What happens when you die?
What happens when you die? God’s Word only tells us a little about the state of the soul between death and the resurrection;…
What happens when you die? God’s Word only tells us a little about the state of the soul between death and the resurrection;…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. “Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone…
“The Lord’s Prayer in the Lord’s Passion” is the theme of the Lenten devotion that Steadfast Lutherans has put together this year. The…
Many Christians unfortunately believe a certain strange doctrine at the deathbeds of their loved ones. Perhaps this doctrine already has a name, though…
“Come, O children, listen to me; I will teach you the fear of the Lord” (Ps. 34:11). Do you fear the Lord? “Why…
Very beautiful is the statement of Augustine in which he says of his mother Monica that she bound her soul with the chain…
Adam did battle with Satan in the Garden Paradise and lost. It was a no-contest, really. By the time round two came around,…
In Junior Confirmation, we read through the Old Testament. We didn’t get very far before I was having trouble. In Genesis 5, we…
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles…
If something is wrong, it is not hate speech to say so. Problem is, it’s getting harder and harder to agree on what…
We live in a highly individualistic age, an age which fancies itself tolerant. The sad description of Israel under the Judges could equally…
Don’t get me wrong. Deathbed conversions do happen. And when they do we rejoice and thank God the Holy Spirit for having worked…
(Luther, “The Parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector”) Sometimes the most simple and obvious things are also the most profound. We…
We live in a culture of death. Everybody hides it. They hide their destruction of life beneath the pleasures of sex. They hide…