Write for The Lutheran Witness in 2021
Are you a writer? Are you interested in writing for The Lutheran Witness?
The Driver’s Seat
God is near. God is “very present” (Psalm 46:1). God is sitting in the driver’s seat of creation. This is what Lutherans believe.
Are You Doin’ Okay, Pastor?
Christ has given you a pastor, perhaps a lifetime of pastors, to love you in Christ and care for you. Please care for your pastor.
Faith Working Through Love
Faith in Jesus Christ justifies. Yet that is not all it does. Faith also works through love.
No Other Gospel: Galatians and the Reformation
Do not desert Him who called you in Christ Jesus. There is no other Gospel than that which we preached to you: “A person is not justified by works of the law but through faith in Jesus Christ” (Gal. 2:16).
Lutheran Witness: October 2020
The October Lutheran Witness reflects on the book of Galatians: its historical context, its impact on the Reformation, and its message of Good News for Christians.
The Certain Gospel
St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians is a tour de force of certainty for every Christian.
The Religiously Remixed
Contrary to the conventional wisdom, we do not live in an increasingly secularized, materialist society. Rather, we live in a society in which people are increasingly “spiritual, but not religious.”
Praying Colors, Morning and Evening
I first encountered morning and evening colors at Naval Station Newport in Rhode Island.
Share my Suffering?
My body is diseased, and I am suffering with an illness, but I do not want to burden my children or my church with it. I have not told them because I do not want them to suffer with me.
Who is Jesus?
Jesus asked, “Who do people say that the Son of Man is?” (Matt. 16:13). That is a very important question.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, the sinner. Whence it first arose is a matter of some debate among scholars …