“After this I looked, and there before me was a great multitude that no one could count, from every nation, tribe, people and language, standing before the throne and before the Lamb” (Rev. 7:9).
Diversity in unity at Pentecost Read More »
Motivated by the conviction that human life begins at conception and their concern for embryos stuck in frozen limbo, LCMS “snowflake” families have become pioneers in embryo adoption.
Love for the least of these Read More »
From the beginning of the world, God has been creating and gathering for Himself a beloved people. In His wisdom, He designed parents to participate with Him in His creative powers and purposes, bringing forth generation after generation of children — and teaching them to know their God.
Children’s children and the plans of God Read More »
This is for you, Mom, because motherhood isn’t easy. Motherhood is a holy office. It has God’s blessing, plus a lot of sacrificial labor.
It is the bedrock teaching of the New Testament that Christ is the first one raised, and we too shall be raised from the dead at the Last Day.
The glorious blessing of Christ’s resurrection Read More »
Celebrate God’s gift of children this month in the May issue of The Lutheran Witness, as we reflect on the blessing that children are in the lives of their parents, communities and churches.
Lutheran Witness: May 2018 Read More »
The Church is not a throwaway society — quite the opposite. In God’s economy there is no person pointless enough to throw away.
Caring, not killing, in a throwaway society Read More »
It is a fine thing — a very fine thing — to consider those around you as essential contributors to your identity. Not everyone is a spouse. Not everyone is a parent. But everyone is someone’s someone.
Being someone’s someone Read More »
For Christians in the Early Church, cross and resurrection were not in opposition to each other. Their Easter worship services and sermons were a celebration of both at once.
The Paschal Lamb and the Angel of Death Read More »
The answers to life’s biggest questions and challenges aren’t to be found in yet one more new book, but in one very, very old one.
The most influential book Read More »
There is no problem of faith, life, family or Church for which the Bible does not have answers. As we move toward the Synod’s 175th anniversary in 2022, let’s be people of the Bible.
I challenge you to read the Bible Read More »
The April issue of The Lutheran Witness looks at Christian missions through the lens of Easter and sees Easter anew through the eyes of LCMS missionaries around the world.
Lutheran Witness: April 2018 Read More »