Welcome to the website of Pilgrim Lutheran Church (LCMS), Kilgore, Texas! We are glad that … (more)
“Good and evil grow together until the end of the age”
The parable is arguably ignored by literal millennialists of every stripe, who imagine such things as a secret rapture of believers, or some other form of earlier separation of the good and evil.
“July brings a 250th anniversary and a 69th Convention”
Even if the Declaration resisted what God had appointed then and even if the Independence in some ways remains flawed still now, God certainly has worked good out of the last quarter millennium.
“Hamlet prompts reflection on repentance and forgiveness”
Forgiveness of sins is not earned by confession and satisfaction but given freely for Christ’s sake, though one’s amendment of life and the forsaking of sin should naturally follow forgiveness of sins.
Our Mission Statement
The mission of Pilgrim Lutheran Church is to glorify God by receiving the forgiveness of sins by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and sharing that salvation through word and deed with those in our midst, in our community, and throughout the world.
The mission of Pilgrim Lutheran Church is to glorify God by receiving the forgiveness of sins by grace through faith in Jesus Christ and sharing that salvation through word and deed with those in our midst, in our community, and throughout the world.
