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Lutheran Witness: August 2026
The August issue deals with life in the digital age and the rise of artificial intelligence.
Rachel Bomberger August 1, 2026

In this issue:

The Pope Underestimates AI
Fasting as an Embodied Practice
Lutheran Witness: August 2026
Seminarians make their way to the April 29 Call Day service at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
‘Non Multa sed Multum’: As Knowledge Abounds, So Too Does the Need for Discernment
Artificial Intelligence in the Church: A Call for Real Wisdom
Unsplash/Zulfulgar Karimov
Relating and Connecting in the Age of Chatbots
Jesus and Nicodemus
‘In Him Was Life’: On Communion with Christ, the Only True Life
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Seminarians make their way to the April 29 Call Day service at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
‘Non Multa sed Multum’: As Knowledge Abounds, So Too Does the Need for Discernment
August 1, 2026
The Lutheran Way: Liturgical Freedom Tempered by Love — In the LCMS, following this tradition, we’ve sought to exercise freedom tempered by love.
The Lutheran Way: Liturgical Freedom Tempered by Love
June 1, 2026
The LCMS and its convention will not be exactly what any of us think they should be. But they will be what God gives us to be, together.
Christ Is Risen Indeed: Gearing Up for Another Convention
May 1, 2026
Christ empowers and invites us to live outside ourselves in praise to God and out of love for our neighbor.
‘Lazarus, Come Out!’: Resurrection from the Tomb of Self
April 1, 2026
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