Suffering Produces Endurance
We believe that God works profound blessings through suffering, even when those blessings may not be at all evident to us.
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Endurance in Jesus
The Lord undoes our fear and dismay. “Fear not.” Why? The Lord promises, “I am with you.”
Two Saints of Summer: J.S. Bach Kugelhopf
Both John the Baptist and J.S. Bach serve as examples of how Christians reflect the light of Christ.
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.
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.
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 Life in ‘The Negative World’: Holding to the Gospel in a Shifting Culture
Today, basic Christian tenets are seen as threats to society. How shall we live in this “negative world”?