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The Cover We Didn’t Choose
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them” (SC II 1). We confess, moreover, that mankind was created “in the image of God” (Gen. ...
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The Religiously Remixed
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we do not live in an increasingly secularized, materialist society. Rather, we live in a society in which people are ...
Praying Colors, Morning and Evening
I first encountered morning and evening colors at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island.
Share my Suffering?
My body is diseased, and I am suffering with an illness, but I do not want to burden my children or my church with it. ...
Who is Jesus?
Jesus asked, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” (Matt. 16:13). That is a very important question.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, the sinner. Whence it first arose is a matter of some debate among scholars ...
The Demise of the American Family
Today, two-thirds of all marriages are preceded by cohabitation, by just “living together.”