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Deeper Life resources: articles, Bible studies, sermons, and recordings from the LEM archive.
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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.
Recording of a live concert by the 1975 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Recording of a homecoming concert by the 1975-76 LEM Living Dimension (second-half team).
Recordings of live concerts by the 1975-76 LEM Clear Light.
Audio of sermon preached on January 31, 1963, during a Deeper Life Conference at Parma Lutheran Church. (Sound quality is poor.)
Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center.
Audio of Bible study given in June 1964 during a Deeper Life Camp at Laurelville Camp and Church Center.
Viewable and downloadable pdf list of LEM Gospel Ministry Team members from 1967 through 1985.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album Let The Whole World Sing by the 1984-85 LEM Living Dimension.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album Beginning Here by the 1983-84 LEM Living Dimension.
A dramatization of story and song for children which was recorded by the 1979-80 LEM Foundation and others.
Evangelistic tract written by LEM Evangelist Nels Pedersen.
Audio tracks from an album by the 1976-77 LEM Saved By Grace And Never Turnin’ Back Quartet.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album God Gave The Song by the 1974 LEM Camp Ambassadors.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Best Of Ten Years With The Gospel Crusaders - 1967-1976.
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).
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Gospel Crusaders ’74 Live! At West Newbury, Mass. by the 1974 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Recording of a homecoming concert by the 1982-83 LEM Living Dimension.
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,…
Recordings of live concerts by the 1976 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Recording of an unnamed album by the 1977 LEM Camp Ambassadors.
Audio tracks from the album I Am Willing by the 1982 LEM Camp Ambassadors and the 1982 LEM His Proclaimers.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from an unnamed album by the 1976 LEM Camp Ambassadors.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Jesus! Jesus! by the 1971 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Audio of sermon preached on the Voice of Lutheran Evangelism, May 4, 1947.
Recording of the album My God Is Real by the Hundeby Brothers who also served on the 1970-71 LEM Clear Light.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Let’s Talk About Jesus by the 1971-72 LEM Living Dimension Singers.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Let His Love Shine Thru by the 1972 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Thank You, Lord by the 1972-73 LEM Clear Light.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from an unnamed album by the 1979 LEM Camp Ambassadors.
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.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album The Living Dimension by the 1979-80 LEM Living Dimension.
Audio tracks and cassette tape j-card from the album The Foundation by the 1979-80 LEM Foundation.
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.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Pressin’ On by the 1980-81 LEM Foundation.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Changes by the 1981-82 LEM Foundation.
Recording of the album This Is Jesus by the 1979 LEM Gospel Crusaders
Recording of a live concert by the 1978 LEM Camp Ambassadors.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Lift Up The Name Of Jesus by the 1978 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Together by the 1977-78 LEM Living Dimension.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Singin’ About Jesus by the 1977 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Foundation by the 1976-77 LEM Foundation.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Scrapbook by the 1976-77 LEM Living Dimension and the 1976-77 LEM Clear Light.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Clear Light by the 1975-76 LEM Clear Light.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album The Living Dimension by the 1975-76 LEM Living Dimension (first-half team).
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album A Touch Of God’s Love by the 1975 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Message by the 1974-75 LEM Living Dimension Singers and the 1974-75 LEM Clear Light.
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.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Meet Jesus My Friend by the 1973 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album Along Came Jesus by the 1972-73 LEM Living Dimension Singers.
Overview of LEM Gospel Ministry Teams from 1967 through 1985.
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.
Audio tracks and record jacket from the album To Be Alive by the 1970 LEM Gospel Crusaders.
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.
Selected Bibliography America’s Hour of Decision. Wheaton, IL: Van Kampen Press, 1951. An Ongoing Revival. Warren, MN: Warren Sheaf Print, 1990, Harvey Dyrud, editor. Appasamy, A.J. Write the Vision! Edwin Orr’s Thirty Years of Adventurous Service.…
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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 witness to many of His wonderful works. Yet the LEM was not, of course, without its…
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 of all time and having lived during that era himself, referred to it in retrospect…
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…
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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, and…
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 years. It’s a site past which hundreds of people walk, jog, and bike on any pleasant day. It’s…
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 part:1 Dear Co-workers for Christ: You are cordially invited to…
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 Lord’s Day, they were discussing Jesus’ suffering and death and its meaning. And…
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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 uses this…
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 Life Movement. It’s true that the original priority of the Lutheran…
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 their own admission, “Various efforts to promote sound Lutheran evangelism [have…
“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 Ruin.’”1 So said Evald J. Conrad on behalf of the whole Lutheran Inter-Synodical Evangelistic Committee…
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 the positive that the reader is liable to mistakenly get the impression either that…
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 mightily forward into a vast expansion of their program. It was a time of urgent…
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 influence. It was a desperate national need. The World War II years were not a time…
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 preceding and accompanying them. Thus, older Christians who have observed revival…
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 God’s Spirit than had occurred for decades in the United States. Their leaders were…
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 remarkable year of heaven-sent revival across the United States. Even more…
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 cities also: for therefore am I sent.” (Luke 4:43 KJV) Similarly, God’s work on earth…
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 that gives them joy and eager anticipation as they face their last days on earth.…
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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 years old, he wrote…
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 believers.…
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…
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 a great…
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…
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 people committing…