Letter to the Editor: Faith in a Pandemic
As Christians, it’s important to remember that the Lord does not give us a spirit of fear.
Biden’s Executive Orders
President Joe Biden had barely taken the oath of office on Jan. 20 before he began signing executive orders and presidential memorandums.
Isaiah Sees the Lord with St. Jerome
In the year that King Uzziah died I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up;and the train of his robe filled the temple. (Isaiah 6:1) The goal of the Christian life is to see God. We see Him now veiled beneath bread and wine, in the waters of Holy Baptism, in …
Christian Parenting in the Social Media Age
In our day, another extraordinary feat of engineering, the internet, connects people around the world, with an estimated 4.5 billion users worldwide.
Writing for Lutherans, Part 3: Don’t be Boring
Please, please, please, if you love me (and the rest of your readers) … don’t be boring.
Waiting for Him
We all wait. Sometimes we wait for others impatiently. Sometimes we wait for changes discontentedly. Sometimes we wait for ourselves …
Parsing the Proverbs with St. Athanasius
St. Athanasius (a.d. ca. 298–373) was five years old when the last and greatest persecution under the Roman commenced.
Christian Hope in the Face of Suicide
We do not embrace death as encouraged by this culture of death; we find comfort in the death and resurrection of Jesus.
Pure Christ: How To Read the Bible
The words in this book are God’s words, and therefore this Bible (book) is “holy.” It is different from any other book. And we read it differently
Return to the Word
His Word is a lamp to our feet that guides us on the path of His righteousness.
Lutheran Witness: February 2021
The February Lutheran Witness reminds us to “Return to the Word” of God — at church, in prayer, through reading, and in family devotions.
Our ‘Sole Source and Norm of Doctrine’
In this important section of our Lutheran Book of Concord, the Lutheran church confesses this important distinction regarding the Bible as the “sole source and norm of doctrine,” yet faithfully confessed.