The Illinois Lutheran Conference JOURNAL

The ILC JOURNAL is the official publication
of the ILLINOIS LUTHERAN CONFERENCE
Current Issue
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2022)
News and Notes
2022 Church Calendar Events
December 4th is the Second Sunday in Advent
December 18th is the 4th Sunday in Advent
​December 25th is Christmas Day
2023 Church Calendar Events
January 1st is New Year's Day
January 6th is Epiphany
January 8th is the 1st Sunday After Epiphany, the Sunday After New Year
January 29th is the 4th Sunday After Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday
February 5th is Septuagesima Sunday
February 19th is Quinquagesima Sunday
February 26th is the 1st Sunday in Lent
​March 5th is the 2nd Sunday in Lent
​Topical Bulletins and Back Issues
December 2022 Topical Bulletin: realities regarding abortion
November 2022 Topical Bulletin: The Apostles' Creed: the third Article (continued to its close)
October 2022 Topical Bulletin: The Apostles' Creed: the third Article (continued)
September 2022 Topical Bulletin: The Apostles' Creed: the third Article
August 2022 Topical Bulletin: The Apostles' Creed: the second Article (continued)
July 2022 Topical Bulletin: The Apostles' Creed: the second Article 
June 2022 Topical Bulletin: The Apostles' Creed; the first Article
May 2022 Topical Bulletin: Fascinating facts about the Ascension of Jesus Christ.
April 2022 Topical Bulletin: Why Jesus Christ's resurrection is truly important.
March 2022 Topical Bulletin: Why the season of Lent is important.
February 2022 Topical Bulletin: What impenitence is and why it is dangerous.
January 2022 Topical Bulletin: What we need to remember as we enter a New Year
December 2021 Topical Bulletin: Why we should certainly celebrate Christ's birth
November 2021 Topical Bulletin: O give thanks unto the LORD, for He is good...
October 2021 Topical Bulletin: Why changes in climate, sicknesses, and wars are increasing.
September 2021 Topical Bulletin: God's Grace
August 2021 Topical Bulletin: Racial Realities
July 2021 Topical Bulletin: Have God-pleasing proper priorities!
June 2021 Topical Bulletin: What does the Holy Bible have to say regarding trans-gender individuals... LGBTQ community?
May 2021 Topical Bulletin: Divine providence
April 2021 Topical Bulletin: What is religious unionism and is it a God-pleasing practice?
March 2021 Topical Bulletin: "In the beginning God created the heaven and the earth." (Genesis 1:1)
February 2021 Topical Bulletin: "Righteousness exalteth a nation: but sin is a reproach to any people." (Proverbs 14:34)
January 2021 Topical Bulletin: How many religions actually are there in the world?
December 2020 Topical Bulletin: Do human beings have free-will in regards to spiritual matters?
November 2020 Topical Bulletin: What are citizens' duties toward civil government and those who hold positions of authority therein?
October 2020 Topical Bulletin: Who is the real Jesus Christ?
September 2020 Topical Bulletin: ​The basics of proper prayer
August 2020 Topical Bulletin: Justification
July 2020 Topical Bulletin: What is the purpose of my life here on earth?
June 2020 Topical Bulletin: Don't hold grudges!
May 2020 Topical Bulletin: Why do sicknesses, diseases, and plagues occur upon earth?
April 2020 Topical Bulletin: Fallacies and facts concerning Christ's second coming.
March 2020 Topical Bulletin: Do you think that only people who are part of the ILC are saved?
February 2020 Topical Bulletin: A very close look at John 3:16
January 2020 Topical Bulletin: Thou shalt not covet... (Exodus 20:17)
December 2019 Topical Bulletin: Thou shalt not bear false witness against thy neighbor. (Exodus 20:16)
November 2019 Topical Bulletin: Thou shalt not steal. (Exodus 20:15)
October 2019 Topical Bulletin: Thou shalt not commit adultery. (Exodus 20:14)
September 2019 Topical Bulletin: Thou shalt not kill. (Exodus 20:13)
August 2019 Topical Bulletin: Honor thy father and thy mother... (Exodus 20:12)
July 2019 Topical Bulletin: Remember the sabbath day, to keep it holy. (Exodus 20:8)
June 2019 Topical Bulletin: Thou shalt have no other gods before me. (Exodus 20:3)
May 2019 Topical Bulletin: What is subordinationism and why is it heresy?
April 2019 Topical Bulletin: Exodus 20:7, "Thou shalt not take the name of the LORD thy God in vain..."
March 2019 Topical Bulletin: What is meant by the term "sacrament"? What Biblically qualifies as a sacrament and why?
February 2019 Topical Bulletin: What is meant by the term "means of grace" and is the term Biblically valid?
January 2019 Topical Bulletin: Does God use civil rulers - even wicked civil rulers - to punish and/or chasten people?
December 2018 Topical Bulletin: What is Christmas?
November 2018 Topical Bulletin: What does the Holy Bible teach concerning the antichrist?
October 2018 Topical Bulletin: What is the doctrine known as perfectionism? Is perfectionism a doctrine supported by... Scripture?
September 2018 Topical Bulletin: How are Christians to conduct themselves in this world in which sexual harassment is practiced?
August 2018 Topical Bulletin: What is the sin against the Holy Ghost? Why is the sin... also known as the unforgivable sin?
July 2018 Topical Bulletin: Can faith in Jesus Christ be lost? Can faith... ever be regained? Does every sin... result in a loss of faith?
June 2018 Topical Bulletin: What does the Holy Bible teach concerning Christ's second coming? Are we to expect... ?
May 2018 Topical Bulletin: What does the Holy Bible teach concerning fund-gathering by Christian congregations?
April 2018 Topical Bulletin:​ What does the Holy Bible teach concerning how Christians are to conduct themselves... in this world?
March 2018 Topical Bulletin:​ What does God's Word - the Holy Bible - teach regarding abortion and capital punishment?
February 2018 Topical Bulletin:​ What is true repentance?
January 2018 Topical Bulletin:​ What does God's Word, the Holy Bible, teach in regards to gambling?
December 2017 Topical Bulletin:​ What has happened in America regarding Christian holidays? How are we... to rightly observe...?
November 2017 Topical Bulletin:​ Reformation 500th anniversary remarks & How am I supposed to deal... with a neighbor...?
October 2017 Topical Bulletin:​ What does God say about marriage, divorce, adultery, and fornication?
​September 2017 Topical Bulletin:​ If God is love, why is there so much suffering in the world? ...why am I afflicted in this world?
August 2017 Topical Bulletin: Can a person be gay or lesbian and be a true Christian? ...bisexual? ...transgender?
July 2017 Topical Bulletin: ​Does it really matter what church a Christian attends?
ILC e-JOURNAL Article: (The Superiority of the Received Texts)
ILC e-JOURNAL Article: (Two Relatively Recent Bible Translations Tested)
ILC e-JOURNAL Article: (A Tribute to the Traditional Lutheran Liturgy)
ILC e-JOURNAL Article: (The Insanity of Islam)
ILC e-JOURNAL Article: (The New Age Movement)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2021)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2020)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2019)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Spring 2019)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2018)
ILC e-JOURNAL ​(Spring 2018)
ILC e-JOURNAL​ (Fall 2017)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Spring 2017)
ILC e-JOURNAL ​(Spring 2016)
ILC e-JOURNAL ​(Fall 2015)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Spring 2015)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2014)
ILC e-JOURNAL (Spring 2014)