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July 15, 2017
Lutherans in Lithuania
In Lithuania, when it comes to tracing political history, border lines, or even the establishment of a church founded by Lutheran “heretics”, nothing is ever simple to keep in order. The details are complex...
July 12, 2017
Saints' Days in the Lutheran Tradition
Most people know that St. Valentine’s Day is on February 14 and St. Patrick’s Day is on March 17. But do you know what the date is for St. Matthew’s Day? Or St. Joseph’s Day?
July 8, 2017
The Marriage Booklet in the Catechism
The culture increasingly maintains that marriage is man’s institution. Thus marriage can be defined according to the shifting winds of popular opinion, and ultimately government mandate. This is to rob marriage of any real objective meaning.
July 3, 2017
Bible Study with Luther: Genesis 6-8
Because we believe that this world will end and our Lord Jesus Christ “will come again to judge the living and the dead,” the world scoffs at and is hostile to what we preach. As we hold fast to the Word of God, let us consider how...
June 29, 2017
LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces - Third Quarter 2017 newsletter
This issue of So Help Me God from the LCMS Ministry to the Armed Forces discusses the very real tension between being in the military and being believers in Jesus Christ.
June 29, 2017
'Free to be Faithful' - Summer 2017 newsletter
Read about the U.S. Supreme Court’s landmark ruling in Trinity Lutheran Church (LCMS) of Columbia, Mo. v. Comer and its implications for religious liberty.
June 29, 2017
A Holistic Care Approach to Hoarding
The guest lecturer is Darlene Sorrell, RN, Parish Nurse at Hales Corner Lutheran Church, Hales Corner, Wis.
June 29, 2017
Albrecht Dürer: The Man Behind the Self-Portrait
Dürer was the one of the first artists to paint self-portraits. But why would he paint in the typical medieval tradition of picturing Jesus in full frontal view and use himself as the visage of Christ?
June 26, 2017
Preparation for the Sacrament: Christian Questions with Their Answers
St. Paul writes, “Let a person examine himself, then, and so eat of the bread and drink of the cup” (1 Cor. 11:28; ESV). Why?
June 23, 2017
Sources of the Augsburg Confession
Philipp Melanchthon composed the Augsburg Confession in preparation for the Diet of Augsburg in 1530. The emperor Charles V called the diet in order to resolve the religious issues that were divided the empire.
June 21, 2017
LCMS Worship - Lectionary summary for Presentation of the Augsburg Confession commemoration
The lectionary summary for the Presentation of the Augsburg Confession was prepared by the Rev. Sean Daenzer.
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 17, 2017
Smalcald Articles Study: Chapters and Cloisters
In article III, Luther confesses how dangerous the monastic life was to him and to all ensnared by its promises of “grace through holy living;” Such reasoning robs Christ of His glory as the Savior.
June 16, 2017
Life Together with President Harrison – June 2017
Can't make it to Germany this year? We've got an exclusive video tour with President Harrison! Watch part one with this month's digest. And then stick around for stories about being a chaplain at a Tyson plant, starting a pro-life ministry in a church, responding to 13 Reasons Why with love and much more.
June 16, 2017
The Luther Mile – Historic Reformation Video Tour Part 2
Tour the cradle of the Lutheran Reformation with LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison.
June 16, 2017
The Luther Mile – Historic Reformation Video Tour Part 1
Tour the cradle of the Lutheran Reformation with LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison.