Keeping Christmas
“Keep Christ in Christmas!” the billboards and yard signs tell us. But what does it mean for us to keep both “Christ” and “Mass” in Christmas?
The Magazine
Flying with Luther on the 500th
When Victor Nelson flew from Albany to Louisville on Reformation Day, he brought along a costume, a bag of KitKats — and a heart for sharing the Gospel.
Mary, Mary, quite contrary
Looking around at the contrary approaches that other church traditions take to Mary, it’s easy to be confused. How, then, should Lutherans view Mary?
Christmas is too good to miss
Even if only five people show up on a sleety Christmas Eve, open the doors. Light candles. Sing. Read Scripture. Preach the Word.
Jesus isn’t the rebel you think He is
To see Jesus only as either a zealous renegade or an ardent traditionalist is to ignore His true and fundamental identity.
Luther’s Small Catechism: A Christmas gift for the whole Church
Here is a book for whole-life discipleship, giving guidance to Christians on how they are to believe and live mercifully for others, telling them about Christ, and offering wisdom for their various vocations.
Lutheran Witness: December 2017
This month’s issue addresses a variety of topics relating to Advent and Christmas, with a special focus on Mary’s place in history and Lutheran theology.
Embrace — don’t skip — Advent
Most of us choose to skip Advent for the soft glow of a secularized holiday. But what if we gave this wonderful, preparatory season our full attention?
Thanksgiving by presidential proclamation?
Thanksgiving worship services, held at the request of the government, seem strange in modern America. Some may wonder if the request is even appropriate.
Where have all the Christians gone?
The data are clear: American Christianity is in decline, and every major church body — including the LCMS — is feeling the pinch.
Snapshot: Ferguson
Micah Glenn “could not have foreseen” returning to Ferguson, Mo., after seminary, but as soon as he received the call, he knew it was where he needed to be.
Scientists conclude that we shouldn’t be here (yet here we are)
Physicists have determined that the universe should have destroyed itself at the moment it came into existence. And yet …?