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Lutheran Witness: October 2026
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The October issue of 'The Lutheran Witness' focuses on a core theme of the Lutheran Reformation: justification by faith.
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On ‘The Pilgrim’s Progress’: My Walk is Heav’nward All the Way
Kate Deddens
Bunyan’s tale describes the walk of the Christian through this earthly life, afflicted by both external and internal destructive forces.
On ‘The Machine Stops’: ‘You Are Beginning to Worship the Machine’
Joshua Pauling
The machine age is already changing us — our relationships, our religion, our reality, and even our bodies.
We Do So Need Our Mothers: On ‘Peter Pan’
Rachel Bomberger
The true beauty of "Peter Pan" is a mother's love.
On ‘Hamlet’: What It Means ‘To Be’
Mary Henrichs
Shakespeare's "Hamlet" invites audiences to contemplate what it means to truly "be."
On ‘Moby Dick’: Grappling with the Book of Nature
Davis Smith
A literary reflection on Herman Melville's "Moby Dick."
On the ‘Little House’ Series: Longing for the Promised Land
Rachel Bomberger
Homesteading is not the secret to happiness. It’s merely the backdrop against which Ma and Pa joyfully live out their vocations.
On the ‘Odyssey’: The Joy of Redemption
Davis Smith
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 ...
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