Thanksgiving is not just one day in the heart of a Christian. Even in this year 2020 we have much to be thankful for. The following “Thanksgiving 1994” article is taken from the archives of the late Pastor Alvin Holmgren. Psalm 106 is the focus the article. It takes us back in history well over two millenniums. The importance of history is not so much in the learning of the facts and figures of the specific time, but on how our God was involved with them. We often place
It is a natural, transitioning from Reformation to Thanksgiving. Through the Reformation the church recognizes the blessing of maintaining our focus on the blessing of justification by faith. It is embodied in the Solas that came from the Reformation over 500 years ago. God works in every generation by the means of His Holy Spirit, to reveal who we are, sinners, dead in trespass and sin, unable to approach Him. But the Spirit never leaves us in a place of hopelessness. It alw
The following was compiled by the late Pastor A. C. Holmgren and published in October 1985 Reformation Teachings This month we commemorate the 468th anniversary of the reformation. As we give thanks to God for this mighty work of His Spirit, let us review some of the basic teachings of Martin Luther. JUSTIFICATION- A PRONOUNCEMENT, NOT A PROCESS: “St Paul teaches everywhere that justification does not result from works but from faith alone, that it does not come in insta
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