The Lutheran | October 1998 Issue

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	Cover story Decaying authority The church's authority wanes when it ceases to be our central place of belonging by Lyn Jerde
	Cover story Does the Bible matter? 4 ways to revitalize the authority of the Bible in our congregations by Darrell Jodock
	Cover story Pulled by the promise The church must speak whenever the values of God's future are at stake by James M. Childs Jr.
Features
	Features $213,000 gift helps launch LWF Foundation
	Features 'I do' redux Martin and Katie Luther's wedding provides summer entertainment for Wittenberg, Germany by Edgar R. Trexler
	Features 'Working through fear' Rural Minnesota town grieves murdered teen
	Features A faithful walk through Old San Juan Take steps into five centuries of Christianity in Puerto Rico
	Features A river runs through their lives Couple fights to save Susquehanna River by Nancy Gates
	Features Attitude in action tips for helping members with disabilities
	Features Baby Ca's new life by Jerry L. Schmalenberger
	Features Beyond ramps and elevators A welcoming attitude fully opens a congregation to people with disabilities by Christine Hansen
	Features Called to community A Roman Catholic monastery in Wisconsin invites Protestant women to keep their tradition but join in community life by Debra Illingworth Greene
	Features Do we really agree? Despite the Lutheran-Catholic accord on justification, different understandings persist by Jane Strohl
	Features Dumped LWR clothing spotlights church split Lutheran church in Croatia threatened by possible corruption by William Yoder
	Features ELCA and LCMS plan theological talks
	Features Megamerger Part of a growing trend, eight struggling churches aim for a bright future together by Mark F. Baldwin
	Features More than bricks and mortar Parishioners tells story of her church's merger by Carol Mueller
	Features Muhlenberg tradition Celebrating North American Lutheran roots by Edgar R. Trexler
	Features No signing date Lutheran World Federation will decide in November when to sign the Doctrine of Justification.
	Features Poetry from the pews Homespun verses from the congregation can enliven worship by Marie Asner
	Features Red River recovery Life is inching toward normal after the flood of '97 by Robert C. Blezard
	Features Tend the flowers & pray Martin Luther's best medicine for despondent days by Barbara Owen
	Features The quiet comfort of covered dishes When we take foods to suffering friends, we also bring love. Here are fresh ways to make our caring nourishing. by M.J. Smith
	Features Visit Lutheran ' cathedral ' in Dorado by Kathleen Kastilahn
	Features When caring for people with special diet needs by M.J. Smith
	Features When your teen starts dating It's the beginning of a new relationship with you too by Pamela Hill Nettleton
Youngchurch
	Youngchurch Bring in 'da life Mission week gives youth a 'wake-up' call

Columnists
You asked: Lost confidence? by Norma & Burton Everist Arts & books: A time to see by Linda-Marie Delloff Presiding bishop: Image of the good life by H. George Anderson		Editor: Why authority is in trouble by Edgar R. Trexler My view: Beware of nonalcoholic wine by Jack DiMatteo

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