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October 11, 2017
Luther and Pastoral Care
Through the Gospel our Lord Jesus Christ works faith in the hearts of men and causes them to be saved. This Luther realized and thus advocated for the tireless and ceaseless bringing of the Gospel to the people.
September 25, 2017
Luther and Care for the Dying
Learning from the wisdom of Luther, what can we draw in our own care for the dying? That we should be present as we are able and we should encourage them with the assurance that we are praying for them. All the more, we should point them to the promises of Jesus.
September 21, 2017
Luther’s Catechism Hymns
Over the course of his life, Luther wrote hymns on all six chief parts of the catechism. He did not specifically compose them at one time as a set, and in fact most of these predate the publication of the Small Catechism in 1529, but it is natural that similar themes would be found in both his hymnody and his writings. In some cases Luther modified existing hymns, while others were completely new compositions.
September 10, 2017
Luther and Islam, Part 1: The Civil Realm
In 1453, Constantinople, the capital city of the Byzantine Empire, fell to the Muslim Ottoman Turks. This marked a decisive end for the eastern Christian empire. But the Turks also pressed westward into Europe, conquering Greece and the Baltics.
June 30, 2022
LCMS World Relief and Human Care - July 2022 ‘Sharing’ newsletter
The July 2022 issue includes articles on how Lutherans in Kenya and Illinois are sharing Christ’s mercy with their neighbors.
June 30, 2022
Missions Unpacked Teen Edition
This new curriculum lets teenage youth experience how the LCMS is spreading the Gospel, planting churches and showing mercy in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, and Latin America and the Caribbean.
September 13, 2017
Luther and Islam, Part 2: How the Christian Fights
Luther says, “there ought to be only two [who fight]: the one is named Christian, the other, Emperor Charles” Christians may indeed serve in the offices of soldier or ruler, but then they would find their duties in the civil realm.
August 11, 2017
Table Talk: Signs
Have you ever asked God for a sign? You’re not alone. Not only have illustrious figures from the Bible asked for a sign, but I’m sure that millions of Americans have asked for a peculiar manifestation of the Divine Will, whether they are dreams, occurrences, or feelings.
June 20, 2017
Table Talk: Melancholy
One issue that Luther returns to again and again, both on his own volition and from the questions of others, is spiritual assault and ‘melancholy.’
June 14, 2017
Luther and Calvin
Calvin is considered by some the one who codified the Reformation in the form that it finally took and is considered by the same to be the truly premier theologian of the era. So, who is Calvin, and what should we think of him as Lutherans? What did Luther think of him?
June 11, 2017
Luther and Zwingli
In the year 1529, Martin Luther and Ulrich Zwingli came face to face in the city of Marburg, Germany for a discussion on political unity among protestants.
June 8, 2017
Luther and Erasmus
There are few men of the 15th and 16th centuries that deserve our attention more than Erasmus Desiderius of Rotterdam. He represents the pinnacle of Christian humanism, an intellectual movement that revitalized classical and biblical scholarship north of the Alps.
May 31, 2017
Luther’s Love for St. Mary, Queen of Heaven
It’s probably not what you think. In his devotional writings on the Magnificat, Luther carefully outlines how we should and should not honor this “Most Blessed Virgin Mother.”
April 14, 2017
A Good Friday Sermon from Luther
In the midst of a world whose consideration of Christ’s death is perhaps not so different than our own, Luther published a Good Friday sermon: “A Sermon on how to Contemplate Christ’s Holy Sufferings.” This sermon appeared in pamphlet form in 1519...
March 27, 2017
Luther's Reform of the Mass
If you want to start an argument among Lutherans, just bring up the topic of worship and the liturgy. What was Luther’s preference? Whose side was he on?
March 5, 2017
Luther's Invocavit Sermons, Part I - From the Wartburg to St. Mary's Pulpit
On Invocavit Sunday (the First Sunday in Lent), 1522, Martin Luther began a series of eight short sermons in which he taught the people of Wittenberg how the reformation of the Church should be carried out.