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Technology & Vocation

Is technology dehumanizing and destructive, or is it a tool to help you serve your neighbor?
Jesus at the Center

© iStockPhoto.com by Rev. Tim Pauls Is being an all-around nice person good enough for God? As Christians, Jesus is at the center of everything we do. Let’s say that you’re a multibillionaire and all-around nice person, and you’ve dedicated your life and fortune to helping others. You’ve built orphanages and infrastructures. You’ve paid for
The View from Here: The Legend of the Nazarene

by Augusta Mennell

What is the most popular religion in the world? It may be “the legend of the Nazarene.” Wherever I go I find it alive and prospering. Certainly, it is my biggest challenge in campus ministry at All Saints Lutheran Church and Student Center.
To the Reader

by David L. Strand In his preface to the 1983 Convention Proceedings, the late Synod Secretary Herbert Mueller wrote: “The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod is a grand old lady—old but spry! Many of us have learned to love her even more through the years as she seems to grow younger with the passing of time.” Some
Living a life of significance

What perfect timing! Dr. Kurt Senske’s article on “Living a Life of Significance” (Nov.) arrived just prior to an upcoming job interview. I reread the article the night before the interview and slept like a baby! No word on the job yet, but that’s okay. I’m at peace. Earl Biggers Dakota Dunes, S.D.   Read
Readable, reliable Bible translations

Dr. John Sias is to be commended for stressing the importance of a readable, reliable Bible translation in today’s language and also for warning of translator bias (“Handing on the Word of Truth,” Nov.). The ideal translation would be one that tells exactly what God gave prophets and apostles to say as they were directed

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