by Pr. Dennis D. Nelson, Lutheran CORE Executive Director

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For example, for the November 2020 issue of CORE Voice I wrote an article entitled, "You Reap Whatever You Sow." A link to that article can be found here. In that article I told about an ELCA pastor by the name of Lenny Duncan, author of the book, Dear Church: A Love Letter from a Black Preacher to the Whitest Denomination in the United States. The ELCA had made Lenny Duncan into a hero-celebrity-poster boy. But now that hero-celebrity-poster boy has turned ...

by Pr. Dennis D. Nelson, Lutheran CORE Executive Director

Lutheran CORE continues to provide monthly video reviews of books of interest and importance. Many thanks to Brett Jenkins, NALC pastor and former member of our board, for doing this month’s video review. Here is a synopsis of his review of the book Live Not by Lies by Rod Dreher.

“Support for free speech is plummeting among the young, while social mobbing and shouting have largely replaced principled debate on college campuses. There are striking cultural parallels to the early 20th century in pre-totalitarian Germany, Italy, and Russia.  At a time when orthodox, Biblically serious Christians have increasingly found themselves not only culturally sidelined, but the objects of scorn and derision in the dominant Western culture, powerful new world-shaping technologies are changing communication and the market in ways whose closest parallel is the invention of the printing press... and the levers of power are in the hands of ...

by Dr. Don Brandt, Director, Congregations in Transition for Lutheran CORE

One of my favorite Scripture passages is Ephesians 3:16-19. “I pray that out of his glorious riches he may strengthen you with power through his Spirit in your inner being, so that Christ may dwell in your hearts through faith. And I pray that you, being rooted and established in love, may have power, together with all the saints, to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is that love of Christ, and to know this love that surpasses knowledge — that you may be filled to the measure of all the fullness of God.” This text, at least in part, captures a vision of what the fellowship of the Body of Christ can and should be. And in pre-COVID, more “normal” times I would like to think that my brothers and sisters in Christ who are struggling are being supported and encouraged by their congregation. Well even if that was the case then, it is far less likely now. There are so many out there who are feeling cut off from ...

by The NALC

Our Fourth Annual NALC Life Conference will be held on Thursday, January 28th, 2021 at Reformation Lutheran Church, 601 Madison Rd, Culpeper, VA 22701 from noon until 5PM. The event is free and will begin with a free lunch and will conclude with a communion service with Rev. Mark Chavez presiding.

This year's conference will be very special. Our keynote speaker will be...

by Kim Smith, Editor and President of the Board of Lutheran CORE

In 2020, the board of Lutheran CORE committed to sending $15,000 to Grand View University (GVU) for a summer 2021 theological camp. GVU's NEXUS Institute provides high school youth with a week of theological training during the summer.

As of the end of December 2020, we had raised $10,127 of our $15,000 commitment through your donations. Lutheran CORE would like to thank you for your generosity; a check for $15,000 was sent to GVU in November 7, 2020 and Lutheran CORE has received a thank you letter from GVU.

by Donna K. Roche, ALPB Office Manager

The ALPB has just published a new book entitled “The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit.” This book includes the fourth and fifth presentations of the Braaten-Benne Lecture Series from 2018 and 2019. ... A few of the contributors are Robert Benne, Paul R. Hinlicky, and Mark C. Mattes.

Our purpose can be summed up in two words– Network  and  Voice . As  Network  for confessing Lutherans, we support and connect Lutheran individuals and congregations who seek to live in accord with Biblical and confessional teachings and practices. As a  Prophetic Voice , we advocate for Biblical authority and confessional fidelity among churches of the Lutheran community.