en-us https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/summaries.html https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/live-concert---1975-gospel-crusaders/a186.html?app=1 Recording of a live concert by the 1975 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 {7671CD2B-1B7F-CA42-77BC-0F749203074C} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/homecoming-concert---1975-76-living-dimension-(second-half-team)/a185.html?app=1 Recording of a homecoming concert by the 1975-76 LEM Living Dimension (second-half team). Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 {4542B343-1662-B277-4D30-6ACB337FBB83} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/live-concerts---1975-76-clear-light/a184.html?app=1 Recordings of live concerts by the 1975-76 LEM Clear Light. Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 {7F937B09-7379-154A-2920-08A3457AFA9C} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/homecoming-concert---1976-77-foundation-1976-77-saved-by-grace-and-never-turnin-back-quartet-1976-77-clear-light--1976-77-living-dimension/a187.html?app=1 Recording of a homecoming concert by the 1976-77 LEM Foundation, the 1976-77 LEM Saved by Grace and Never Turnin' Back Quartet, the 1976-77 LEM Clear Light, and the 1976-77 LEM Living Dimension. Fri, 23 Apr 2021 00:00:00 -0700 {32F479D9-3BF7-41EE-4EB4-1B0DBE686A3D} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/our-poverty-and-our-riches/a136.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on January 31, 1963, during a Deeper Life Conference at Parma Lutheran Church. (Sound quality is poor.) Mon, 29 May 2017 00:00:00 -0700 {5EA9791C-0719-BA21-DF48-8A24368D8FD4} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-pre-tribulation-rapture/a149.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0800 {7BAE78C8-761D-E7C9-F991-599801606827} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-pre-tribulation-rapture/a150.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Mon, 06 Mar 2017 00:00:00 -0800 {858C1D03-ABF8-3BB8-0C25-B1FC85A018A6} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/gospel-team-members-1967-1985/a134.html?app=1 Viewable and downloadable pdf list of LEM Gospel Ministry Team members from 1967 through 1985. Sun, 09 Mar 2014 00:00:00 -0800 {527F5468-A300-F310-5214-77C3748F961B} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/let-the-whole-world-sing---1984-85-living-dimension/a133.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album Let The Whole World Sing by the 1984-85 LEM Living Dimension. Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0800 {27F1BD0A-96DE-2B2A-2457-F4E9193A2DAC} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/beginning-here---1983-84-living-dimension/a132.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album Beginning Here by the 1983-84 LEM Living Dimension. Thu, 06 Feb 2014 00:00:00 -0800 {FB8685E9-3EE8-9907-1E28-34AD104E0AFC} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/grandpas-apple-orchard---1979-80-foundation/a130.html?app=1 A dramatization of story and song for children which was recorded by the 1979-80 LEM Foundation and others. Tue, 26 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0800 {C97ED360-DE4B-164B-7F7A-54555536D253} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/new-life-now/a127.html?app=1 Evangelistic tract written by LEM Evangelist Nels Pedersen. Sun, 24 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0800 {4399CE13-0F62-5137-E7A1-BEDF00EF4E2C} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-saved-by-grace-and-never-turnin-back-quartet---1976-77/a126.html?app=1 Audio tracks from an album by the 1976-77 LEM Saved By Grace And Never Turnin' Back Quartet. Sun, 10 Nov 2013 00:00:00 -0800 {8C365298-B4DF-148E-CAFE-4B802DDF8CC3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/god-gave-the-song---1974-camp-ambassadors/a125.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album God Gave The Song by the 1974 LEM Camp Ambassadors. Thu, 31 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {1259E5FE-DEE4-4FF1-DD94-8C4C665C56B7} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-best-of-ten-years-with-the-gospel-crusaders---1967-1976/a124.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Best Of Ten Years With The Gospel Crusaders - 1967-1976. Sat, 12 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {A1AA8351-B599-376F-B07B-23D9E0BD257E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/music-and-testimony---samuel-and-gallia-mackinney/a123.html?app=1 Recording of music and testimony by Samuel and Gallia MacKinney presented in programs following their years as Music and Drama Directors for LEM Youth Ministries (1967-77). Mon, 07 Oct 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {A7B50BB2-E358-0887-8D7B-FA2FE6C1594A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/gospel-crusaders-74-live-at-west-newbury-mass/a117.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Gospel Crusaders '74 Live! At West Newbury, Mass. by the 1974 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {5AD36E63-4FEF-5892-214B-85751DDD5E83} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/think-about-these-things---1972-camp-ambassadors/a116.html?app=1 Album (originally advertised as a cassette tape) not available at this time. If you possess a copy of this album and are willing to lend it for posting on this website, please contact Gary Alfson (LEM National Youth Director 1967-71, ... Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {074D93DF-1BBD-A302-D362-79F4F28AD7B0} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/unnamed-album---1977-camp-ambassadors/a120.html?app=1 Recording of an unnamed album by the 1977 LEM Camp Ambassadors. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {13FD8F44-D826-01C2-FED7-23C51C717DA2} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/unnamed-album---1976-camp-ambassadors/a118.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from an unnamed album by the 1976 LEM Camp Ambassadors. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {73667D53-9957-B550-27B9-87A4D5584EE4} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/he-is-here---1976-gospel-crusaders/a119.html?app=1 Recordings of live concerts by the 1976 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {964F434C-AD4C-1A2F-C283-F57FF0CB3C7E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/homecoming-concert---1982-83-living-dimension/a122.html?app=1 Recording of a homecoming concert by the 1982-83 LEM Living Dimension. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {2C56B504-3193-CAD3-94FF-638A5AE6594A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/i-am-willing---1982-camp-ambassadors--1982-his-proclaimers/a121.html?app=1 Audio tracks from the album I Am Willing by the 1982 LEM Camp Ambassadors and the 1982 LEM His Proclaimers. Mon, 09 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {7047E284-64B8-5A35-AE99-3AEAFBAE380F} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/jesus-jesus---1971-gospel-crusaders/a115.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Jesus! Jesus! by the 1971 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Mon, 02 Sep 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {0244795A-8EBA-50CF-A760-8102E6421302} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/call-upon-the-name-of-the-lord/a110.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, May 4, 1947. Sat, 31 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {59EF0D42-B8AC-30E1-0544-54DEA4851F4C} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/lets-talk-about-jesus---1971-72-living-dimension-singers/a106.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Let's Talk About Jesus by the 1971-72 LEM Living Dimension Singers. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {B6DA857A-CE6D-0915-52DC-971E51BB54A3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/let-his-love-shine-thru---1972-gospel-crusaders/a107.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Let His Love Shine Thru by the 1972 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {85E56F2B-CAB4-9369-72E4-39894024A15E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/thank-you-lord---1972-73-clear-light/a108.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Thank You, Lord by the 1972-73 LEM Clear Light. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {3810C59F-2B17-DDBA-E2A2-CD42283CE9F7} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/my-god-is-real---hundeby-brothers/a169.html?app=1 Recording of the album My God Is Real by the Hundeby Brothers who also served on the 1970-71 LEM Clear Light. Thu, 01 Aug 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {18443F2C-7750-2C9E-334F-1910268BDCB8} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/unnamed-album---1979-camp-ambassadors/a100.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from an unnamed album by the 1979 LEM Camp Ambassadors. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {DE0CF3C8-1178-B23F-1C70-EA74515496C7} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-living-dimension---1979-80-living-dimension/a101.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album The Living Dimension by the 1979-80 LEM Living Dimension. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {2D229818-D568-BC37-367E-2FE40932FB0A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-foundation---1979-80-foundation/a102.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album The Foundation by the 1979-80 LEM Foundation. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {0D028704-F567-C021-1676-AFC1B9836DD3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/jesus-our-hope---1980-gospel-crusaders-1980-camp-ambassadors--1980-his-proclaimers/a103.html?app=1 Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album Jesus Our Hope by the 1980 LEM Gospel Crusaders, the 1980 LEM Camp Ambassadors, and the 1980 LEM His Proclaimers. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {A9E7DE7C-8005-2404-6A80-8FFCB32B6E19} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/pressin-on---1980-81-foundation/a104.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Pressin' On by the 1980-81 LEM Foundation. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {551F4287-066C-4360-5672-8DBAE43CF4DA} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/changes---1981-82-foundation/a105.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Changes by the 1981-82 LEM Foundation. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {28CD00E0-34A0-2FA9-8E1C-EC2E465A5A23} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/this-is-jesus---1979-gospel-crusaders/a168.html?app=1 Recording of the album This Is Jesus by the 1979 LEM Gospel Crusaders Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {6BD1C382-CF53-87C0-400B-F02B8E25C522} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/christians-under-construction---1978-79-living-dimension-1978-79-clear-light--1978-79-foundation/a99.