{"id":758,"date":"2019-08-24T10:36:14","date_gmt":"2019-08-24T14:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/?page_id=758"},"modified":"2022-01-27T12:17:36","modified_gmt":"2022-01-27T17:17:36","slug":"the-lutheran-spokesman","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.lexingtonlutheran.org\/htlc\/the-lutheran-spokesman\/","title":{"rendered":"The Lutheran Spokesman"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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The first issue of The Lutheran Spokesman was printed and distributed in June of 1958. Its fifteen pages were mimeographed and the subscription rate was by voluntary contributions through church offerings or $1.00 per year for an individual subscription.  The periodical had been authorized by the Interim Conference held in Cheyenne, Wyoming the previous month. The first editors were Pastor W. Schaller Jr. and Pastor N. R. Carlson. The publication was to be published bi-monthly. Two-hundred copies of the first issue were printed and distributed, the second, seven-hundred, today the circulation is one thousand nine hundred eighty-eight.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In his first editorial, Pastor Schaller asks the question; \u201cWhy another one? Are there not more than enough papers proclaiming the heritage of the Lutheran Reformation in America?\u201d His answer to that question holds true for us fifty some years later.  \u201cThe trend has moved steadily, turning the face of the churches from the other world to this world and its problems.\u201d  Therefore as Martin Luther was the spokesman for the Word, Pastor Schaller writes, \u201cAnd that, pray God, will be our policy. \u201cIt is written,\u201d and we cannot add or subtract from that message, but proclaim the whole counsel of God.\u201d This policy was illustrated on the cover of The Lutheran Spokesman for many years, the testimony of the stern faced Reformer, pointing with purpose at the clear Word of God. \u201cThe Scripture cannot be broken.\u201d Jn 10:35.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhy another one?\u201d  \u201cWhat makes you different?\u201d These questions are still being asked of us today and our answer is still the same as Pastor Schaller\u2019s concluding paragraph. \u201cOn the basis of that clear word (Jn 10:35), it will be our purpose and policy to feed God\u2019s flock, to protect them from false teaching, to attack when necessary all teachings and practices which are not in accord with the Word, for Scripture cannot be broken. \u201cWe now implore God the Holy Ghost!\u201d W.S.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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