On listening to sermons: More suggestions
Listening to sermons on Sunday morning often requires wrestling with my sinful flesh to focus on what the pastor is preaching. It’s not easy; it takes work.
The Lutheran Witness
Saints singing their faith
Through hymns, the Gospel is carried to hearts and minds in music.
A prayer for the church
Congregations: Consider using these words in the Prayer of the Church on or before July 14, as you pray together for the Synod convention (July 20–25).
Lutheran Witness: June/July 2019
Look ahead to the 2019 Synod Convention with previews of overtures, nominees for president, essays, the opening service and more in the June/July issue of The Lutheran Witness.
… So Loved the World
Doggedly chasing the world’s standard for inclusivity and hypersensitivity often falls flat and possibly lands with a lawsuit or two. But maybe there’s another way.
Lutheran Witness: April 2017
In the April issue, learn from your Savior, who hangs on a cross for you, lies in the tomb for you, and is risen – and returning! – all for you.
Why Do I Believe in Jesus?
My reason follows after, in the wake of faith, and convinces me that the universe is simply too ordered and too complex to exist by chance.
How to Pray the Ten Commandments
Learn Luther’s method of prayer, which interestingly encompasses both rote and free prayer!
Christ Becomes the Greatest Sinner . . . for You!
Jesus comes to [John the Baptist] at the Jordan from Galilee and desires to be baptized [Matt. 3:13]. How marvelously backward this is!
Confident Anticipation: Antiphon for December 23
Emmanuel is very much God with us today. He comes to us graciously through His Word, Holy Baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
King in the Clay: Antiphon for December 22
As important as Christmas may be, it is not the birth of Christ that unites mankind in faith; it is His holy death, His resurrection and His promised return.
Breaking Dawn: Antiphon for December 21
Christ Jesus–God enfleshed in our nature–continues to fulfill God’s promise to our fallen race.