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Christians Under Construction by the 1978-79 LEM Living Dimension, the 1978-79 LEM Clear Light, and the 1978-79 LEM Foundation. Sat, 27 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {D9B603BE-CDD0-FE46-9874-0753D05E5C53} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/lift-up-the-name-of-jesus---1978-gospel-crusaders/a97.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Lift Up The Name Of Jesus by the 1978 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {779B7F50-7DA1-C32C-6521-C2CF91F9B5F9} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/unnamed-album---1978-camp-ambassadors/a98.html?app=1 Recording of a live concert by the 1978 LEM Camp Ambassadors. Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {DB25D6E3-E28B-757A-0ABB-BBF8FFCD5CE1} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/together---1977-78-living-dimension/a96.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Together by the 1977-78 LEM Living Dimension. Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {0D190B0E-0911-5D1B-717F-96B383146276} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/singin-about-jesus---1977-gospel-crusaders/a95.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Singin' About Jesus by the 1977 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Fri, 26 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {174A405A-17ED-BAED-A45D-D07F8861A0EE} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-foundation---1976-77-foundation/a94.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Foundation by the 1976-77 LEM Foundation. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {4A9D024A-3C00-7D0F-86E6-48C738E77F59} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/scrapbook---1976-77-living-dimension--1976-77-clear-light/a93.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Scrapbook by the 1976-77 LEM Living Dimension and the 1976-77 LEM Clear Light. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {D95BD15C-9BBB-639C-132F-29787FFBE8DB} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-clear-light---1975-76-clear-light/a92.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Clear Light by the 1975-76 LEM Clear Light. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {6B90D690-FE20-10EB-F5E6-F6B0AC57E428} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-living-dimension---1975-76-living-dimension-(first-half-team)/a91.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Living Dimension by the 1975-76 LEM Living Dimension (first-half team). Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {8774FF42-2D81-5EA7-7E56-688C4259C4F0} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/a-touch-of-gods-love---1975-gospel-crusaders/a90.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album A Touch Of God's Love by the 1975 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Thu, 25 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {FC50C75D-446E-5AE6-A82A-55547DDA0EC3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/message---1974-75-living-dimension-singers--1974-75-clear-light/a89.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Message by the 1974-75 LEM Living Dimension Singers and the 1974-75 LEM Clear Light. Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {42BDB28F-3DA1-D556-962C-D6F65D8D54E8} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/jesus-loves-you---1973-74-clear-light--1973-74-living-dimension-singers/a88.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Jesus Loves You by the 1973-74 LEM Clear Light and the 1973-74 LEM Living Dimension Singers. Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {B7EEDA6B-4797-C510-9894-DD74A514769A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/meet-jesus-my-friend---1973-gospel-crusaders/a87.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Meet Jesus My Friend by the 1973 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {6BC440FE-EFEB-6B51-1055-780F026826AF} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/along-came-jesus---1972-73-living-dimension-singers/a86.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Along Came Jesus by the 1972-73 LEM Living Dimension Singers. Tue, 23 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {23933A2E-9F54-82B0-92E2-8D5886F78292} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/introduction-to-gospel-teams/a85.html?app=1 Overview of LEM Gospel Ministry Teams from 1967 through 1985. Mon, 22 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {E9AB736B-5502-7319-C9FE-85AD9B2FAC8E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/love-is-a-strange-word---1969-gospel-crusaders/a82.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Love Is A Strange Word by the 1969 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Includes three tracks by the LEM Coruscation Singers. Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {04088E18-62A3-4697-1235-24182F81FB1A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/to-be-alive---1970-gospel-crusaders/a83.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album To Be Alive by the 1970 LEM Gospel Crusaders. Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {6B895EA8-CC5F-06A6-13E9-D8241A6EC1D4} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/i-believe-in-you---1970-71-living-dimension-singers--1970-71-clear-light/a84.html?app=1 Audio tracks and record jacket from the album I Believe In You by the 1970-71 LEM Living Dimension Singers and the 1970-71 LEM Clear Light. Wed, 17 Jul 2013 00:00:00 -0700 {93C3B4EA-B608-8AC6-C67B-95160A662C43} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/selected-bibliography-and-endnotes/a80.html?app=1     Selected Bibliography     America’s Hour of Decision.  Wheaton, IL: Van Kampen Press, 1951.   An Ongoing Revival.  Warren, MN: Warren Sheaf Print, 1990, Harvey Dyrud, ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 {8868EE73-4CC0-4B19-CF0B-8274F8ABBE67} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/appendix-3---do-the-work-of-an-evangelist/a79.html?app=1             Civilization has always been on the advance, but perhaps during no period has it ever progressed as rapidly as it did between 1900 and 1950.  The advances made then in ... Thu, 21 Feb 2013 00:00:00 -0800 {D196A00B-00A9-151B-0CEA-A2DAEC476394} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-16---the-wind-blows-where-it-wishes/a77.html?app=1             That God did indeed send revival to the U.S. during the ten or so years post World War II is quite clear.  Dr. J. Edwin Orr, being one of the chief revival historians ... Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700 {D8D3624D-5FD1-CE0D-F38E-859BEDC65F74} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-15---be-filled-with-the-spirit/a76.html?app=1             As has been recounted in the previous chapters, the Lutheran Evangelistic Movement was one of God’s mighty tools for revival during the post World War II years and a ... Fri, 01 Jun 2012 00:00:00 -0700 {20971D2F-547A-1236-8E8E-9B2CA37DEE10} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/seven-things-i-tell-myself-every-morning/a71.html?app=1 Some time ago when I was in college I finally got tired of learning the same spiritual truths over and over again only to forget those lessons and have to relearn them (usually the hard way). Then one day in my college apartment it occurred to me ... Wed, 21 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0700 {9175211F-6542-FD49-B593-43DD06470A9D} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/understanding-the-times-and-what-to-do/a42.html?app=1 Greetings to you, friends and supporters of L.E.M. I want to thank you for the invitation to write to you—namely to thank you for your support of the ministry of evangelism within the Lutheran family of churches. Since the beginning L.E.M. ... Tue, 01 Mar 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {FE93DC43-BE33-051F-26C2-24790CE3BF21} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/making-disciples-through-media/a60.html?app=1 LEM is committed to making disciples in the 21st century, and assisting churches to do so also. Today, we approach this task through four primary tools: Church planting, Preaching, Retreats and Creative Media. It is this last tool that I ... Tue, 22 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {B9E3385B-D205-7932-1770-B654E416BD4A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-1---what-god-has-done/a53.html?app=1 You probably wouldn’t be too surprised if I were to tell you that there was a time in the history of our country when nearly half of the population attended church on any given Sunday, the Bible was the best-selling book for years in a row, ... Sun, 20 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {A44E7476-F7A5-8E36-6ADB-C81545F96125} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-2---god-has-chosen-the-weak/a54.html?app=1             On the north shore of Medicine Lake in Plymouth, Minnesota, stands a site that is an undeniable testimony to God’s mighty working in the post World War II ... Sat, 19 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {01C87037-C0DF-7ACF-8F1A-69E843615E56} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-3---then-sinners-shall-be-converted-to-you/a55.html?app=1           If you had been a Lutheran pastor, evangelist, or lay leader in the upper Midwest in 1936, you might well have received several weeks before Christmas the following letter which read in ... Fri, 18 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {36369FAF-EAC6-0A42-B958-F7B29ACA77B0} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-4---while-they-communed-together/a56.html?app=1             On a certain Sunday afternoon many years ago, two friends were walking together and talking intently as they went.  As would be fitting for any Christians to do on the ... Thu, 17 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {15612AA8-A558-47DA-A885-DF14363C8AB3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-5---born-not-of-the-will-of-man-but-of-god/a57.html?app=1               Throughout the centuries, it has often been a popular activity to compile genealogies or family trees.  Although these are sometimes begun for no other reason ... Wed, 16 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {444A13F4-FCEF-AC36-E44C-B87E65AB1697} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/living-beyond-membership/a59.html?app=1 God created human nature with a desire to belong—to be a part of something larger than ourselves. This desire is good because it connects us to a greater purpose and vision for our lives and helps us to understand that we belong to Him. He ... