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  • Ten Award-Winning Music Pieces for Your Library

    Ten Award-Winning Music Pieces for Your Library

    Having a work of music selected as J. W. Pepper Editors’ Choice is no small feat. Concordia Publishing House is honored to have 10 pieces from handbell, choral, and keyboard publications...

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  • Reframing Our Thoughts: July 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Reframing Our Thoughts: July 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    How often do you think about your thoughts? Hmm, let me think about that. Thoughts matter a great deal to God. The Bible says, “the word of God is living and active, . . . discerning the...

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  • 1 Thessalonians: An Overview

    1 Thessalonians: An Overview

    Founded in 316 BC, Thessalonica became an important harbor and leading city in the region. When the Romans built the Egnatian Way to connect Rome to its eastern interests, Thessalonica...

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  • Tips for Simplifying Offering Entry for Church Volunteers and Staff

    Tips for Simplifying Offering Entry for Church Volunteers and Staff

    Offering entry is just one of many administrative tasks that a church requires to run smoothly—and often, churches rely on volunteers to input offering data into a church management...

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  • Learning to Trust God in Prayer

    Learning to Trust God in Prayer

    During my ministry as a missionary, schoolteacher, and pastor, I have learned that children respond differently when told what they must or must not do. Some are naturally obedient and...

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  • LCEF and a Church's Journey From Surviving to Thriving

    LCEF and a Church's Journey From Surviving to Thriving

    A quarter of a century ago, a small group of God’s faithful planted a new Lutheran church in the quiet town of Queen Creek, Arizona. With only one stoplight and a modest middle school...

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  • Music of the Month: Three SAB Anthems of Adoration

    Music of the Month: Three SAB Anthems of Adoration

    Three SAB Anthems of Adoration is a little collection of satisfying SAB praise anthems written by David von Kampen. Each piece is two pages with multiple stanzas. It includes a joyous,...

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  • What Do Lutherans Say About the Great Commission

    What Do Lutherans Say About the Great Commission

    If you only know a few Bible passages, Matthew 28:19 is probably one of them: “Go therefore and make disciples of all nations ….” It’s an easy passage for the Christian heart to embrace.

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  • 3 Models to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Church Website

    3 Models to Help You Get the Most Out of Your Church Website

    Congregations have varying needs, resources, and technical skills, so it’s important to approach a church’s web presence with a clear strategy. In the following blog, read about how Rob...

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  • 40 Lessons on Marriage and Ministry from David Shadday

    40 Lessons on Marriage and Ministry from David Shadday

    I’ve learned a lot in the forty-plus years I have spent as a parish pastor and Christian husband. Inspired by my recent work in my Bible study Reclaiming the Heart of Marriage, I’ve...

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  • Concordia Gospel Outreach Helps a Church Provide Tornado Relief in St. Louis

    Concordia Gospel Outreach Helps a Church Provide Tornado Relief in St. Louis

    On May 16, 2025, a devastating tornado struck the St. Louis area and left substantial destruction in its wake. Bethlehem Lutheran Church in North St. Louis stepped up immediately...

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  • History of the Hymn of the Day

    History of the Hymn of the Day

    Each Sunday, the regular rhythm of worship includes singing the Hymn of the Day. It helps guide you and other Christians through our beautiful Church Year in song. Do you know how the...

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  • Planning for Baptismal Birthdays: June 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    Planning for Baptismal Birthdays: June 2025 Everyday Faith Calendar

    The day I was baptized was a cold day in December. It was five days before Christmas and nearly 17.75 years after my earthly entrance. My pastor helped me to keep the Fourth Commandment...

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  • Colossians: An Overview

    Colossians: An Overview

    Travelers from the west coast of Asia Minor would walk up the Maeander River Valley on their journeys east. If they continued passed Laodicea, along the Lycos River, they would reach the...

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  • How to Make Online Giving Easier: User Experience Tips for Churches

    How to Make Online Giving Easier: User Experience Tips for Churches

    Online giving has many benefits for churches—not only does it increase consistency in giving but it also saves your church office time by eliminating the need to deposit checks and...

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  • The Proverbial Design

    The Proverbial Design

    This blog is excerpted from an article by Rev. Dr. David R. Schmitt that was published in a previous edition of Concordia Pulpit Resources.

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  • Music of the Month: Five Chorale Preludes on Joyful Themes by Tom Mueller

    Music of the Month: Five Chorale Preludes on Joyful Themes by Tom Mueller

    This collection, Five Chorale Preludes on Joyful Themes, represents the CPH debut of organ recitalist and composer Dr. Tom Mueller. These stunning pieces are based on hymns linked by the...

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  • 3 Practical Tools for Decluttering Your Church Email Inbox

    3 Practical Tools for Decluttering Your Church Email Inbox

    Email is an indispensable communication tool in churches and schools, enabling ministry leaders, staff, volunteers, parents, and parishioners to stay connected. However, managing today’s...

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  • Singing the Psalms in One and All Rejoice

    Singing the Psalms in One and All Rejoice

    The book of Psalms is frequently referred to as the hymnal of the Old Testament. Written predominantly by King David, this large book features 150 lyrical chapters of prayer, praise, and...

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  • How Christ’s Resurrection Changes Everything

    How Christ’s Resurrection Changes Everything

    The bodily resurrection of Jesus is central to the understanding of the Gospel of John. The comfort that Jesus offers twenty-first-century Christians is rooted in His first-century words...

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