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| Holiday topics New Year (January) 2003 "A New Year Blessing" (Fruit of the Spirit) 2004 "New Year's Resolutions" 2005 "Running the Race" (The story of Pheidipides) 2006 "A Fresh Start" Valentine's Day (February) 2002 "A though for Valentine's Day' 2003 "Love isn't just for lovers" (Campus Ministry) 2007 "Marriage Busters" 2008 "Practical Love" 2009 "Money and Marriage" 2012 "Changing Plans" St. Patrick's Day (March) 2003 "St. Patrick's Day" 2007 "From Rebel to Missionary" 2009 "The School of Hard Knocks"* Easter (March & April) 2002 "It's Empty!" 2003 "Something important happened" 2004 "Whose Messiah?" (Isaiah 53) 2005 "Of Course He Isn't Safe" (Chronicles of Narnia) 2006 "Resurrection Power" (Mel Trotter) 2007 "A dying man's prayer" (Dr. Samuel Miller) 2008 "He surrendured" (John Willfinger) 2010 "Escaped!" 2011 "We will kill you!" (Kefa Sempangi) Mothers' Day (May) 2002 "A Mother's Secret of Success" 2003 "The Other Side of Motherhood" 2005 "Eunice" 2006 "My Tribute" (Part 1) 2007 "An Unexpectant Mother" (Gladys Aylward) 2008 "Finding a New Mother" (Amy Charmichael) 2009 "A Mother's Prayer" (Mary Bright > Bill Bright) 2011 "The mothers of Mothers Day" Fathers' Day (June) 2002 "That boy is so lucky!" 2004 "Fathers and Sons" 2006 "My Tribute" (Part 2) 2007 "Disappointed Fathers" (Dutton Lane) 2008 "The Father of a Prodigal" 2010 "A Father to Many" (Dawson Trotman) 2011 "The mother of Father's Day" (Sonora Smart Dodd) July 4 2002 "Rights & Responsibilities" (Dr. Peter Marshall) 2003 "Religion, Politics, & History" (Marshall/Manuel series) 2004 Sam Adams 2005 Independence for Whom? #1 (William Wilberforce ) 2006 Independence for Whom? #2 (J.Q. Adams) 2007 Independence for Whom? #3 (J.Q. Adams) 2008 Independence for Whom? #4 (Joshua Giddings) 2009 John Adams vs John Quincy Adams 2010 Independence for Whom? #5 (Dred Scott) Grandparents' Day (September) 2010 Grandparents' Day Reformation Day (October) 2002 "The other October holiday" 2003 "Confused!" 2004 "Man of Faith?" 2006 "Heretic!" (William Tyndale) 2007 "The Parable of Two Landlords" 2009 "Happy Halloween Reformation Day" 2010 "Exposing a Scam" 2011 "Feet of Clay" Thanksgiving Day Proclamations (November) 2001 Part 1 - 1627 William Bradford 2002 Part 2 - 1777 Continental Congress 2003 Part 3 - 1780 Continental Congress 2004 Part 4 - 1789 George Washington 2005 Part 5 - 1795 George Washington 2006 Part 6 - Aug 1863 Abraham Lincoln 2007 Part 7 - Nov 1863 Abraham Lincoln 2008 Part 8 - Nov 1864 Abraham Lincoln 2009 Part 9 - 1930 Herbert Hoover 2010 Part 10 - 1865 Andrew Johnson 2011 Part 11 - 1896 Grover Cleveland You can read ALL of our nation's Thanksgiving Day proclamations at www.pilgrimhall.org/ThanxProc.htm Christmas (December) 2001 "St. Nicholas did it!" 2002 "Servants" (Ebed-Melech) 2003 "Christmas Gifts" (the real St. Nicholas) 2004 "Peace on Earth?" (What else did the angels say?) 2005 A Christmas Story (Luke 1, Matthew 1) 2006 "Whose Birthday is it?" 2007 "A Deaf Christmas Party" (Rev. Alan Rork) 2008 "Peace Child" (Don Richardson) 2010 "She wrapped him in cloths..." 2011 "The Hands of God" Our Jewish Roots
People in the Bible (*Campus ministry articles)
People in history (*Campus ministry articles)
Current Events
True Stories ...reported by the people who actually
experienced them.