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {F3EDA62E-A9A8-139F-61FB-B805074142F5} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-6---yes-the-deep-things-of-god/a61.html?app=1             If its name was to be merely reflective of its largest and most widely-known work, the Lutheran Evangelistic Movement might just as aptly have been named the Lutheran Deeper ... Tue, 15 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {E2DAF6E3-0511-72D8-5E0F-4F38390611B5} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-7---the-power-of-god-to-salvation/a62.html?app=1             What did the members of the Lutheran Inter-Synodical Evangelistic Committee believe was so indispensably distinctive about the work to which God had called them?  By ... Mon, 14 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {250AA026-43CD-B922-1DF1-913A8E90216B} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-8---though-the-vision-tarry-wait-for-it/a63.html?app=1             “It is our earnest prayer that our beloved church may in these days experience a heaven sent revival and showers of blessings.  It is ‘Revival or ... Sun, 13 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {74E3DCA2-8CB4-D493-0DB9-9EC0A4D819D5} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-9---out-of-them-all-the-lord-delivered/a64.html?app=1             There is perhaps a danger inherent in this history of the Lutheran Inter-Synodical Evangelistic Committee and Lutheran Evangelistic Movement.  The focus is so much on ... Sat, 12 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {711A23A9-6D68-C194-B885-C69103F50576} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-10---god-gave-the-increase/a67.html?app=1             As World War II entered what proved to be its final months, the invisible hand of One who knew the future propelled the Lutheran Inter-Synodical Evangelistic Committee ... Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {35FF62B3-6429-2756-29F3-C5596920E23B} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-11---a-cloud-as-small-as-a-manas-hand/a68.html?app=1             The spiritual revival for which the leaders of the Lutheran Evangelistic Movement were seeking the Lord during the 1940’s was not a need limited to their sphere of ... Thu, 10 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {1FFF6894-3015-5137-0E2D-2256A6FF5F58} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-12---when-you-search-for-me-with-all-your-heart/a69.html?app=1             According to written accounts of many who have lived during times of revival, one of the chief characteristics of such times has been the tremendous spirit of prayer ... Wed, 09 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {9F7740F6-5C4D-5A9B-3372-48F94DEA40A5} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-13---all-the-city-was-moved/a70.html?app=1             During the first eight months of 1949, the Lutheran Evangelistic Movement had witnessed in and around their areas of ministry mightier and more regular stirrings of ... Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {4C3D1180-456F-8114-1B7F-EEC5C39352F4} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/chapter-14---the-word-of-god-grew-and-multiplied/a75.html?app=1             As witnessed by the national press, Billy Graham, the Lutheran Evangelistic Movement, and countless other Christian groups and individuals, the mid-century year 1950 was a ... Mon, 07 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {234ADB84-0FBE-BA34-7DE3-512135A3FCA2} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/appendix-1---to-other-cities-also/a65.html?app=1             When Jesus Christ lived on earth some 2,000 years ago, He did not limit His ministry to one location.  Rather He said, “I must preach the kingdom of God to other ... Sat, 05 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {910C08A8-0C73-8754-C008-463A14BAEB35} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/appendix-2---these-all-died-in-faith/a66.html?app=1             It’s not unusual for people to have some type of belief system that motivates them throughout their lives, but it is quite unusual for people to have a belief system ... Fri, 04 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {2774CBFC-CC54-943D-8E42-51BF703DD325} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/are-you-desiring-too-little/a74.html?app=1 Matt 19:29: And everyone who has left houses or brothers or sisters or father or mother or children or fields for my sake will receive a hundred times as much and will inherit eternal life. The call to live the Christian life is a call ... Wed, 02 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0800 {3780F99D-8F21-8869-D894-A167E7055A4E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/two-moves-of-god/a46.html?app=1 Some of you may have noticed the name of Pastor Elmer Anhalt in a recent Lifelines Memorials column.  Pastor Anhalt was an active supporter of the LEM who served on its board and often preached on its behalf.  Before he died at 90 ... Mon, 16 Aug 2010 00:00:00 -0700 {9565C151-38D4-BA86-1EA2-59ABED86C67A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/abraham---the-believer/a47.html?app=1 Manuscript of sermon preached at LEM Deeper Life Camp, The Wilderness Fellowship, July 2010. Fri, 23 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 {39D6007B-76AA-4601-7F30-3553471195C6} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/isaac---child-of-the-promise/a48.html?app=1 Manuscript of sermon preached at LEM Deeper Life Camp, The Wilderness Fellowship, July 2010. