The Council of Nicaea: How the Early Church Sought Unity — With the Help of an Emperor
A history of the Council of Nicaea and the events that led up to it.
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Eastertide: Lamb Cake and Ascension Picnicking
As the Easter celebration continues (this year through the entire month of May), Christians will run into another important marker of the season: Ascension Day.
Lutheran Witness: May 2025
The May issue of The Lutheran Witness observes the 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea.
Very God of Very God: The Nicene Creed’s Faithful Testimony
The creedal statements about Christ in our Nicene Creed express the clear truth about Jesus. He is God in the flesh.
The Day of the Lord Has Come and Is Coming: A Good Friday Reflection
This day is none other than the great and awesome day spoken of by the prophets, a day in history and a day in eternity.
Taste and See That the Lord Is Good: A Maundy Thursday Reflection
What was given on Maundy Thursday to the apostles, and to us in the Lord’s Supper, He also mysteriously gives to the saints who came long before.
Behold, Your King Will Come to You: A Palm Sunday Devotion
Such kingly service is seen in Christ as He rides into Jerusalem as the fulfillment of the promise to David.
Holy Triduum: Hot Cross Buns
One Triduum tradition deserves particular mention: hot cross buns.
Most Righteous God, Most Kind Father: Gerhard on the Gravity of Sin and the Mercy of God
God takes your sin very seriously, that it would be forgiven in Christ. The more seriously we take our sin, the more we cling to Christ, our Savior.
Lutheran Witness: April 2025
The April issue of The Lutheran Witness provides “An Old Testament Walk Through Holy Week.”
Book Review: ‘Are We All Cyborgs Now? Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine’
This new book, co-authored by an LCMS student of theology, offers a solution to our digital technology predicament: life together in the church.
On Witchcraft: A Growing Spiritual Trend
Witchcraft and paganism have become some of the fastest-growing spiritual trends in Western culture today.