Campus Ministry
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Culture (social & moral issues) |
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re: Turning the other cheek (responding to 9/11 attacks) |
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re: assisted suicide* |
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| 12/02 | "Dilemmas" (responding to people who do evil.) | |
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re: war in Iraq |
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re: war in Iraq |
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Gambling* |
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Pacifism: Dr. Stanley Hauerwas |
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re: Theocracy |
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"Tolerance," re: same-sex marriage* |
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"Polls ...Polls ...Polls ad nauseum" |
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"Flip-Flop ???" |
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re: Theocracy vs. Democracy |
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| 3/06 |
"Life" (part 1) (embryonic stem
cell research) |
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| 4/06 |
"Life again..." (embryonic stem
cell research*) |
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| 5/06 |
"The Slippery Slope..." (embryonic
stem cell
research*) |
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| 6/06 |
"Quandary" (how to deal with
illegal immigration) |
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| 11/06 |
"Thy Will Be Done"
(Religion & Politics) |
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| 3/06 |
Noah Markham (in-vitro firtilization & embrionic stem cell research*) |
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| 5/07 |
Lying |
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| 1/08 | Prenatal genetic testing | |
| 3/08 | "Affluenza" | |
| 6/08 | "Bad News..." | |
| 10/08 | Politics and Religion | |
| 6/09 | "Is America a Christian Nation?" | |
| 9/09 | "Health Care" | |
| 4/11 | "Organs" (Organ donation) | |
| 10/11 | "A Chistian Nation" | |
| 1/12 | "Why God??" (birth defects) | |
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re: witnessing to non-Christians |
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re: cuts in Deaf missions |
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Stewardship (also 7/07) |
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More about stewardship |
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Overcoming giants (fear of witnessing) |
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"Show Me the Way" (describing God)* |
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re: prayers for football games |
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re: cuts in Deaf missions |
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"What is in a title?" |
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"Charity begins..." |
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"Thank God..." |
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"I Am Rich!!!" |
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"Suitcase Christians" |
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re: Pride |
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re: the Tsunami.. Was it an act of God? |
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"Water... Water..." re: Baptism |
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"Evolutionary Intelligent Design"* |
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| 2/06 |
"Love? What is Love" |
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| 9/06 |
"What would like to hear God
say...?" |
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| 10/06 |
Interpreting the Bible |
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| 1/07 |
Why do bad things happen? |
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| 2/07 |
Peace |
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| 4/07 |
Grace |
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| 6/07 |
"Why did I join the Lutheran
Church?" |
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| 7/07 |
"Why must our church treasury always be so short of money?" |
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| 9/07 |
"Why must so many Christian
denomination feel that they are THE way to worship our Lord?"* |
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| 10/07 |
A bolt of lightning (Luther
& Peterson) |
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| 11/07 |
More about the ER and the Editor's
heart |
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| 2/08 | When bad things happen... | |
| 4/08 | "Deadly Sins" | |
| 5/08 | "Scars" | |
| 7/08 | "Where am I now??" | |
| 9/08 | John Templeton | |
| 11/08 | "In the beginning..." (Creation & Evolution) | |
| 1/09 | "Wisdom" | |
| 4/09 | "Coincidence?" | |
| 5/09 | "Forgiving" | |
| 2/10 | Thoughts on prayer | |
| 3/10 | "Creation" | |
| 4/10 | Women as pastors... (5/10) "Some day" * | |
| 6/10 | "Magic?" * | |
| 7/10 | "Attributes" (God's omniscience and curiosity) | |
| 11/10 | "Creation" | |
| 3/11 | "Jesus Loves Me..." | |
| 11/11 | "Tradition, Tradition..." | |
| 2/12 | Questioning God | |
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re: Sustaining the spirit of Christmas |
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re: Translating hymns |
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Odds 'n' Ends |
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re: Love |
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Tidbits from "Joyful Noiseletter" |
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"What are you doing with your dash?" |
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"Happiness" |
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A guest editorial |
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"Too Little, Too Much?" |
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"I Resolve To ..." |
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"Tradition! Tradition!" |
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re: Memorial Day |
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"A merry heart..." |
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| 6/05 |
"Ramblings..."
