Lutheran Witness: September 2025
The September issue provides a Lutheran view of the theology of the body.
Our Bodies: Created Good, Redeemed for Eternity
People often ask what heaven will be like. We know what it will be like. We’ll be like Jesus, body and soul. And we’ll enjoy a flesh-and-blood eternity.
Holy Cross Day & St. Michael and All Angels: Home Altars and Blackberry Crumble
In September, the church changes her focus to the End Times and our Lord’s final victory over sin, death and the devil for us on the cross.
Edward Rechlin: First Concert Organist of the Missouri Synod
Rechlin’s professional life was spent in the service of the Gospel through performance rather than through composition, teaching or parish ministry.
Walter Wismar: A Kantor for the Whole Church
Walter Wismar’s writing, conducting and leadership modeled the fullest vocation of a Lutheran Kantor.
On ‘Paradise Lost’: What Temptation Looks Like
Adam and Eve may have been tempted by the fruit of the Tree of the Knowledge of Good and Evil; readers of Paradise Lost are tempted instead by the character of Satan himself.
A Continual Transformation
Connected to Christ in Word and Sacrament, stewards are transformed to joyfully carry out Gospel stewardship.
Martin Lochner: Building a Sacred Music Tradition at River Forest
Martin Lochner continued his family’s legacy of stewarding the rich musical heritage of the Lutheran church as he taught generations of church musicians.
St. Mary Lavender Cookies and Gardens
Mary is a prime example of receptive faith, of hearing the Word of God and submitting to it.
Lutheran Witness: August 2025
The August issue walks through the Christian’s “Life in the Sacrament.”
Lutherans and the Lord’s Supper: Holding to the Words of Christ
According to Luther and our Lutheran confession, the Lord’s Supper is the Gospel: “Given and shed for you.”
‘With All the Company of Heaven’: Angels, Saints and Our Departed Loved Ones at the Lord’s Table
That “company of heaven” includes all the saints who have died in Christ and now live with Him.