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 00:00:00 -0700 {676884CD-74F7-AFC9-83F7-52069C72149F} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-friendship-and-the-fear/a41.html?app=1 Recording artist Matt Redman's 1997 album was entitled The Friendship and the Fear. The phrase is a profound one and contains within it one of the keys to living the Christian life. The concept of friendship with God is central to us as ... Sun, 01 Feb 2009 00:00:00 -0800 {1B1C994E-9F94-5EB7-CC25-E4E0F62271CD} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/living-for-the-one/a43.html?app=1 With the New Year holiday just behind us, we are still in a season where it is common for people to spend a little time reflecting on the year that was, with all its joys and sorrows, as well as looking to the year that lies ahead. It is a time ... Thu, 29 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 {02043DFF-423A-E596-5CEE-14F814BA9A4C} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/after-the-but/a40.html?app=1 Leah is one of the most unappreciated heroines in the Bible. Her husband Jacob never intended to marry her—he was tricked into it by her scheming father. Jacob wanted Leah's sister, Rachel, and he married her just one week later. Leah is ... Tue, 27 Jan 2009 00:00:00 -0800 {C4180A40-FB77-4186-9FAF-148A7C3ABFBE} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-lem---past-present-and-future/a39.html?app=1 Back in 1936 something remarkable happened. God began to stir in the hearts of a small group of Lutheran pastors about the need for renewed focus and energy around evangelism within the Lutheran family of churches. Thus was born the LEM (Lutheran ... Tue, 04 Nov 2008 00:00:00 -0800 {2F31DBB3-E378-1E14-C804-C70A545B2F82} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/what-time-is-it/a131.html?app=1 Audio of four-part sermon series preached at a 1980 LEM conference. Sermon titles are, "It's Time to Get Ready for the Marriage Feast," "It's Time to Look Up," "It's Time to Check on Ourselves," and "It's Time for a Touch from God." Tue, 01 Jan 1980 00:00:00 -0800 {17EE70C5-6047-339B-15D0-49B2639B3683} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/will-those-who-are-saved-be-few/a166.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on January 22, 1975, during a Deeper Life Conference at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Wed, 22 Jan 1975 00:00:00 -0800 {FC897958-244A-105D-0D69-78552FAB7BF1} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/three-visions-we-need/a165.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on January 21, 1975, during a Deeper Life Conference at Bethlehem Lutheran Church. Tue, 21 Jan 1975 00:00:00 -0800 {F710E1EA-A07B-F957-7C68-207760F482B9} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/evangelistic-sermon-series/a164.html?app=1 Audio of seven sermons preached on evenings in August 1973 during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Burton. Sermons are, "The Good Samaritan" (August 11), "Basic Christianity" (August 12), "Judgment" (August 13), "The Reality of Hell" (August 14), "You ... Sat, 11 Aug 1973 00:00:00 -0700 {24BA1147-94BA-32D5-244E-8B9963E36119} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/how-faith-grows/a114.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached at Mt. Carmel Bible Camp, July 26, 1973. Thu, 26 Jul 1973 00:00:00 -0700 {E24AA129-1805-6335-4630-2EB1B4D951E7} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/new-life-now/a128.html?app=1 Evangelistic tract written by LEM Evangelist Nels Pedersen. Thu, 01 Jan 1970 00:00:00 -0800 {0F120EEB-6512-2CBB-5AB9-AF1DE7B05BB3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/men-with-a-message/a163.html?app=1 Audio of three Bible studies given in August 1968 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Bible study subjects are Elijah (August 7), Micaiah (August 8), and Amos (August 9). Wed, 07 Aug 1968 00:00:00 -0700 {1AD1D22D-7CD6-7A53-DA0E-95A13BB12CBD} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-churches-in-revelation/a162.html?app=1 Audio of three sermons preached in August 1967 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Sermons are, "The Church at Ephesus" (August 6), "The Church at Smyrna" (August 7), and "The Church at Philadelphia" (August 10). ... Sun, 06 Aug 1967 00:00:00 -0700 {4927E79B-107C-4C55-56C6-E0ADA14618E2} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/deliverance-from-demons/a160.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached in June 1966 during evangelistic meetings at Emmaus Lutheran Church. Wed, 01 Jun 1966 00:00:00 -0700 {F2CBB96A-682C-4980-4AF6-54ABAF9FE3AF} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/gods-terms-for-revival/a161.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached in June 1966 during evangelistic meetings at Emmaus Lutheran Church. Wed, 01 Jun 1966 00:00:00 -0700 {6EB191C7-77E8-3FF5-7853-8F8FB2CFEB00} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/hell/a159.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 24, 1965, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Thu, 24 Jun 1965 00:00:00 -0700 {D4C890FB-1651-066D-AE8C-B05E6C11D561} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/jesus-knocking-at-the-door/a158.