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November 6, 2023
‘My Kingdom Is Not of This World’: On success and vocation
God never promises worldly success or wealth or fame. What He promises is far better.
November 1, 2023
God Creates, the Devil Destroys
The umbilical cord offers an image of what fundamentally makes for a good life: not autonomy and self-expression but dependence and interdependence on others.
November 1, 2023
Ground of All Truth
“What is truth?” Jesus is Truth, and so Jesus stands at the heart of this (and every) issue of The Lutheran Witness.
November 1, 2023
Lutheran Witness: November 2023
The November 2023 of The Lutheran Witness takes up Carl Trueman’s ‘Rise and Triumph of the Modern Self,’ asking the age-old question: “What is truth?”
November 1, 2023
Hermann Sasse on Truth
This timeless piece, written during the rise of the Hitler regime in 1936, has much for us to ponder in our day and about ourselves.
October 30, 2023
Lukas Cranach, Proclaimer of the Gospel in Visual Form
While Luther proclaimed the doctrine of justification in words, Lukas Cranach brought out this theology visually through his art.
March 6, 2017
Holding Up the Prophet’s Hand
Hartung will share insights and applications for parish nurses from his book Holding Up the Prophet’s Hand, published by Concordia Publishing House.
October 24, 2023
“Conventionality is not morality”: What ‘Jane Eyre’ Teaches About True Virtue
Charlotte Brontë wants us to think about the difference between things that are good and things that look good.
October 19, 2023
Generosity in God’s Image
You were created by God to reflect His will among creation.
October 18, 2023
Why (and How) to Read Your Kids Disturbing Bible Stories
Our children need to know about ugly realities like sin, death and the devil in order to understand the faith.
October 13, 2023
The Problem With Random Acts of Kindness
Christian love is specific and sacrificial. It is meted out through the concentric circles of our vocation.
October 9, 2023
How to Listen to a Sermon — Even When It’s Hard
Making a few changes in how you listen may yield a surprising increase in your personal takeaways from the Sunday sermon.
October 2, 2023
Difficult or Easy? Law and Gospel in the Christian life
While the Law/Gospel distinction is one of the basics of Lutheran theology, distinguishing them rightly is one of the most difficult Christian arts.
October 2, 2023
Divine Authority
The matter of the inerrancy of Holy Scripture is a matter of faith, not sight.
October 1, 2023
Difficult Teachings of Scripture
We take these topics up because they are difficult teachings of Scripture, teachings that perhaps Christians feel a bit ashamed about or find difficult to understand.