Celebrate the light of Jesus' salvation Christmas this season and beyond into our vocations of family, church, and state with Pastor Alfonso Espinosa's new book Faith that Shines in the Culture. Gift this book to yourself and/or someone else! https://www.cph.org/faith-that-shines-in-the-culture #christmasgiftideas2023 #newbook #holidaygiftguide #christmasgiftguide #lutheran
The day of the Lord is a permeating theme in Zephaniah. Zephaniah recorded God’s warning to Judah and Judah’s enemies about His coming judgment. However, God also assured Judah that on the...
The celebration of the birth of our Savior, Jesus Christ, is fast approaching, and with it comes an abundance of music. It’s easy to bypass Advent and skip ahead to Christmas. But Advent...
One of the biggest challenges churches often face is organizing their members’ information, communications, and giving. While there are many free solutions out there, utilizing a church...
I never had any interest in watching the 1946 James Stewart Christmas classic, It’s a Wonderful Life, until college. Many adults and teens in my life had droned on about how boring they...
In this blog, we continue our exploration of the Lord's Supper from Luther's Small Catechism with the Third and Fourth Sections.
1:59How do the concepts of vice and virtue fit into Lutheran understanding? Pastor Michael T. Fieberkorn explores how Martin Luther used the language of vice to describe sin and virtue as qualities the Ho
When I was eleven years old and in sixth grade, my mom took me to an informational meeting at church regarding Boy Scouts of America. Attendees discussed the idea of organizing, or I...
0:40Pastor Michael Fieberkorn shares warm Christmas blessings. His new book, Battle of the Soul: Luther Reforms Vice and Virtue, shows how God uses the Gospel to overcome unbelief in our lives - a fitting
0:33Prepare your hearts and minds theologically for the celebration of our Lord's birth with Pastor Michael Fieberkorn's new book, Battle of the Soul: Luther Reforms Vice and Virtue. Gift this book to yo
0:38"May He fill your heart with joy as we celebrate the birth of our Savior!" This Christmas greeting is from author Christopher Kennedy. Pastor Kennedy's most recent book, Jesus Said What, which provide
1:57The Lutheran Service Book: Large Print Edition gives every member of your church the ability to participate in worship. Hear from Al Benton share his experience since acquiring the Large Print hymnal.
Ralph C. Schultz offers us this Appalachian folk song that proclaims the birth of Jesus. The beauty of the song is placed in an accessible setting for SAB choir with a descant for C or...
The following explanation of the Communion of Saints is adapted from Commentary on Luther’s Catechisms: Creed.
Merry fall, y’all. Christmas starts early in the Dominican Republic. That doesn’t mean I’m a disgruntled traditionalist who boycotts Christmas music until Santa ushers in the season from...
Why have certain hymns grown to be synonymous with the Reformation? With these excerpts from Eternal Anthems and Companion to the Hymns, you’re invited to journey through the contexts of...
We continue our series on teaching Luther’s Small Catechism to students. In this blog, we explore the First and Second Sections of the Lord’s Supper.
Is it safe to build the temple again? Are we going to be destroyed by another nation? The people of Judah were asking these questions during Haggai's time, and God used Haggai to reveal...
Each movement of this five-movement partita, Built on the Rock: Partita on “Kirken den er et gammelt hus,” can be used separately at various points in a worship service, or they can be...
32:42Lutheran Women in Mission (LWML) President Eden Keefe joins host Elizabeth Pittman on this episode of The Concordia Publishing House Podcast to discuss being a woman in mission and a woman who serves
With the onset of autumn comes the end of summer work at our house. One of our summer projects each year is growing tomatoes. We make every effort to create the ideal growing environment...
