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In Faith

“We must always give thanks to God for you, brothers and sisters, and rightly so, because your faith is growing more and more, and the love all of you have Read More

Kevin Haug In , Seminarians

The Creeds Don’t “Sparkle”

Note from our Executive Director: Many thanks to Kevin Haug, ELCA pastor in Texas, for his article about the Sparkle creed. This so-called “creed” has received a lot of attention Read More

Dennis Nelson In

ELCA Moves In and Takes Over

In my Summer Letter from the Director I told in great detail the disturbing story of how Bishop Yehiel Curry of the ELCA’s Metropolitan Chicago Synod threatened, intimidated, bullied, and Read More

K. Craig Moorman In , Seminarians, Young Timothy

The Potency of Missional Engagement

Dear Friends— A most happy and blessed New Year to you and yours. No doubt, many of us reading this article can readily receive such a greeting; but, for some, Read More

Steve Shipman In

Jim Nestingen Tribute

I first got to know the name James Nestingen through what I still believe is the best confirmation text ever produced — the first edition of Free to Be co-written with Gerhard Read More

Dennis Nelson In , Seminarians, Young Timothy

No Acceptance of Confessional Faith at My ELCA Seminary

Note from CORE’s Executive Director: Many thanks to a seminarian, who wishes to remain anonymous, for writing about what it was like to attend an ELCA seminary. Students considering enrolling Read More

David Charlton In

The NALC Pastors’ Conference: One of the Best

It is always a joy when you go to a Pastors’ conference and leave with a sense of energy and enthusiasm for ministry. Over my twenty-eight years of ministry, I Read More

Kim Smith In Newsletters

January 2022 Newsletter

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Steven Gjerde In

Spirit, Flesh, and Dr. Jesus

Editor’s Note: The Rev. Dr. Steven K. Gjerde is a former VP of Lutheran CORE. “The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” So says our Lord Jesus Read More

Dennis Nelson In

A Sharp Contrast

The Great Commission Society of the North American Lutheran Church is to be commended for the three-day, online missions conference which they held in early November under the theme, “Unveiled: Read More