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With the New Portals of Prayer App, you can take your devotions on the go!

Saint Louis, MO,

June

2017

Since 1937, Portals of Prayer has been a source of strength and comfort for readers. Concordia Publishing House is pleased to announce that this flagship devotion is now available in app form.

Relevant and encouraging daily devotions are now available with this app, free through the App Store or Google Play. The app features recordings of each day’s Bible readings, devotions, and prayers. With the subscription, available as an in-app purchase, past devotions are searchable by keyword, and ...

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June

14,

2017

A daily devotional on the Psalms, drawn from the commentaries of Luther, is now available from Concordia Publishing House. In Psalm by Psalm, 365 devotions break down the Book of Psalms for a daily look into the Word. These psalms are ...

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June

06,

2017

A new book exposing twelve false christs in our world today is now available from Concordia Publishing House. In Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up? 12 False Christs, author Matthew Richard reveals to readers who the real Jesus of the ...

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June

01,

2017

Make a splash with Concordia Publishing House’s 2018 VBS! Life is full of thrills and spills; we may not know what's around the bend, but God does! At Splash Canyon, kids discover that, on life's wild ride, Jesus is by our side. God ...

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May

09,

2017

Humans are full of sin: we lie, we say hurtful things, and we can be just downright mean. When these things happen to us, we are faced with the decision to forgive or to hold a grudge in our hearts. It’s easy not to forgive, but as Donna Pyle ...

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May

03,

2017

How far would you go to protect and preserve the Word of God? Simon and the Messengers are willing to risk their lives. Are you? In The Messengers: Concealed, the second installment in Lisa M. Clark’s series The Messengers, Simon and the ...

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Prayer in Public School

March

2016

Prayer Early in my teaching career, I owned a T-shirt that said, “I broke a rule, I prayed in school.” Ignorant of the truths about prayer in school or even of the ways in which the Bible instructs us to pray, I boldly ...

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How Do You Help Children Develop the Habit of Prayer?

March

2016

Lent is a time of introspection and prayer for many Christians. Is it for our youngest Christians too? Perhaps Lent is a good time for us not only to reflect on our sins and God’s grace to us through Christ’s suffering and death, but ...

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The A.M. Routine with Kids

March

2016

This post is part of a series of posts talking about the importance of routine in devotional time with your family. To see the first post, click here. The Alarm Goes Off It’s 5:30 a.m. when your phone alarm goes off. You roll over ...

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