The Illinois Lutheran Conference JOURNAL

The ILC JOURNAL is the official publication
of the ILLINOIS LUTHERAN CONFERENCE
Current Issue
ILC e-JOURNAL (Fall 2020)
News and Notes
2021 Church Calendar events
January 31st is Septuagesima Sunday
February 7th is Sexagesima Sunday
February 14th is Quinquagesima Sunday
February 17th is Ash Wednesday
​February 21st is the 1st Sunday in Lent
March 7th is the 3rd Sunday in Lent
March 28th is the 6th Sunday in Lent, Palm Sunday
April 2nd is Good Friday
April 4th is Easter Sunday, the Feast of the Resurrection of our Lord
May 2nd is the 4th Sunday After Easter
May 13th is Ascension Day
May 16th is the Sunday After Ascension
May 23rd is Pentecost Sunday
May 30th is Trinity Sunday
​Topical Bulletins and Back Issues
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 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)