A crèche “crisis” averted
Let us join the Holy Family and shepherds and angels in focusing our gaze on the babe in the crib, on the greatest Gift of God, born to bear all our sins and give us eternal life.
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Chrismons: signs and symbols worth studying
Chrismons turn our attention to Christ, symbolizing His life and ministry.
O give thanks to the Lord
The atoning death of Christ is the fount of Christian thanksgiving.
God’s truth today: CTCR guides important discussions
The CTCR has produced five new documents and approved fellowship with four new Lutheran church bodies in the past year.
Losing control
The loss of control magnifies the gift of prayer.
Breaking the back-sitting Lutheran
Who could think of Lutherans without thinking of a people possessed of an unflagging, unabating, almost obsessive desire to sit in the back of the church during worship?
Generations of saints
Out of His unconditional love, grace and mercy, God makes saints of every generation.
Jesus got it right
Reformation Day reminds us that the blood Jesus shed for us on the cross sets us free. Jesus got it right. And, eventually, so did Luther.
Live generously, live dangerously
Living generously does not always look sensible or wise, but it looks like the love of Jesus, and by this all people will know that we are His disciples.
Serving with varied grace
“Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of service, but the same Lord.”
Mercy and not sacrifice
The death and resurrection of Jesus Christ is lived out in the life of the Christian. We live in the in-between time, the time of sorrows. But this time of sorrow is limited. It will not last forever.
A theological exposition of sacred Scripture
The Concordia Commentary Series confesses Christ to the world.