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 20, 1965, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Sun, 20 Jun 1965 00:00:00 -0700 {D76EA67C-B174-9E55-72F1-EEC07397406F} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/peoples-excuses---personal-testimony/a156.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached in June 1965 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. In it, Pastor Franz relates his personal testimony of salvation. Sat, 19 Jun 1965 00:00:00 -0700 {CB025181-5C86-BAB5-BBF6-F141080D54DB} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/christ-our-life/a157.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 19, 1965, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. (Recording stops before end of sermon.) Sat, 19 Jun 1965 00:00:00 -0700 {6713BF2B-39E4-DF79-C2E2-FADD0F90DBC0} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/hax-on-prophecy/a78.html?app=1 During June 1965, California Lutheran Bible School teacher and former LEM National Board member Theodore Hax conducted a never-to-be-forgotten two-week Prophecy Conference in Lake Preston, South Dakota.  Revival ensued with over 75 ... Sun, 06 Jun 1965 00:00:00 -0700 {9E3A4840-DA34-BEE5-B88C-286143C133E9} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-rich-young-man/a153.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 26, 1964, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Fri, 26 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {F23FE6EB-E405-A6BC-C8BE-498099FDE901} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/romans-8/a155.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given on June 26, 1964, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Fri, 26 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {6E2FDE9F-72DB-3824-5F64-0F5EA42F3C1E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/ephesians-2711-13/a154.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given on June 26, 1964, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Fri, 26 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {4F4F2CD5-B776-29A3-782F-8663B635B968} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/romans-6/a152.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given on June 24, 1964, during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Wed, 24 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {8C0D9E8A-9F6C-8A05-68F7-69109944E8D1} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-pre-tribulation-rapture/a151.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Tue, 23 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {029701A5-DE5B-D74A-F48E-589C5484810E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/ephesians-1/a148.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Tue, 23 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {C13D0EFC-1EFF-4EC1-ADB5-0C1CA71CD82F} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/abraham-(genesis-16-and-17)/a147.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center. Tue, 23 Jun 1964 00:00:00 -0700 {5A6A64F5-3ECB-2E8C-DEED-66FABFA72242} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/called-to-witness/a146.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on February 8, 1964, during a Deeper Life Conference at Parma Lutheran Church. Sat, 08 Feb 1964 00:00:00 -0800 {56182967-20E0-D4B9-E591-163103020E97} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/do-we-really-want-revival/a145.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on February 6, 1964, during a Deeper Life Conference at Parma Lutheran Church. Thu, 06 Feb 1964 00:00:00 -0800 {F921D0E9-DCE8-3A3B-7520-20AD533CF979} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/revelation-13/a144.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given on June 28, 1963, during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Luther. Fri, 28 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {D34440B7-BD7C-47BB-9B32-C926C703C87B} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-rich-man-and-lazarus/a143.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 27, 1963, during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Luther. (Recording stops before end of sermon.) Thu, 27 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {8F624502-E62B-330A-DFE7-841914EF4D24} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-wedding-garment/a142.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 23, 1963, during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Luther. Also, a group photo of that year's campers. Sun, 23 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {FD12EF1F-9FFF-F3F5-1796-EC6E94FBB6FF} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/i-thessalonians-2/a139.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given on June 23, 1963, during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Luther. Sun, 23 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {E262F646-2DF3-0447-73BC-085E8EC939F6} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/christ-our-high-priest/a138.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on June 23, 1963, during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Luther. Sun, 23 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {742D2B1A-104B-88DC-2B03-3993B8644EB7} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-second-coming-of-jesus/a141.html?app=1 Audio of Bible study given on June 23, 1963, during a Deeper Life Camp at Camp Luther. Sun, 23 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {D8405BBF-9D80-DACA-D019-3258CC0EF271} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/religious-but-lost/a167.