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March 17, 2025
Illinois ‘Homeschool Act’ has parents, schools concerned
The presidents of the three LCMS districts in Illinois have issued a joint letter sharing the concerns with members of LCMS churches and schools.
March 14, 2025
Book Review: ‘Are We All Cyborgs Now? Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine’
This new book, co-authored by an LCMS student of theology, offers a solution to our digital technology predicament: life together in the church.
February 28, 2025
Lutheran Life in ‘The Negative World’: Holding to the Gospel in a Shifting Culture
Today, basic Christian tenets are seen as threats to society. How shall we live in this “negative world”?
February 24, 2025
‘His is the victory’: Lutherans confess Christ at March for Life
The 2025 National March for Life in Washington, D.C., was the third since Roe v. Wade was overturned in 2022.
January 17, 2025
January ‘Witness’: The two kingdoms
Pick up this issue to read about topics related to church and state.
January 1, 2025
‘When the Lord Has Not Spoken’: What the German Peasants’ War Teaches About Political Life Today
Christians must be careful not to “baptize” their politics, i.e., to describe their candidate, party or policies as “Christian” when they are not clearly mandated by God’s Word.
January 1, 2025
Lutheran Witness: January 2025
The January issue of The Lutheran Witness is all about the two kingdoms — the church and the state — and how God rules in and through both.
November 19, 2024
Communities That Confess: How the Church Confesses Christ in a Culture of Isolation
The church plays a significant role in this present world as a robust community.
August 7, 2024
Celebrating life: Pro-life advocates meet to discuss post-Dobbs strategies
LCMS Life Ministry was invited to participate in the first Celebrate Life Weekend, held in June to mark the Supreme Court’s overturning of Roe v. Wade on June 24, 2022.
June 12, 2024
Lutherans meet in D.C. to discuss church and state
The event was sponsored by the LCMS Office of the President and Lutheran Church Extension Fund.
March 25, 2024
The Sojourner’s Hope
As immigrants poured into New York in the 1800s, LCMS immigrant missions proclaimed God’s Word, provided aid and connected them with LCMS churches.
January 5, 2024
CTCR releases end-of-life update, begins work of new triennium
The new report follows and expands on the CTCR’s previous work on end-of-life issues.
January 2, 2024
Black Clergy Caucus celebrates past, looks to future
The theme of the Black Clergy Caucus Fall Conference was “Empowering and Advancing the Next Generation.”
November 21, 2023
Should Lutherans Take ‘The Benedict Option’?
Dreher’s despair suggests that he was hoping for much more out of this world than it will give.
September 1, 2023
A Compelling Truth
We are not just trying to win a debate or turn the tide of the culture in our favor. We are saying to the world, “We have something good and true and beautiful.”