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May 31, 2024
‘In All the Scriptures’: Interpreting the Old Testament with Luke
The whole of the Old Testament proclaims Christ and cannot be fully understood apart from its fulfillment in Christ.
May 31, 2024
Lutheran Witness: June/July 2024
The June/July Lutheran Witness explores the book of Acts.
May 31, 2024
The First Christian Community
The Book of Acts records how our Lord worked through the first Christian community to send forth the Gospel into all the world.
May 31, 2024
The Collection: Christ’s Mercy in Action
From the time of Paul in Acts, we see the church caring for the needs of its people.
May 29, 2024
Our Great Heritage: Thomas Aquinas
A diligent scholar, Aquinas sought to know God’s truth and communicate it in a clear way to a confused world.
January 18, 2017
Life Together with President Harrison – January 2017
This month President Harrison shares news about our universities, the demographic decline of our Synod, the March for Life, Ministry to the Armed Forces and much more.
May 24, 2024
On “The Kiss” by Gustave Klimt
Marriage is an image, a shadow of the ultimate marriage of Christ and the church.
May 17, 2024
Why Worker Wellness? A word to pastors
By taking our health seriously, we will have more resilience to handle trials when they come, and to continue to serve one another well through them.
May 17, 2024
Why Worker Wellness? A word to lay leaders
When you support your church workers, you bless the whole Body of Christ.
May 17, 2024
A Global Hope
Being a confessional Lutheran church body can seem lonely — but the LCMS has 43 sister churches around the world that face similar pressures and challenges.
May 15, 2024
Our Great Heritage: Elizabeth of Hungary
Born a princess, she shunned her wealth to serve God by caring for the poor and needy.
May 13, 2024
The Church Prays for Church Workers
The community of Christ prays that God would supply church workers.
May 13, 2024
On ‘Till We Have Faces’: C.S. Lewis’s Comfort for the Post-Modern Evangelist
In this retelling of the myth of Cupid and Psyche, Lewis portrays God’s never-ceasing work to bring us to Himself.
May 9, 2024
Do Our Prayers Change Anything?
What can little Christians like us do before the Almighty? What can we ask of Him that He was not already planning to give?
May 7, 2024
The Stewardship Wellness Wheel
Stewardship wellness includes several dimensions, each bounded by our baptismal identity and spiritual health.