The Church Year in Community
Our prayers, services, festivals and commemorations join us to Christians across time and place.
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We Plant — God Gives the Growth: Theology of LCMS Church Planting
Jesus’ continued work in this world is the guiding theological principle behind LCMS Church Planting.
Set Apart for Church Planting
What was behind Friedrich Pfotenhauer’s missionary zeal and church planting? Faith in Christ and love for his neighbor.
On Faith
When I confess I have faith, I am confessing I have Jesus. The content of faith is not me and my work, but Jesus.
Who Is This ‘Me’ in ‘Christ for Me’?
Who is this “me”? It is I, an accursed and damned sinner, who was so beloved by the Son of God that He gave Himself for me.
Not Guilty—Because of Jesus: The Meaning of Justification
This is what we mean by “justification.” God declares the sinner — a real, honest-to-goodness sinner — innocent.
Lutheranism Has It All: What Weary Evangelicals Need to Hear
When weary evangelicals show up at your Lutheran congregation, show them that we have a clear confession, the pure Gospel, true assurance and the purpose-given life.
Undoing the Damage to ‘Transitioned’ Children
The medical profession needs, if possible, to reverse the damage it has caused to “transitioned” children. A settlement in a Texas court case is forcing the issue.
Music and the Christian Life
Music does so much more than merely entertain and give us pleasure. It also helps us learn and remember.
The Word of God Never Stops Giving
Thanks to my early biblical education and years of Bible study since, my head is swimming with texts, and the beautiful thing is there are always more!
‘Write Them on Your Heart’: Why We Memorize Scripture
We memorize biblical passages so we may be empowered to say “yes” to Jesus and “no” to Satan and his soul-destroying lies.
‘Let the Word of Christ Dwell in You Richly’: Reflections on Hymn Singing and 20 Years of ‘Lutheran Service Book’
We in the LCMS are heirs of an astonishingly rich tradition: more than five centuries of Lutheran hymns and hymnals.