The Lutheran Way: Liturgical Freedom Tempered by Love
In the LCMS, following this tradition, we’ve sought to exercise freedom tempered by love.
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Uniformity and Variety Through the Ages
How have Christians handled the “adiaphora” question over the centuries?
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: The Church Across Cultures
The multicultural church here on earth offers a foretaste of the heavenly feast to come.
The Catholicity of the Church Year
Throughout the world you’ll find that the same feasts and fasts are part of the liturgical cycle.
Overture Overview: LCMS Convention 2026
A summary of the overtures submitted to the 2026 LCMS convention.
A Q&A with the LCMS Presidential Candidates
We asked the five LCMS presidential candidates to answer six questions.
Art & the Christian Life
The church has given us manifold images that place beauty before us and encourage us in our faith.
Christ Is Risen Indeed: Gearing Up for Another Convention
The LCMS and its convention will not be exactly what any of us think they should be. But they will be what God gives us to be, together.
‘If Christ Has Not Been Raised’: Exploring the 2026 LCMS Convention Theme
The resurrection undergirds all of the Christian faith.
Five Lies About Life: ‘Did God Actually Say?’
This article addresses five lies our culture tells us about life and responds to them with Scripture.
The Tree of Life: God Is Leading Us Back to the Garden
Scripture is rich with imagery of gardens and planting, illustrating how God is restoring His people to the Garden from which they were exiled by sin.
‘Lazarus, Come Out!’: Resurrection from the Tomb of Self
Christ empowers and invites us to live outside ourselves in praise to God and out of love for our neighbor.