The articles in the September Lutheran Witness regarding planting new churches raise deep concerns. Nowhere in any of those articles is there any mention of closed Communion or faithfulness either to Scripture or the Lutheran Confessions. Instead of honoring our fathers and mothers in the faith by holding to true historic Lutheran worship, “blended” and

Sandy Wood’s “In the Public Eye” articles in the September issue of The Lutheran Witness have given me new hope. Too much news today tells us of problems in our government. I have stopped reading much of it, as it leaves me feeling “down.” The LCMS people you profiled are in places of employment as

I just received and read the September issue of The Lutheran Witness. While there are many excellent articles, I as a Democrat and a Lutheran pastor am offended that The Lutheran Witness chose to only feature Republicans in the “[Lutherans] in the Public Eye” story. My question: Since when did our LCMS church body decide

Sometimes in the pursuit of the things of this world, we risk sacrificing the good gifts our heavenly Father has already given.

After reading the lead articles in the September issue (“Planting New Churches” and “In the Public Eye”), I reflected once again on how easy it is to have too narrow a focus even as “we” are highlighting our broadness. Here’s a case in point from each article: First, while demonstrating the diversity of new mission

Giving young Kenyans “what we want every child to have.”

An LCMS program to help chaplains expands its ministry to reach more National Guard, Reserve, and veterans’ families.

Remembering our veterans

Advent is a time to prepare for the coming of God’s Son by listening to Him.

At death I believe that Christians, while absent from the body, are present with the Lord (2 Cor. 5:8). At death unbelievers are forever lost. So judgment came at death. So how can there be any judgment at Christ’s second coming (Matt. 25:31–46; 2 Cor. 5:10)?    For all human beings, physical death—which is the