In this series we offer brief introductions to the books of the Bible, including background, authorship, content, and application to the lives of today’s Christians. In the early days of Christianity, as the message of…
Each month we highlight a hymnwriter who authored one or more of the well-loved hymns that we sing today. Martin Luther is well known, even among non-Lutherans, for his work as a reformer and theologian.…
“Beloved, I now write to you this second epistle (in both of which I stir up your pure minds by way of reminder), that you may be mindful of the words which were spoken before…
In this series we offer brief introductions to the books of the Bible, including background, authorship, content, and application to the lives of today’s Christians. Slavery was an accepted part of the social-economic fabric of…
“In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was…
The Lutheran church enjoys a long tradition of identifying one “Hymn of the Week” for every Sunday of the church year. Such a hymn should reflect the unifying theme of the service, and is intended…
“For if, after they have escaped the pollutions of the world through the knowledge of the Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, they are again entangled in them and overcome, the latter end is worse for…
“So Moses did as the Lord commanded him. He took Joshua and set him before Eleazar the priest and before all the congregation. And he laid his hands on him and inaugurated him, just as…
In this series we offer brief introductions to the books of the Bible, including background, authorship, content, and application to the lives of today’s Christians. Arguably the silliest disparagement leveled against the Bible is that…
In this series we are reprinting Spokesman articles by early leaders in the CLC. Pastor James Albrecht is the curator of the series. Rev. L. Dale Redlin (1932-2025) was one of the first graduates of…
