The Lutheran Confessions: A Reader’s Guide
This issue contains a tool kit to help you read the Book of Concord, the faithful confessions of the Lutheran church for all time.
The Magazine
An Eternal Confession
Lutherans confess Scripture to be inerrant. We are also pledged — every one of us — to the Book of Concord.
Lutheran Witness: October 2021
The October Lutheran Witness provides a toolkit for reading and understanding the Book of Concord.
Crucified With Christ: The life and service of Paul T. McCain
The Rev. Dr. Matthew Harrison reflects on the life, service and friendship of Paul T. McCain.
For the Dead
The rite of Christian burial is often the last good work the Lord permits us to do for our beloved friends until we meet them again in the resurrection.
The Problem of Death
The “problem of death” is a great opportunity to confess Jesus.
Dust to Dust
A Christian funeral is a great and final confession. This issue of The Lutheran Witness will help you think about planning your own.
Lutheran Witness: September 2021
The September Lutheran Witness explores how Christian funerals can confess our hope in Christ, and provides counsel for planning your own.
Lutheran Witness: August 2021
In the August issue of The Lutheran Witness, LCMS church workers answer the questions they most commonly receive in their service to Christ’s church.
Understanding the Church Worker Recruitment Initiative
The LCMS has embarked on an aggressive, comprehensive Church Worker Recruitment Initiative. The initiative seeks to form pastors and church workers to hand over the saving faith to God’s people, passing on the Christian faith from one generation to the next until our Savior’s return.
Should You Go to the Seminary, Young Man?
You are entering on a journey that will humble you and bring you to realize you are nothing and that Christ is everything.
Pastor, I have a question …
This month’s issue begins with an introduction to the Church Worker Recruitment Initiative. In the rest of the issue, LCMS professional church workers answer the questions they most commonly receive in their service to Christ’s church.