Lutheran Witness: December 2024
The December issue of The Lutheran Witness explores the family — what we can learn from the Holy Family, how the church can act like a family especially during the Christmas season, and more.
Church
Communities That Confess: How the Church Confesses Christ in a Culture of Isolation
The church plays a significant role in this present world as a robust community.
Confessing Together: How the Creed Proclaims You are Not Your Own
Our Christian creed provides a counter-cultural story and identity that is both true and real.
Taking Your Children to Church: A Powerful Confession of the Faith
Attending church with our children is a powerful confession of faith. It is a chance to witness to our neighbors, our children and even ourselves that Jesus comes to us here on earth — and that we need Him.
A Global Hope
Being a confessional Lutheran church body can seem lonely — but the LCMS has 43 sister churches around the world that face similar pressures and challenges.
Quiet Despair and Its Remedies
If you find yourself in “quiet despair” about the state of the church, consider these five things.
Lutheran Witness: May 2023
The May issue of The Lutheran Witness explores the marks of the church under the theme “Made & Marked by Christ.”
Made & Marked by Christ
How does one find the church? Christ has left His Bride with marks of the church in the world.
Multi-Congregation Parishes
Multi-congregation parishes can help congregations thrive in their work, refocus on what it means to be the church and remain in place with a lively presence of Word and Sacrament ministry.
Christian Deconversion to Atheism
Unbelievers sometimes convert to Christianity. But sometimes Christians deconvert to unbelief.