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NEXT BIBLE STUDY on June 8, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Ordination of Priests and Day of Atonement (Leviticus 16).
Overhead 1:  Five-OT-Sacrifices.pdf
Overhead 2: Text-for-Exodus-25-31-May-2025-b.pdf
Overhead 3: Text-for-Leviticus-16-Day-of-Atonement.pdf
Overhead 4:  Wilderness-Wanderings-Outline-Part-three.pdf

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Bible Class #1 St. Luke One – December 25, 2022

By luther | December 25, 2022 | Comments Off on Bible Class #1 St. Luke One – December 25, 2022

Today and next week (Jan 1) we take a break from our study of Lutheran Bodies in North America to look at the infancy narratives from St. Luke chapters 1 and 2. Handout 1:  St-Luke-Chapters-One-and-Two.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/Bible_Class_Luke_One_Dec_25_2022_Audio_only.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: RSS

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #25: December 18, 2022

By luther | December 18, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #25: December 18, 2022

Today we discussed the LCMS history of the walkout and seminex.  On January 8, we will examine the formation of the ELCA in 1988.  For the next three Sundays, we will have a special study on St. Luke chapter 1 and 2. Handout 1:  Part-7-Progressives-in-LCMS-final.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #24:  December 11, 2022

By luther | December 11, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #24:  December 11, 2022

Today we examine the LCMS history of the walkout and seminex.  We also look at the fellowship between the LCMS and ALC between 1969-1980. Handout 1:  Part-7-Progressives-in-LCMS-final.pdf Handout 2: Part-6-Nineteen-Sixties.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/Lutheran_NA_24_Dec_11_2022_Audio_only.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #23: December 4, 2022

By luther | December 4, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #23: December 4, 2022

Today we continue the history of the Lutheran church bodies in North America with the mergers of The American Lutheran Church (ALC 1960) and the Lutheran Church in America (LCA 1962). Handout 1:  Part-6-A New Direction with the 1960s.pdf Handout 2: Historical-Critical-Method-Debunked.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #22 – November 27, 2022

By luther | November 27, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #22 – November 27, 2022

Today we continue the history of the Lutheran church bodies in North America after the Americanization. Handout 1:  Part-4-After-Americanization.pdf Handout 2:  Part-5-After-the-Brief-Statement.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/Lutheran_NA_Study_22_Nov_27_2022_Audio_only.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #21, November 20, 2022

By luther | November 20, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #21, November 20, 2022

Today we continue to look at how the dissolution of society in the 1920s affected the Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1:  Part-4-After-Americanization.pdf Handout 2:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf Handout 3:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).   https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/Lutheran_NA_Study_21_Nov_20_2022_Audio_only.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #20 – November 13, 2022

By luther | November 13, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #20 – November 13, 2022

Today we look at how the dissolution of society in the 1920s affected the Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf Handout 2:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). https://media.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/content.blubrry.com/trinityhmedia/Lutheran_NA_Study_20_Nov_13_2022_Audio_only.mp3 Podcast: Play in new window | Download Subscribe: RSS

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #19 – November 6, 2022

By luther | November 6, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #19 – November 6, 2022

Today we look at how the American Lutheran Church of 1930 came into being, as well as the reaction from the other Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods-b.pdf Handout 2:  Unity-and-Realignment-Part-3.pdf Handout 3:  Law-and-Gospel-Lecture-24-Introduction-pages-348-351-Walther.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Picture: Pastor Henson and Deacon […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #18 – October 30, 2022

By luther | October 30, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #18 – October 30, 2022

Today we continue the history of Unity and Realignment between 1917 and before 1930 of the Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods.pdf Handout 2:  Law-and-Gospel-Lecture-24-Introduction-pages-348-351-Walther.pdf Handout 3: The-True-Visible-Church-of-God-of-God-Upon-Earth-Theses-XXIC-XXV-pages-128-137-Walther.pdf Handout 4:  Orthodox-and-Heterodox-Churches-from-Christian-Dogmatics-III-pages-422-427.pdf Handout 5:  Nelson-pages-372-375-377-378-409-410.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Picture:  From the congregational Deer […]

Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #17 – October 23, 2022

By luther | October 23, 2022 | Comments Off on Lutheran Bodies in North America, Class #17 – October 23, 2022

Today we continue the history of Unity and Realignment between 1917 and before 1930 of the Lutheran church bodies in North America. Handout 1:  Unity-and-Realignment-1875-to-1988.pdf Handout 2:  After-1918-Lutheran-Synods.pdf Handout 3:  Nelson-pages-372-375-377-378-409-410.pdf Overhead 1: My-Diagrams-for-Lutheran-Bodies-in-NA.pdf –Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL). Picture: After the “Hike with Pastor Mike” on October 2, 2022, […]