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A Book Decades in the Making

Saint Louis, MO,

September

2017

Three decades of work and dedication have led to the publication of Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology. This landmark release is the first Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod dogmatics book published in over a century.

“Confessing the Gospel: A Lutheran Approach to Systematic Theology seeks to demonstrate this Lutheran approach to confessing the gospel not only with respect to its content, but also with respect to the method of its presentation”, says Dr. Samuel H...

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September

01,

2017

“[Christians] should daily exercise themselves in the catechism,” wrote Martin Luther, “which is a short summary and, epitome of the entire Holy Scriptures.” With more than 100,000 copies of A Simple Explanation of Christ …

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August

29,

2017

Millennials are lazy, they are entitled, and they are addicted to social media. Millennials are just the worst. But is this really true? Are Millennials really as aloof as we make them out to be? And should that assumption prevent us from connecting …

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August

15,

2017

There are times in life where pain and grief get in the way of seeing God’s promise that he will never forsake us. Hope When Your Heart Breaks by Michael Newman will guide readers through their seasons of grief and help them discover …

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August

15,

2017

A new book explaining why membership matters is now available from Concordia Publishing House. Connected to Christ: Why Membership Matters by Rev. Peter Speckhard explains why membership in the church is a crucial aspect of Christianity, and …

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August

02,

2017

The newest addition to the Theological Commonplaces series is now available from Concordia Publishing House. In On Interpreting Sacred Scripture and Method of Theological Study, author Johann Gerhard combines his 1610 commonplaces—On …

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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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