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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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Muslims Becoming Christians
Missionaries have historically found Muslims to be among the most difficult group to evangelize. Not only is their commitment to Islam ...
The Confessional Mirror
Where do the Ten Commandments live in the church’s liturgical life? Where do the people of God regularly encounter and use them?
The Sewage Next Door
On paper, the home we had rented sight-unseen was perfect. It had the appropriate number of bedrooms and bathrooms for a family our size.
Blessed Are You When Others Revile You
Protesters began their vandalization of statues by concentrating on Confederate heroes, then they targeted slave-owning Founding Fathers.
Two More Religious Liberty Rulings
The U.S. Supreme Court has issued two more rulings protecting religious liberty.
Prospects for a Coronavirus Awakening?
Anecdotally, a number of LCMS congregations are seeing more people visiting their streaming services than typically attend in person on Sunday mornings.
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