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July 2022,
Dear Friends,
25 O Lord, thou art my God; I will exalt thee, I will praise thy name; for thou
hast done wonderful things; Thy counsels of old are faithfulness and truth. For
thou hast made of a city an heap; of a defenced city a ruin: a palace of
strangers to be no city; it shall never be built. Therefore shall the strong
people glorify thee, the city of the terrible nations shall fear thee. For thou
hast been a strength to the poor, a strength to the needy in his distress, a
refuge from the storm, a shadow from the heat, when the blast of the terrible
ones is as a storm against the wall. Thou shalt bring down the noise of
strangers, as the heat in a dry place; even the heat with the shadow of a cloud:
the branch of the terrible ones shall be brought low. And in this mountain shall
the Lord of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines
on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
And he will destroy in this mountain the face of the covering cast over all
people, and the vail that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death
in victory; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the
rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the Lord
hath spoken it. And it shall be said in that day, Lo, this is our God; we have
waited for him, and he will save us: this is the Lord; we have waited for him,
we will be glad and rejoice in his salvation. For in this mountain shall the
hand of the Lord rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw
is trodden down for the dunghill. And he shall spread forth his hands in the
midst of them, as he that swimmeth spreadeth forth his hands to swim: and he
shall bring down their pride together with the spoils of their hands. And the
fortress of the high fort of thy walls shall he bring down, lay low, and bring
to the ground, even to the dust.
26 In that day shall this song be sung in the land of Judah; We have a strong
city; salvation will God appoint for walls and bulwarks. Open ye the gates, that
the righteous nation which keepeth the truth may enter in. Thou wilt keep him in
perfect peace, whose mind is stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. Trust
ye in the Lord for ever: for in the Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength:1
Isaiah was given these words from the Lord to guide His people in a great day of
turmoil to come. God let them understand that He would bring them through and
though the times would be full of difficulty, yet He would deliver them.
Have you ever been asked in your life after making a bad decision or an error of
some sort, “What were you thinking? Where was your head?” I know that honestly,
I can answer that inquiry by simply saying, “I don’t know what I was thinking.”
The gracious God, in times of trouble tells us where our thoughts and mind
should always be. Isaiah 26:3 Thou wilt keep him in perfect peace, whose mind is
stayed on thee: because he trusteth in thee. We have no other hope of salvation.
Thus follows the exhortation in 26:4 Trust ye in the Lord for ever: for in the
Lord JEHOVAH is everlasting strength: When we read these verses above, we hear
many echoes of them in the New Testament. They stand the test of time; the
Faithful God remains faithful. Let us place our trust in Him and find His
perfect peace even in our troubled times.
God’s Peace,
Jay Weidner
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1 The Holy Bible: King James Version, Electronic Edition of the 1900 Authorized
Version. (Bellingham, WA: Logos Research Systems, Inc., 2009), Is 25–26:4.
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FALL CLASSES OFFERED
Have you considered taking a class at the seminary but live out of the area? Our
on-line capability through YouTube makes it possible.
This fall the following classes will begin on Wednesday, September 7th. The
Monday night class at 7PM in Hancock would begin on September 12th. For more
information or if you are interested in taking a class, contact the office at
906-482-3337 or email: cilseminary@ilseminary.com.
Daily Classes:
Ephesians/Colossians (1 credit) – An exegetical study of the Apostle Paul’s
letters to the congregations in Ephesus, Colossae.
Evangelism (2 credits) – A study of the principles and methods for Christian
outreach in one’s own church and community, including home visitation.
Isaiah (2 credits) – An exegetical study of the book of Isaiah, theories of its
development and its impact upon the New Testament.
New Testament Greek (6 prerequisite credits) – A course in the rudiments of the
language of the New Testament.
New Testament Introduction (2 credits) – An introductory study of the origin,
authorship, purpose and reliability of the New Testament writings with special
attention devoted to their literary design and individual and corporate unity.
Monday night class:
Gospel of Mark (2 credits) – An in-depth analysis of the most concise Gospel
with an emphasis on sound and segmentation.
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The Inter-Lutheran Seminary has established an Endowment Fund through Thrivent
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earnings of the endowment will be used for the seminary’s needs thereby ensuring
the continued existence of this funding source. This is the preferred method
used by many non-profit entities, especially ongoing religiously focused
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contributions of our supporters, please consider the endowment fund for your
planned giving needs. For more additional information, please contact Kirk Otto,
Jr. at (715) 821-8574 or Cheryl Hendrickson at
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added a feature to our website to do just that through PayPal.
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you to the seminary’s PayPal form to complete. There is also an option to offset
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