Repentance in the Lutheran Confessions
The Lutheran Confessions see repentance differently on several points. First, they insist that you need to repent, regardless of who you are. Second...
Recursos Para Diaconisas ahora Disponibles en Español
Los hispanohablantes ahora pueden conocer la vocación de diaconisa en su propio idioma.
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 2:11-20
The false teachers in Galatia were, as Luther says, “Changing the Law into grace and grace into Law, Moses into Christ and Christ into Moses. For they teach that...
Catechism Study: The Splendor of the First Commandment
Martin Luther remarks regarding the First Commandment: “[W]here the heart is rightly set toward God and this commandment is observed, all the other commandments follow.”
König, Gustav Ferdinand Leopold. 1900. The life of Luther in forty-eight historical engravings. St. Louis: Concordia Publishing House.
The Death of Luther
Martin Luther died at 3:00 AM on February 18, 1546. Contrary to the expectations of Luther and many of his colleagues, he did not die in Wittenberg, the location of many of his greatest accomplishments.
Reformation Spotlight: Philipp Melancthon
When Philipp Melanchthon spoke on Luther’s death in 1546, he said about himself and his fellow Lutherans, “We resemble orphans bereft of an excellent and faithful father.”
Bible Stewardship Principles
The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod recommends using these Bible Stewardship Principles in guiding education and appeal efforts in Synod congregations, entities, agencies and auxiliaries.
Bible Study With Luther: Galatians 2:1-10
At the end of the Holy Communion, the Church prays, “we implore You that of Your mercy You would strengthen us through the same in faith toward You and in fervent love toward one another…”
Lutheran Spotlight: David Chytraeus
Philip Melanchthon, through his own vacillations on certain doctrines and his irenic spirit that ended up seeking peace at the expense of the truth. It would not be his enemies, however, who would heal these wounds, but his students.
Feed My Lambs – Bible Study
The purpose of the five-session study is to explore how members of the body of Christ demonstrate love and compassion to people in need as an expression of faith.
Luther on The Incarnation of Christ
In our focus on Jesus’ salvific works, we must always remember that the heart of the person and work of the Messiah stands the incarnation.
‘The First Rosa’ — Film and Bible studies
This film will enlighten the Church to Dr. Rosa J. Young’s remarkable history as a pioneer Lutheran educator and missionary.
Adiaphora in the Lutheran Confessions
Though the term “adiaphora” can sometimes bring heated discussion, the two extremes can be answered with true Lutheran joy.
Bible Study with Luther: Galatians 1:6-20
The Reformation was not only about asserting what is true, but also rejecting that which is false. St. Paul’s passionate epistle to the Galatians is born out of his assertion of the Gospel and his defiance of false teaching.
The Virtue of Charity
During the Christmas season, the call for charity rings every time we step out of a store into the din of the bells of the Salvation Army.