by Prof. John T. Pless One should avoid going to a restaurant where the chef cannot tell the difference between cyanide and salt. A pinch of salt flavors the food, but a dash of cyanide would be lethal. Distinctions matter. Where they are improperly made, the results can be deadly. Pastor C. F. W. Walther […]
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Read about two new missionaries who help share Christ’s Gospel around the world.
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Read about his struggles and the way in which they pointed Walther to his Savior, Jesus Christ.
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The Lord used young Walther’s passion for music to provide an enduring heritage.
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See how you can help maintain the mausoleum that houses Walther’s remains.
A Great and Faithful Teacher Read More »
C.F.W. Walther was the Synod’s first president. How does this pastor still matter to the church today?
A Man for the Ages Read More »
In this special edition of The Lutheran Witness, we give thanks to God for Carl Ferdinand Wilhelm Walther, the first president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod.
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by Kim Plummer Krull One year after a magnitude 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, more than 1 million people remain homeless, and the Western Hemisphere’s poorest country has struggled with a cholera epidemic. But amid huge challenges, LCMS World Relief and Human Care’s (WR-HC) Rev. Glenn F. Merritt says that the Synod’s mercy ministry, with the
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by Rev. Dr. Greg Wismar The vocabulary of the church is filled with big words, large and meaningful words that sum up a great quantity of theological content. There are words like redemption and sanctification, words like liturgy and sacramental and words like propitiation and atonement. These great words may well need some reflection and
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by Rev. Dr. Dennis J. Goff Each year on September 29, the church remembers the minor festival known as St. Michael and All Angels day. The 29th day of September is closest to the first Sunday following the autumnal equinox. From now until the following March when the spring equinox occurs, the hours of darkness
Words Save Lives This morning, the kids and I were talking about upcoming events, and we came to the topic of our pastor’s retirement. I said, “In a few weeks, it will be Pastor’s last day at church because he is retiring. Then we will get a new pastor.” My son Matthew asked, “Then what
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by Dr. Jerald C. Joersz Q: Tattoos are all around us. As a 60-something lifelong Lutheran, I’ve never liked them or wanted one. Recently someone in my church strongly disagreed with me about this. On the basis of the Bible, what should we say about this practice? A: As far as I am aware, only