Lutheran Witness: August 2026
The August issue deals with life in the digital age and the rise of artificial intelligence.
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The Cover We Didn’t Choose
As Lutherans, we believe “that God has made me and all creatures; that He has given me my body and soul, eyes, ears, and all my members, my reason and all my senses, and still takes care of them” (SC II 1). We confess, moreover, that mankind was created “in the image of God” (Gen. 1:27). Gazing at the empty eyes of the AI “creation,” it was hard to see how this “art” (if such it was) could possibly communicate these glorious and eternal truths.
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The River and the Vessel: Transmitting Faith from Generation to Generation
The Gospel of Jesus Christ is not a Western export, nor an African possession, nor an American commodity. It is a divine proclamation that transcends cultural barriers because it addresses the universal human condition and its cure — sin and grace, death and resurrection.
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‘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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The Church Cannot Remain Silent on Cohabitation
As Lutherans, we need to resist making moral compromises ourselves and actively encourage our young people not to make them, either. When the church gets laryngitis on moral issues such as cohabitation, it loses its voice on all other issues as well.
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‘The Lutheran Witness’ Podcast — Resolution 9-11: How can the Synod support its entities and agencies?
Tune in to this special episode of ‘The Lutheran Witness’ podcast to learn about Resolution 9-11, which proposes bylaw changes to improve the ability of Synod entities and agencies to carry out ministry.
2026 LW Summer Reading Roundup
Writers and editors of The Lutheran Witness share the books they’re excited about this summer.
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Lutheran Witness: June/July 2026
The June/July issue takes up the topics of unity and variety in the church.
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The Lutheran Way: Liturgical Freedom Tempered by Love
In the LCMS, following this tradition, we’ve sought to exercise freedom tempered by love.
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The Catholicity of the Church Year
Throughout the world you’ll find that the same feasts and fasts are part of the liturgical cycle.
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One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: The Church Across Cultures
The multicultural church here on earth offers a foretaste of the heavenly feast to come.
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Uniformity and Variety Through the Ages
How have Christians handled the “adiaphora” question over the centuries?
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