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Read ArticleFive Favorite Christmas Activities for Families
Concerts, shopping trips, gatherings, and other tasks often take up a lot of our time during the season of Advent. None of these activities are inherently bad, but they can take our...
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Read ArticleFamily Discipleship Ideas for Advent
One of my favorite ways to equip families for at-home discipleship is to lean into both the Church Year and calendar year. One great opportunity for take-home learning occurs in Advent.
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Read ArticleWhy Do We Have One- and Three-Year Lectionaries?
Yes, what we look forward to this coming Sunday morning really does come down to us through millennia. This blog post, adapted from Carl C. Fickenscher II’s book Looking Forward to Sunday...
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Read ArticleWhy Do We Need the Lutheran Confessions in a Secular World?
At the end of October every year, Lutherans all over the world celebrate Reformation Day. In protestant reverie, they think gratefully of the first time they heard of salvation by grace...
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Read ArticleDelighting in the Lord: November 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar
“Dad, do we have to go to church?” “We don’t have to—we get to!” Anyone who has ever had to convince their kids or grandkids to go to church has probably said something like this, and...
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Read ArticleWhat Does Mission Work Have to Do with Me?
Concordia Publishing House is excited to be releasing a new series of compact books! The first title in our new series of polemic and apologetic books has been released, but perhaps you...
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Read ArticleBrain Strategies for Preaching
It seems generally assumed that preachers want hearers to remember at least the main idea and purpose of the biblical truth considered in the sermon, as well as to reflect it in their...
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: Three Reformation Motets
In commemoration of the five hundredth anniversary of Johann Walter’s collection Geystliche gesangk Buchleyn (1524), these three motets were edited and selected for their usefulness for...
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Read ArticleWhat Are the Propers in Worship?
The content of the service we look forward to this coming Sunday morning really does come down to us through millennia. This blog post, adapted from Carl C. Fickenscher II’s book Looking...
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Read ArticleTitus: An Overview
Nicopolis was a Roman colony on the west coast of Greece, on the isthmus separating the Ambracian Gulf from the Ionian Sea. The city would serve as winter quarters for Paul and his...
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Read ArticleHow Jesus Welcomed the Lost
Time and again in his Gospel account, the evangelist Luke draws our attention to Jesus’ practice of welcoming people to dine with Him. As might be expected, His disciples regularly ate...
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Read Article5 Ways to Encourage Meaningful Discussions in Confirmation Class
“How do I teach confirmation class?” “How do I deal with confirmation students who don’t seem to be paying attention?” “Is it just me, or is it harder to engage students in learning today...
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Read ArticleEdward Rechlin: Paving the Way for Lutheran Organists
This blog post is adapted from Portraits in American Lutheran Sacred Music, 1847–1947, by Benjamin Kolodziej.
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Read ArticleAn Overview of Christian Creeds
Why do we need creeds? That might be a question you have asked or that a family member or friend has asked you after finding out you speak a creed in the Divine Service. However, in...
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Read ArticlePreparing for Bullies: October 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar
I was reminded recently that I’ll soon be entering a stage of life where my children will deal with bullies. Time has removed me from the days when I was on the receiving end of bad...
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Read ArticleExplore Tropical Trek VBS 2026
From testing snacks to fine-tuning crafts, thoughtful attention is given to every detail of Vacation Bible School (VBS)—all in preparation for churches across the country to share the...
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Read Article2 Timothy: An Overview
While searching for Paul, Onesiphorus would tread the broad streets of Rome, passing beneath the archways of its aqueducts and walking beside its grand colonnaded porticos. But the prison...
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Read ArticleKnowing Jesus Is More Than Knowing Facts
One of the delights of parenting older kids is watching them discover and enjoy their individual interests. My daughters often start conversations or change the subject by brightly...
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Read Article10 Ways Portals of Prayer Helps You Share God’s Word
It's always a blessing to have extra copies of Portals of Prayer on hand. Check out these ideas for how you can put extra copies of Portals of Prayer to good use in your community!
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Read ArticleMusic of the Month: Sojourn: Four Chorale Preludes from Childhood to Resurrection
Take a journey through the seasons of life with this set of four chorale preludes by German composer Bernard Wayne Sanders. The preludes can be played individually or as a set of hymns...
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