From the Field January 16, 2015 Land finally purchased. In working together with our brethren in Myanmar in Chin State we rejoice that the land has finally been purchased upon which buildings could be constructed at Kalay. When Pastor Ohlmann and I are there in February we will discuss with the executive Read More

Celebrate Epiphany - Jan. 6th From the Field January 6, 2015 There is an ancient tradition that the wise came from as far away as India or China. One tradition has a wise teacher in China disappearing for a long time and then returning to his home village... We don\'t know for sure Read More

From the Field Dec. 26, \'14 Having just celebrated His birth, let us take note of the opposition to the proclamation of this great good news. Let us pray the Word of the Lord speeds on and triumphs in the hearts of more people. In a Dec. 18th \'Washington Post\' article, \"Christian Enclave In India Fears Read More

From the Field Dec. 3, \'14 In 2006 the CLC\'s work in Thailand terminated with the return of the Bohde\'s to the USA, due to Pastor Bohde\'s severe ill health, actually life-threatening. Thanks to the Lord his health is now very good. My prayer is that we as a synod can return to Read More

Clausewitz - Pursue one great decisive aim with...‏ From the Field Nov. 28, \'14 Carl von Clausewitz The Prussian military strategist gives us some useful quotes for our work in evangelizing, preaching the Gospel throughout all creation. One of these is \"Pursue one great decisive aim Read More

From the Field Nov. 14, 2014 In our Nigerian Church of the Lutheran Confession Pastor E. E. Essien was the head pastor. Though he had a large family (13)that did not keep him from taking in children of other relatives who were in need. This is the practice of considering the Read More

From the Field Nov. 1, 2014 Onward Christian Soldiers In his Art of War Sun Tzu has a major point on \'Deception - All warfare is based on Deception.\' When it comes to our spiritual warfare this is not the case. The deceiver is satan the enemy. On the other hand, \"We have renounced Read More

The Invisible Hand Oct. 16, 2014 In the study of economics I think it was Adam Smith who first coined the term \'the invisible hand\' which referred to the operation of the market with thousands and thousands of decisions made to buy and sell, in demand and supply. The point is that no government or group of people Read More

From the Field Oct. 2, 2014 This month yet again we commemorate what God did through the Lutheran Reformation. What better way to celebrate God\'s work of restoring to the church so many basic truths of His Word than to preach and teach these? We did Read More

From the Field September 19, \'14 How pleasant and how fair for brothers to dwell together in unity. Ps. 133:1 Recently, I had the pleasure of visiting Pastor Jean Pierre Blanchard and his wife Catharine in Athis Mons south of Paris. Though many miles and a great ocean separate us, we are Read More