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The Church in the Digital World

How should churches use, or avoid, technology?

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What to give up for Lent?

Lent is not so much a time of “giving things up” as it is a time for adding things that increase our awareness of God’s mercy in Christ Jesus.

“Our help is in the name of the Lord …”

“… who made heaven and earth” (Ps. 124:8). Have you ever stopped to think about what these familiar words mean for you?

The internet: Good, bad or neutral?

Depending on whom you ask, the internet can be either a mission field ripe for harvest or a minefield of perilous temptation. Which view is correct?

The ultimate safety net

We can’t safeguard our loved ones from every danger. We’re only human. But there is One who provides ultimate protection — Jesus Christ.

When you are criticized …

When facing criticism, do you respond with denial? despair? defensiveness? Or do you instead see (and seize) the opportunity to learn and grow?

Student volunteers Brandon Price (left) and Kristi Nowak make sandwiches for the homeless ministry at First Trinity Evangelical–Lutheran Church on Sunday, Nov. 20, 2016, in Pittsburgh. LCMS Communications/Erik M. Lunsford
Food, clothes and an apartment — for Jesus

Jesus reminds us in Matthew 25 that when we serve our neighbor, we are serving Him. Even more, Jesus directs Christians to see God in those we serve.

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