Interpreting the contemporary world from a Lutheran perspective.
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“[Jesus said,] ‘The kingdom of heaven is like a grain of mustard seed. ... It is the smallest of all seeds, but when it has grown it is larger than all the garden plants and becomes a tree, so that the birds of the air come and make nests in its branches.’”
— Matthew 13:31–32
Unfortunately, some Christians are buying into the lie that it is fine to cohabitate before marriage as long they intend to tie the knot sometime in the future. In some cases, they feel it’s OK to live together even if they do not intend to marry.
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In a congregation of Ethiopian immigrants, the Rev. Dr. Samuel Deressa writes that the second generation is "the crisis and the opportunity. It forces us to ask the critical question: What is the kernel of our faith, and what is the husk?"
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The November issue of The Lutheran Witness is all about planting Lutheran churches, both at home and abroad.
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The Rev. James Preus, author of "Justification and the Fathers" in this month's issue, was recently on Issues, Etc. to discuss his article. Listen in to learn how the Church Fathers bore witness to Christ using Scripture as their guide.
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Recognizing that a post or video may be attempting to lure us into anger — not to mention other sin-soaked vices like lust, greed, vanity and self-loathing — in order to profit from our engagement is a good step toward Christian online engagement.
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His oath, His covenant and blood
Support me in the raging flood;
When ev’ry earthly prop gives way,
He then is all my hope and stay.
On Christ, the solid rock, I stand;
All other ground is sinking sand.
— LSB 575:3
Jesus, Thy blood and righteousness
My beauty are, my glorious dress;
Midst flaming worlds, in these arrayed,
With joy shall I lift up my head.
— LSB 563:1
Jesus satisfied the justice of God when we could not. He took our place.
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They condemn us both for denying that people obtain forgiveness of sins because of their own merits and for affirming that — through faith — people obtain forgiveness of sins and are justified through faith in Christ.
— Apology to the Augsburg Confession IV 1
Join the Rev. Carl Roth, Andy and Sarah over on @KFUOradio to explore Article X: On Church Practices for this month's installment of Searching Scripture.
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By grace God’s Son, our only Savior,
Came down to earth to bear our sin.
Was it because of your own merit
That Jesus died your soul to win?
No, it was grace, and grace alone,
That brought Him from His heav’nly throne.
— LSB 566:3
Anecdotal evidence suggests that the more traditional your congregation, the more likely these discontented evangelicals will one day show up in your church’s narthex. I know, because many of them have lately been showing up in my church’s narthex.
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Salvation unto us has come
By God’s free grace and favor;
Good works cannot avert our doom,
They help and save us never.
Faith looks to Jesus Christ alone,
Who did for all the world atone;
He is our one Redeemer.
— LSB 555:1
In a time when cultural pressures easily pull families in many directions, giving Reformation Day a more prominent place on Oct. 31 could become a powerful way for Lutheran congregations to celebrate and publicly share their faith and heritage.
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Hymns are not meant merely to be sung on Sunday morning. They belong to the everyday lives of Christians, as they experience thanksgiving, celebration, suffering, grief and all the ordinary moments in between.
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Our churches teach that people cannot be justified before God by their own strength, merits, or works.
— Augsburg Confession IV
The medical profession now needs, if possible, to reverse the damage it has caused by providing sex-change procedures to children. A settlement in a Texas court case is forcing the issue. Learn more in this month's installment of "The Contemporary World."
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For by grace you have been saved through faith. And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God, not a result of works, so that no one may boast.
— Ephesians 2:8–9
Will you pray for your pastor? Will you pray for him daily? Will you put him on the list of all those names you rattle off when you pray every night? He needs your prayers, always. And now — in these “gray and latter days” — he needs them more than ever.
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