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached in 1962 at St. Paul's Lutheran Church in Cloquet, Minnesota, and subsequently used by the Cleveland LEM Fellowship during the summer of 1963 for the first of their weekly radio broadcasts. Sat, 01 Jun 1963 00:00:00 -0700 {A7BB1447-4370-8253-29DD-258ABC3284D8} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/our-poverty-and-our-riches/a137.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on January 31, 1963, during a Deeper Life Conference at Parma Lutheran Church. (Sound quality is poor.) Thu, 31 Jan 1963 00:00:00 -0800 {E5356C94-7595-AC1C-C72C-FC41C36E2042} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/you-also-must-be-ready/a135.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on January 31, 1963, during a Deeper Life Conference at Parma Lutheran Church. (Sound quality is poor.) Thu, 31 Jan 1963 00:00:00 -0800 {B7B3AAE0-FC77-199C-0145-3C703473A63E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/satisfaction-of-the-souls-hunger/a113.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, November 5, 1950. Sun, 05 Nov 1950 00:00:00 -0800 {D8FC830C-7624-5988-A4FC-904DBCD7746A} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/lo-i-am-with-you-always/a112.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, November 14, 1948. Sun, 14 Nov 1948 00:00:00 -0700 {7F7BAE38-ABE1-B21C-157B-C881930C9E88} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/lazarus-the-missionary/a171.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, September 5, 1948. Sun, 05 Sep 1948 00:00:00 -0700 {2AA6E6B0-E256-A40C-8219-55E776364AEF} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-christian-warfare/a129.html?app=1 Book of messages delivered at the LEM's tenth anniversary Lutheran Deeper Life Conference, July 19-25, 1948, at Mission Farms on Medicine Lake. Mon, 19 Jul 1948 00:00:00 -0700 {21F9BB82-7248-15A5-91E9-99A2E645D922} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/call-upon-the-name-of-the-lord/a111.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, May 4, 1947. Sun, 04 May 1947 00:00:00 -0800 {5E8FDD2C-6453-BD4D-41E2-8B7917B4B512} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/temptation/a172.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, August 18, 1946. Sun, 18 Aug 1946 00:00:00 -0800 {0A0F0FFA-C36B-53B2-6565-80D280873362} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/elijahs-prayer/a173.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, September 23, 1945. Sun, 23 Sep 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {E267B2E5-BDA6-4365-8A06-012E40E146A7} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/prevail-in-prayer/a174.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, September 16, 1945. Sun, 16 Sep 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {30963426-BBAE-D03E-A88B-9F2F225D7A41} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/take-up-your-bed-and-walk/a175.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, September 2, 1945. Sun, 02 Sep 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {81B1031D-0F13-EA34-BE1C-AF06C6C89B3E} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-city-of-refuge/a176.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, July 1, 1945. Sun, 01 Jul 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {472EA7F4-C3C8-F271-58D9-3782CE8B4601} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/jesus-relationship-to-his-people/a177.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, January 14, 1945. Sun, 14 Jan 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {760D709F-A8D9-0AF3-44F2-E1A8D484D109} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/friendship-with-jesus/a178.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, January 7, 1945. Sun, 07 Jan 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {34CF31A3-F7BE-0580-A52D-546F458CFCB4} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-revival-we-need---awakening/a73.html?app=1 Condensed manuscript of sermon preached at LEM Midwinter Evangelistic Conference, January 1945. Mon, 01 Jan 1945 00:00:00 -0700 {0451EEA0-C29E-4C6B-8F72-A6636E983EB3} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/to-live-is-christ-and-to-die-is-gain/a179.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, December 24, 1944. Sun, 24 Dec 1944 00:00:00 -0700 {732FB59E-D978-593A-24B0-3201B4468477} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/open-thou-mine-eyes/a180.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, November 5, 1944. Sun, 05 Nov 1944 00:00:00 -0700 {9D623B10-A299-5A4A-F7FD-F37C9D285921} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/the-one-talent-man/a181.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, October 29, 1944. Sun, 29 Oct 1944 00:00:00 -0700 {B3D6F9A6-BB2D-6DD3-1117-AB5AE333F2B0} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/two-casualties-of-war/a109.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, September 3, 1944. Sun, 03 Sep 1944 00:00:00 -0700 {F5C96DD5-F8B5-2C0E-7988-68AB48082E01} https://site.004.churchministrysites.com/all-content/if-any-man-willeth-to-do-his-will/a182.html?app=1 Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, January 23, 1944. Sun, 23 Jan 1944 00:00:00 -0700 {322E68C5-3E97-2AC8-2189-60EE45A7B13D}