(re: TNIV Bible translation) |
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"Kindness" |
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"Thanks Be..." |
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| 12/05 |
"Give and Take" |
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| 1/06 |
"Happy New Year!" |
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| 7/06 |
"Five People" |
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| 3/08 | "When is Easter?" | |
| 2/09 | Reflection on Alzheimer's Disease. | |
| 10/09 | "July 24..." | |
| 11/09 | "Humor as Medicine" | |
| 9/10 | "Happy New Year!" // Ekert the pink elephant | |
| 10/10 | "Holidays" | |
| 7/11 | "Beach life" |
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Bible text & interpretation |
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"If you sin, will the Holy Spirit depart from the body and after asking for the forgiveness then will the Holy Spirit return to the body?" |
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"Can you explain Psalm 104:30 ... 'When you send your Spirit, they are created, and you renew the face of the earth'?" |
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"Did Lucifer (Satan) sin against God before Earth was created or after? Can you give me some Bible verses related to this?" |
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"What translation of the Bible do you recommend?" |
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"The Bible has been translated so many times, how can we be sure the Bible we have today is accurate?" |
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"I got an Email the says that the Garden of Eden was in the part of the world that is now Iraq. Is that true!?" |
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"Does God ever change His mind?" |
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"Did Jesus marry Mary Magdalene?" [Responding to The Da Vinci Code, by Dan Brown] |
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"Did Jesus suffer in hell?" (follow-up to a question about The Passion of the Christ) |
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"People talk about John 3:16. Why do they fail to go on to verse 19 and the rest of the chapter?" |
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"You talk about Paul's letters as though Paul himself wrote them. I had the impression from LCMS doctrine that Paul and all other writers are simply acting as stenographers for God." |
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"How do deaf churches deal with the stories and prophecies about healing of deaf people in the Bible?" |
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| 6/06 |
"Is the Gospel of Judas true?" |
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| 9/06 |
"What is happening in Israel?!" |
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| 10/06 |
"What happened to the Ark of the
Covenant?" |
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| 11/06 |
"In the story of Daniel in the
lion's den, Daniel said his prayers in public (Dan. 6.10). Was he wrong
for doing that?" |
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| "I really don't know much about the
Bible. I
was never really taught it when I was growing up. Is there a
way I
can start learning now?" |
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| 4/07 |
"The lost tomb of Jesus?" |
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| 1/08 | "What does begotten mean -- as in John 3:16, only begotten Son?" | |
| 9/08 | "Why did God put the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden?" | |
| 10/08 | ....the other tree -- the Tree of Life. | |
| 11/08 | "Pastor, last month you said that the Torah is the first five books of the Bible. I was taught that Torah means Law. What is the connection?" | |
| 1/09 | "Sometimes I read about a brother of Jesus. Is that true? Or did someone just make that up?" | |
| 5/09 | "I don't believe the Bible, because half the people who wrote it were liars, adulterers, or murderers." | |
| 6/09 | "Who made God? Where did He come from?" | |
| 9/09 | What should be the correct sign for "Moses?" | |
| 11/09 | "Does the Bible say anything about dinosaurs?" | |
| 1/10 | "Was Job a historical or fictional person?" | |
| 2/10 | "How were people in the Old Testament saved?" | |
| 10/10 | "Luke 14.26 puzzles me. What does it mean?" | |
| 12/10 | "The genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke appear to be different. Why?" | |
| 2/11 | "When did Jesus receive the Holy Spirit? I believe that the Holy Spirit was always with Jesus, because He is God. My friend says that Jesus received the Holy Spirit as a human." | |
| 5/11 | "Will Israel ever be destroyed?" | |
| 6/11 | "Was Jesus baptize when he was a baby? Or was it the first time when John the Baptist baptized Him?" | |
| 9/11 | If the Bible calls Jesus "the Son of God," why do you say that Jesus is God? | |
| 2/12 | "Did snakes of legs in the Garden of Eden?" | |
| Heaven, angels, end of the world |
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"When we go to heaven, will we understand the reason why things happened the way they did on earth?" |
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"What does your church teach about the Rapture?" |
