Tradition is a good thing, provided it does not contradict the Gospel and the Word of God, which is, after all, itself divine tradition.
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November 21, 2025
Tradition: Blessing, Burden or Both?
We should examine all traditions in light of Scripture.
September 30, 2016
Free devotional from LCMS Disaster Response
This devotional booklet is intended for anyone who is suffering from the brokenness of this world. Whether you have been affected by a natural disaster or other trauma, whether your life is extraordinary or you are struggling with normal stress, this is a devotional booklet for you.
November 14, 2025
On the ‘Odyssey’: The Joy of Redemption
A literary reflection by Davis Smith on Homer’s Odyssey. This is one installment of a monthly series providing reflections on works of literature from a Lutheran perspective. No finer, greater gift in the world than that … when man and woman possess their home, two minds, two hearts that work as one. –Odyssey, 6.200–202 The […]
November 12, 2025
Staying Out of the Ditches
Falling into the ditches of anxiety and apathy are dangerous, but Jesus is the factor that keeps stewards on the narrow way.
October 31, 2025
God’s Work, Our Witness
There’s no better way of expressing God’s mission and the church’s part in that mission than through demonstrating “what God does for us and gives to us.”
October 31, 2025
Lutheran Witness: November 2025
The November issue discusses the church’s mission in our own land and around the world.
October 31, 2025
All Saints Day & The Last Sunday of the Church Year: Stir-Up Sunday Pudding
This theme of Christ’s coming ties All Saints’ Day to the Last Sunday of the Church Year.
October 31, 2025
The Gospel Leads to Churches
The mission of the church is this: to proclaim the Gospel of free forgiveness of sin by the life, death and resurrection of Jesus.
October 24, 2025
As He Leads Us
When Major Van Rooy stepped off a plane in Japan in early March 2020, he did not yet know the spiritual exile that lay ahead.
October 17, 2025
An Urgent Call for Missionaries to Africa
The harvest is ripe in Africa. We are praying for laborers.
October 13, 2025
On ‘Wuthering Heights’: The destruction of love turned inward
Catherine and Heathcliff’s pseudo-love is an obsession absolutely turned inward, a snake eating itself which, in its appetite, finds destruction.
October 9, 2025
On IVF: A Lutheran Theological Perspective
Creating human embryos knowing that many will be discarded and killed is a violation of the inherent sanctity of human life.
September 30, 2016
Free booklet from LCMS Disaster Response
Trusting in His Love - Even when we don't understand what's going on around us.
October 8, 2025
The Godly Activity of Work
Created as joyful, then tainted by our sin, the mercies of God have restored work to its original purpose of worship.
October 7, 2025
On IVF: A Lutheran Medical Perspective
Is the human embryo a human being? If so, how should we treat our youngest and most vulnerable neighbor?