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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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Breaking Down the Church Year
Every festival season and each distinctive church celebration has a particular and specific focus on the works of Jesus in the salvation story of our ...
Pastor, Who Are You Voting For?
We Christians should responsibly exercise the freedom to elect our officials. But there is more to this than just voting.
Epiphany
The mission of the Church is like Jesus’ ministry: long and patient.
Christian Children
My own children reminded me that our faith in Jesus begins at the font, flows from there into our homes and spills out further as ...
What is a Lutheran?
A Lutheran is a person who believes, teaches and confesses the truths of God’s Word as they are summarized and confessed in the Book of ...
The Texts of the Lutheran Confessions
The Book of Concord contains documents in which Christians from the fourth to the 16th century A.D. explained what they believed and taught on the ...