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"Do you think that a good person who does not believe in Jesus still can go to heaven?" |
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"What is your position on reincarnation?" |
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"When we die, do we go immediately to heaven? Or do we 'sleep' until Jesus comes again?" |
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| 7/03 | "What is your opinion about guardian angels?" | |
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"Do you believe in ghosts?" |
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"What does the Bible mean when it refers to 'heaven?'" |
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| 7/06 |
"Do animals have souls? Can they go
to heaven when they die?" |
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| 7/07 |
"Is there difference between a
person's soul
and spirit?" |
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| 2/08 | "What is heaven like? What will we do there?" | |
| 3/08 | "Why does the Bible say that we will receive rewards in heaven? I thought we are saved by grace, not by works, and that heaven is a place of equality." | |
| 4/09 | "When Jesus comes again, and our bodies rise to life, will we have the same bodies that we have now? Or will we get new bodies?" | |
| 7/11 | "How can a loving God send people to hell?" | |
Church teaching & practice; Christian life |
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| 9/02 |
Describing God* |
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| 2/03 | "The Ten Commandments say 'Remember the Sabbath Day to keep it holy.' So why does your church break this Commandment by worshipping on Sunday instead?" | |
| 6/03 | "In your Lutheran worship, why do you say some of the same things every Sunday? Why don't you use more of your time teaching the Bible?" | |
| 2/04 | "How do you Sign the word 'Grace'?" | |
| 6/05 | "What do Lutherans teach about Free Will?" | |
| 7/05 | "I have trouble telling my atheist and agnostic friends about Jesus. How can I tell them without being offensive?" | |
| 11/05 | Evolution* | |
| 1/06 |
"If God never changes His mind,
then why pray?" |
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| 2/06 |
"For a person to be saved, do we
need to accept Jesus only as Savior? ...or as Savior AND
Lord?" |
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| 4/06 |
"Do Lutherans teach that we must be
'born again?' " |
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| 5/06 |
"The newspaper said that doctors
tested prayer and they said prayer doesn't work." |
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| 2/07 |
"I don't like to say, 'Goodbye.' I
prefer to
say, 'See you later.' " |
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| 6/07 |
"Deaf or Death?" |
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| 9/07 |
What is the "Church"?* |
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| 10/07 |
"I attended the Lutheran School for
the Deaf, but they didn't teach me about Martin Luther. Why?" |
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| 2/09 | "Why do you baptize babies?" | |
| 3/09 | "I go to church every week. So why do I need to also read the Bible at home?" | |
| 7/09 | "Who was Jerome, and what role did he have in compiling the Bible?" | |
| 10/09 | "How do you respond to Martin Luther's anti-Semitic statements?" | |
| 3/10 | "Why did God allow the earthquake in Haiti?" (continued 4/10) | |
| 5/10 | "Why doesn't our church permit women to be pastors?"* | |
| 6/10 | "In the Beginning..." * | |
| 7/10 | "What is your opinion about blessing animals?" | |
| 3/11 | St. Augustine on Deafness | |
| 10/11 | "What does the FISH symbol mean?" | |
| 11/11 | "Different religions call God by different names, but they all worship the same God, right?" | |
| 1/12 | "What do you feel when you say the words that change the bread and wine into the body and blood of Christ?" | |
| Culture (Social & Moral Issues) |
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Assisted Suicide* |
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"What is your position on cloning and stem cell research?" |
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"I have read about the Lutheran Church's conflict over the interfaith prayer service in New York after 9/11. What is happening?" |
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| 3/03 | "…Christians are brainwashed!" | |
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"Is gambling a sin? What about the lottery?" |
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"Is investing in the stock market the same as gambling?" |
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Response to the popular book, The Da Vinci Code by Dan Brown |
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"What is your opinion about TV evangelist? Is it true they always want money and do they use it for the good cause? What about Robert Schuler?" |
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"Tolerance" (re: same-sex marriage)* |
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"What do you think about The Passion of the Christ movie?" |
