Every Picture Tells a (Lutheran) Story
When you picture “a Lutheran,” whom do you see?
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What Are Those Lutheran Confessions Anyway?
More than historic relics, our Lutheran confessions identify who we are, connect us to the Church of all ages, and keep the Gospel at the heart of our life and proclamation.
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A Historic Heritage, A Distinctive Voice
Lutherans rejoice in being a ‘peculiar’ people, with a distinctive interpretation of Scripture that we use in bold mission to serve Christ.
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Living as a Lutheran Today
Receive God’s gifts! Study the Word! Know your doctrine! Tell your story! Share your faith!
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On Being Lutheran in 2009
Within the Christian community, Lutherans are unique–peculiar–in the best sense of the word.
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Christmas from the Angle of Angels
by Rev. Terence Groth Angels play such a prominent role in the story of our Lord’s birth that we might even tell the Christmas story from their perspective. The evangelist Luke sets the stage with the story of John the Baptist’s birth in Luke 1:5–25. John’s parents, the childless Zechariah and Elizabeth, “were both well
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Shedding Some Light
Christmas bloopers your spellchecker won’t catch The Festival Choir will present experts from Handel’s Messiah today at 2 p.m. We ask your help if you play an instrument, sin, or do liturgical dance. The Christmas decorating party begins Sunday at 2 p.m. Bring your saws to cut trees and willing hands. The purpose of this
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Reaching Out for Help
by Dr. Leslie (Jack) Fyans My husband and I have been married 20 years. Ten years ago I was unfaithful to him, but he is unaware of it. I have repented of this sin and have never repeated it, nor would I. I haven’t told my pastor, either. Do you feel it’s important for me
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Celebrating partnerships
Regarding your October mission story, “A New Era”: This past spring, my wife and I were privileged to travel to Russia and the Baltics with an LCMS tour hosted by Rev. Robert Roegner. It was a great experience to see our missionaries in action, but better yet, to see how our partner churches and pastors
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Engaging the culture
I am responding to the October letter in which the writer discussed the reasons for the moral decline in our country. (See the section “God’s Design for Marriage” in the Letters department of the October Lutheran Witness.) I agree that the Church can do more to impact the culture around us. As the writer correctly
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On target, and not!
I want to compliment you for the creative use of two different images to make one image on the cover of the October Lutheran Witness. It was done well! Rev. Glenn Zander St. John Lutheran Church McMinnville, Ore. Please look at page 13 of the October Lutheran Witness. Perhaps this page looks nice to the
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Different priorities
The prevailing assumption running through “Priests in Voting Booths” (October 2008) is that the world oil supply will soon run out. I’ve heard estimates that the United States alone has enough oil in its own territory to meet its needs for 150 years, if we would just get serious about drilling it. Uwe Siemon Netto
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