Written on Their Hearts: October 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar
Psalm 119:15–16 states, “I will meditate on your precepts and fix my eyes on your ways. I will delight in your statutes; I will not forget your word.” When I read this verse, I cannot...
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Digging Deeper into Scripture: James 3:1–12
When I am counseling couples before marriage, I encourage them to avoid discussing any important issues before 9:00 a.m. and after 9:00 p.m. Most people are at their best in the 9:00 a.m....
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How to Encourage Young Leaders in Youth Ministry
Think back to your first leadership opportunity. Were you nervous, eager, confident, or terrified? Do some of your choices then make you cringe now and thank God for His grace? Who...
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How to Make Church Graphics without a Designer
If you work at a church and are responsible for designing graphics but aren’t a graphic designer, you’ve likely pulled your hair out a time or two. If you don’t have experience in graphic...
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Music of the Month: Grace Unbounded: Short and Easy Lord’s Supper Preludes
Treating sixteen tunes commonly associated with the Lord’s Supper, Grace Unbounded is a book you will always want handy for Communion distribution. When you’re not sure how much music...
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Mission Moments: A Place of Refuge and the LCMS Prison Ministry
Every year, Concordia Gospel Outreach partners with Lutheran organizations to provide them with resources and support to continue serving their communities. These nonprofit groups span...
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The Book of Romans: An Overview
Stepping from the shadows of the Ausoni Mountains, walking northward along the famous Appian Way, the apostle Paul reached the coastal plains of Italy that stretched all the way to...
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Teaching Kids to Sing with Canons from One and All Rejoice
One and All Rejoice (OAR) contains numerous opportunities for teaching children part singing. A great way to get started is by learning one of the many canons included in OAR. To discover...
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5 Hymns to Sing in Honor of the 500th Anniversary of the First Lutheran Hymnal
In 1523, Martin Luther wrote to Georg Spalatin (1484–1545), private secretary to Elector Frederick III (“the Wise”) of Saxony. With his superb humanist education, Spalatin was sought by...
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Comparison: September 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar
“You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or his male servant, or his female servant, or his ox, or his donkey, or anything that is your...
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Digging Deeper into Scripture: John 6:51–69
With the death of Jesus Christ on the cross, His resurrection, and His ascension in heaven, the early church had its beginning. Through the work of the Holy Spirit, the apostles, and the...
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8 Books Every Pastor Should Have in His Library
Pastors have many roles: preacher, teacher, visitor, worship leader, administrator. The Lord’s undershepherds are also constant learners and normally voracious readers. Yet, with so much...
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How Churches Can Reach More People with Local SEO
Churches often look to rank themselves on Google with SEO, so that they can reach more people for the sake of the Gospel. Local SEO is a subset of SEO, or search engine optimization, that...
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Music of the Month: Piano Prelude Series
Following the successful Hymn Prelude Library series for organ comes a comprehensive set of piano preludes for all the hymn tunes in Lutheran Service Book. Not an adaptation of the organ...
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The Gospel Accounts: An Overview
Jesus Christ brought the Gospel (from older English, “Good-spel,” “good news”) to the world. He announced that in His person the kingdom of God was coming to mankind and that through...
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Church Website Home Page Essentials
Your church website home page is the first page visitors will see when they come to your site. To that end, it’s important for this page to include all the information they’d need to...
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Your Kids See Christ in Your Marriage: August 2024 Everyday Faith Calendar
My wedding anniversary is coming up. Every year midsummer, I think about the vows we made and how we continue to live out those vows. And if I’m being honest, sometimes I think about how...
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Embracing Your Lutheran Identity
Where does your identity come from? Is it from your race, gender, nationality, social status, income, or something else? Author Gene Edward Veith Jr. brings your Lutheran identity to life in his new b
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The Life and Legacy of Isaac Watts
[Historically, in church music] Lutherans sang hymns from the beginnings of the Reformation. Calvinists, though, in their zeal to use nothing but the Bible in worship, tended to restrict...
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