversary during the weekend of April 9th and 10th, 2011.
Pastors in Transition
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
Pastors: Brad Hoganson, Dirk McIvor, Danny Bronson, Robert Lawson, Mark Johannesen
Elder Ordination
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
On Sunday February 13, Yellowstone LBC in Billings, Montana ordained Jim Skramsted and Dick Anderson as Elders.
Featured Stories
Whose Synod is This? (Do you know where your child is?)
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
A little over 100 years ago, five small churches in the Midwest joined together to form a mission society so that they could send missionaries to China. The informal association that was created by those first churches has grown to become a denomination called the Church of the Lutheran Brethren.
A Reflection of God's Heart
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
We first met Jude, not in a state of exhaustion after hours of birthing labor, but instead exhausted from three days of flights and car travel. Meeting this new child was a less painful experience for my wife! We had an entirely different sense of nervous anticipation—yet still incredible and life-changing.
Children Walking in Truth
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
Far more important than his son’s excellent job, athletic ability, or status in the community, was the simple fact that his son was walking in the truth. We experience a similar joy as a Lutheran Brethren Seminary (LBS) faculty when we hear that our graduates are walking in the truth of God’s Word.
Thy Word Have I Hid...
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
I had my Bible with me in basic training, through inspections, across the stormy north Atlantic, through England, France, Germany, and deep into the heart of Austria. Here, on May 6, 1945, our 71st Division, having penetrated the farthest east of any American unit, met the Russian army coming from the east...
Unfolding Grace, Giving, Receiving, Celebrating
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
How many of you have held bake sales for teens to go on mission trips? Bought items to support a mission trip? Secretly envied those who were going? Wanted to be used somehow, but didn’t want to fly across the ocean? Now is your chance!
Snap Shot!
Adopt a People
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
Looking at the need for Christ in the world today, LBIM has focused on particular people groups where there is currently little or no witness of Christ and no existing church native to that culture. The goal is to establish such churches, and that they will then in turn seek to plant more churches in their own people group and eventually in other people groups.
Do You Innovate?
Small Churches: Reaching Unreached People Groups
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
Our church, Hope Lutheran Brethren of Barnesville, Minnesota, is in the prayer and investigation stage of choosing to adopt an unreached people group, specifically the Bagirmi people of Chad.
RE:Think
Family Unity
Tue, Mar 08, 2011
Not many things bring a bigger smile to my face than looking into a room and seeing my four-year-old and two-year-old playing together. No pushing, no shouting, no angry looks... just pure imagination and giggles of excitement. I wonder if it's the same for God? When he sees his children working in harmony, faithfully serving him in the Great Commission, does he feel joy? Would that bring a smile to his face? I think so.
Glimpse
Children of the Promise
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
By the power of his Word and his Holy Spirit, God penetrates the hardened hearts of nonbelievers, people as helpless as the stones in the river, and they are transformed into children of Abraham, children of the promise—not by birth, but by faith.
The Prayer Highway
Mon, Mar 07, 2011
Time for a checkup on your prayer life? I read a new description of prayer the other day: “Prayer is the highway that faith takes into the power of God.”