Beyond the Booth
For Christians who seek to honor God and serve their neighbor by the way they vote, God’s Law is the guide.
Lutheran Witness: August 2020
The August Lutheran Witness discusses “Necessary Conversations: Religion and Politics.”
Necessary Conversations: Religion & Politics
With this issue of The Lutheran Witness, we are wading into the turbulent waters of religion and politics.
‘Sex’ and the Supreme Court
The recent Supreme Court decision Bostock v. Clayton County pits the law and force of the federal government against orthodox Christians.
Staying Whole in Christ
“I feel like I’m being pulled in a million different directions.” That could describe how you feel at work, how your free time feels, what a family gathering is like for you, what all of life feels like for you right now.
‘Co-Parenting’: Strangers Having and Raising Kids Together
Lots of women and men today want to be parents, but they don’t want to get married.
Prospects for a Coronavirus Awakening?
Anecdotally, a number of LCMS congregations are seeing more people visiting their streaming services than typically attend in person on Sunday mornings.
Mulch While the Sun Shines
Weeds rank high on the list of a gardener’s least favorite things, right up there with drought, blight, wilt, groundhogs, rabbits, parsley worms and potato beetles.
The Internet of Things
Before there was a global system of interconnected computers, God made a global network of people connected in Christ Jesus.
Herman Sasse: Courage for Confession
Sasse was a faithful witness to the cross of Christ in his teaching and writing but also in a life that brought him into conflict and suffering on account of the Gospel.
Treasury of Daily Prayer: A COVID Lifeline
After years of trying (and failing) to establish a daily devotional time, the Treasury of Daily Prayer has been a game-changer.
Waking Up in America
We know people were hungry for the bread of life in the past because they pursued Him into the desert to hear His words, and in our own past we have seen and known amazing things: people building their church and their school before they built their sod houses on the Great Plains, pastors traveling enormous distances on horseback and on foot to lonely settlements to bring the Gospel, churches popping up in the most crowded cities and the most uncrowded prairies.