Reading & Study

“Faith, Hope and Love: A Threefold Response to 13 Reasons Why”

Provides a timely theological response and reflection for teenagers, young adults and grown adults.

Los Niños en el Servicio Divino — Boletines

“Los Niños en el Servicio Divino” es una serie de boletines para el Año Eclesiástico — Adviento, Navidad, Epifanía, Cuaresma, Pascua y Pentecostés.

The Method of Melanchthon’s Loci Communes

Locus is the Latin word for "place". Loci are places. And Loci Communes are common places where one may like to put things, either in the mind or in a book—organized, as if in a physical location, and easy to retrieve when needed.

Kids in the Divine Service – Bulletin insert series

Kids in the Divine Service is a series of bulletin inserts that complement the Lutheran Service Book. The final installment includes general information about 18 topics, including saints, rites, rubrics, stewards, acolytes and catechism.

Smalcald Articles Study: Invocation of the Saints

Luther says that the invocation of saints "destroys the knowledge of Christ." How would you say the invocation of saints does this? What is the consequence of such destruction?

You Are Not Alone: A Prayer Book for Victims of Domestic Violence

This devotional prayer book will help victims give voice to their heavenly Father in the midst of heartache and despair.

A Reformation Reading List

A collection of suggested Reformation books for a congregational library or other interested readers.

Appreciation, Celebration, Graduation, Identification

It is important for us to identify young people who have a heart for ministry and encourage them to consider church work as a vocation.

Concerning Rebaptism for Christians

When we depend on ourselves, our strength, our goodness, even our faith, it will fail.  In fact, when we build our house on anything but the rock it will be destroyed.  Idols will all fall away.

Bible Study with Luther: Genesis 3:7-15

Rather than leaving Adam and Eve in the depravity of their alienation and hostility, God promised One Who would come and crush the serpent’s head. Jesus is the promised Seed of the Woman Who would reconcile a world of sinners back to God.

How To Teach Children a Reformation Hymn

The Reformation was birthed by adults, but it is preserved by children. For centuries, pastors and parents have been preaching a holy heritage into the ears of the young, clearly confessing a salvation by grace alone through faith alone in Christ alone.

‘13 Reasons Why’ Reminds Us to Show Youth Love

‘13 Reasons Why’ gives those who work with youth an opportunity to dialogue about tough topics. Here are some ways to engage.

Giving a Witness to the Resurrection at Easter

The Christian who prepares an "elevator speech" on Christ’s resurrection will be blessed in the preparation and opportunity to share it.

Smalcald Articles Study: The Mass

Luther understood the danger behind the Mass was not simply a smattering of errors in otherwise Christian worship, rather it was an entire system of a false theology of worship.

Indulgences Then and Now

The events of October 31st 1517, the day that Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the church door in Wittenberg, were not set in motion by a man’s ambitious vision to revolutionize the spirituality of the west. Nor were they set in motion by Luther’s iconoclastic vainglory that sought to topple the ancient powers of tradition and the papacy. Rather, Luther swung his hammer as a pastor. He cared for the eternal welfare of his flock.