2024 Grow in Grace

Want to be better informed about what's going on in the scholarly world on topics like the Bible, archaeology, culture and society, world religions, church history, missions, worship, or pastoral theology? ...

Registration for the 2027 Celebration of Ministry retreats opens October 9. Members of the WLS classes of 1992, 2002, 2017, 2024 along with their wives are invited to their ministry ...

Wherever you're located in ministry, it can be really tempting to feel as though you're on an island. Different ministry scenarios can often leave pastors feeling like, ‘No one is ...

Start the new year with a course that fits into your ministry schedule.   Spring Online courses begin the week of January 25, with seven courses to choose from. Topics range from ...

Registration for Winterim 2027 opens Monday, September 14, with a lineup that includes three brand-new courses:  Gerhard on the End Times with Prof. Thomas Nass  Just War Tradition with Prof. ...

This is an abridged version of a newsletter article that Rev. Nathanael Scharf shared with his congregation, St. Paul’s Lutheran Church, in New Ulm, MN, in the summer of 2026. ...

Dear Pastor, In the first seven verses of 2 Timothy 2, Paul invites Timothy—and all shepherds under Jesus Christ—to take up the burden of public ministry. To strengthen Timothy in ...

  The Desecration of Man: How the Rejection of God Degrades our Humanity. In his latest work, Trueman offers a diagnosis for our culture along with an analysis of the ...

A Hebrew Reader for the Psalms serves a simple purpose: to help readers know the Hebrew text of the Psalms more intimately. On the surface, this book looks ordinary. You ...

Jump to: Exegetical Systematic Historical Practical Exegetical Theology: The DNA of Psalm 34 In previous articles about Psalm 34 we focused on David’s life lesson (vv. 8–14)1 and the “righteous ...