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The online musings from pastors, theologians and laity that will help you see the world from a Lutheran perspective.
‘In Him Was Life’: On Communion with Christ, the Only True Life
The following article originally appeared in our April 2026 print edition. It is being published online now as part of LCMS Life Ministry’s Resource Library. If you were to ask a medical doctor what it means for a human to have “life,” he would probably cite several physical characteristics, beginning with a heart that is ...
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Love is hard, hard work
Christian love is defined by Christ and follows His example as confessed in 1 Corinthians 13. Christian love lives entirely for someone else.
Christ’s Care in Coronavirus
Thoughts from the midst of the virus by Derek Lecakes. Life has changed.
Answering objections to the resurrection
Five common objections to Jesus’ resurrection and suggestions for countering them with simple explanations.
When one can’t flee the plague
Christ’s death paid the price for your sins so that even though you “patiently await” physical death, you wait with the hope of the resurrection.
On listening to sermons: More suggestions
Listening to sermons on Sunday morning often requires wrestling with my sinful flesh to focus on what the pastor is preaching. It’s not easy; it ...
Through pinholes of light
As dark days become brighter, Epiphany delivers us the Jesus who Himself is the Light of the World.