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"It appears that St. Paul permitted slavery in the New Testament. Would he condone it today?" |
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| 2/05 | "What is difference
between marriage, common-law marriage, and living together?" |
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LCMS policy on terminating artificial life support. |
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| 9/05 | "What does the Bible say about different races of people?" | |
| 10/05 | "Racism & Deafness" | |
| 3/06 |
"I understand that Martin Luther
supported the persecution of the Anabaptists. Has the LCMS
ever issued an apology for this persecution?" |
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| Response to editorial on Noah
Markham (in-vitro firtilization & embrionic stem cell
research)* |
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| 11/07 |
"Is smoking a sin? What about
drinking alcohol?" |
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| 4/08 | "Should Christian parents allow cochlear implants in their deaf children?" (two parts) | |
| 5/08 | "Pastor, how do you answer a vegetarian who says that killing animals for food is immoral?" (two parts) | |
| 9/10 | "What is your opinion about cremation vs. burial? Does the Bible have anything to say about it?" | |
| 11/10 | "Does God accept a marriage that was officiated by someone who is not a legitimately ordained minister? What about marriage by a Justice of the Peace?" | |
| 1/11 | "What if the 'handicap' is deafness?" (re: a popular justification for abortion) | |
Holiday topics |
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| Christmas | ||
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"Is Jesus' birthday really December 25?" |
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"Christmas Myths" |
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"If the Bible condemns astrology, then why did God lead the Wise Men with a star?" |
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"Who is 'Kris Kringle?'" |
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| "What do the gifts from the Wise
Men represent?" |
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| "Where did the Three Wise Men come
from?" |
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| 12/08 | "An atheist Christmas message?" | |
| 12/09 | "Xmas?" | |
| 12/10 | "The genealogies of Jesus in Matthew and Luke appear to be different. Why?" | |
| 12/11 | More about the Wise Men | |
| Good Friday / Easter | ||
| 4/11 | "Why were the two robbers who were crucified with Jesus held up with ropes, while Jesus was nailed to the cross?" | |
| Halloween | ||
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"Do you believe in ghosts?" |
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"What is your opinion about Halloween?" |
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Our stained glass windows |
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| 6/04 |
What happened long
ago... |
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Family Reunion in Mexico |
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| 11/02 |
A Trip to The
Country in the
Shape of a Lady's Boot by Diane Munoz |
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| 1/03 |
EGYPT:
The Cradle of Civilization by Jim and Dot Casterline |
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| 4/03 |
Life &
Ministry in Macau by Diana Lei |
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| 7/03 |
A Cochlear Implant
"Journey" by Mary Bagby |
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| 1/04 |
Deaf Culture
Fellowship Cruise by John & Carolyn Mason |
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| 4/04 |
Italy Again by Diane & Tony Munoz |
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| 10/04 |
Scandinavian
Heritage Tour by Jim Casterline |
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| 2/05 |
Land of the Morning
Calm... Growing up in Korea by Ward Pettis |
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| 7/05 |
A Tour of Greece
and Turkey by Diane Munoz |
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| 7/06 |
A Visit to the Low Country (coastal
South Carolina) by Dot Casterline |
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| 10/06 |
Alaska Adventure by Ward Pettis |
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| 3/07 |
A Tour of Egypt by Diane Munoz |
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| 2/08 | Puerto Rico by Alice Hagemeyer |
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| 9/08 | China Tour by Diane Munoz |
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| 10/08 | Summer Mission in Macau by Karen Friedrich |
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| 2/09 | The Alpine Jewels Tour by Agnes Sutcliffe |
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| 5/09 | Memoirs of a Guinea Pig by Don Peterson |
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| 10/10 | Deaf Bikers Association Rally,
Surgis SD by Ward Pettis |
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| 12/10 | Cruise to Hawaii by Carolyn Snyder-Mason |
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| 3/11 | A Journal of Our Israel Tour by Diane Munoz |