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You Are Not Pond Scum: The Importance of the Genesis Account
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Lutheran Witness: June/July 2026
Stacey Eising
The June/July issue takes up the topics of unity and variety in the church.
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The Lutheran Way: Liturgical Freedom Tempered by Love — In the LCMS, following this tradition, we’ve sought to exercise freedom tempered by love.
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The Lutheran Way: Liturgical Freedom Tempered by Love
Uniformity and Variety Through the Ages — How have Christians handled the “adiaphora” question over the centuries?
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Uniformity and Variety Through the Ages
One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: The Church Across Cultures — The multicultural church here on earth offers a foretaste of the heavenly feast to come.
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One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic: The Church Across Cultures
The Catholicity of the Church Year — Throughout the world you’ll find that the same feasts and fasts are part of the liturgical cycle.
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The Catholicity of the Church Year

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