Preach the Word – May/June 2016
Volume 19, Number 5 Since 2007, Mark Birkholz has served under WELS Board for Home Missions as a mission counselor. A majority of the pastors and congregational leaders he works with are part of the ...
The Genius of Luther’s Theology
With the 500th anniversary of the Reformation just over a year away, the confessional Lutheran church finds itself at a crossroads. The culture around us grows more secular and hostile to conservative Christianity, while pressure ...
Imagination Redeemed
Imagination Redeemed is meant to fill a gap in Christian literature. Typically, when we divide up human mental faculties, “…we usually think of the intellect (reason), emotions (feelings), and possibly the will (desires, choices)” ...
(In)Vulnerable Sheep
“These are they who have come out of the great tribulation; they have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb” (Revelation 7:14). In the second lesson for this Good ...
The Millennials
There seems to be some angst and hand-wringing over the newest generation of Americans that demographers have dubbed “the millennials.” They don’t think and act and behave like generations before them. That has many ...
Augustine as Mentor
Smither writes for those who want to mentor spiritual leaders, especially those pursuing authenticity and longing to practice what they preach. He studies the ministry of Aurelius Augustine (AD 354-430), a.k.a. Augustine of Hippo, as ...
The Case for Christ
Francis Pieper wrote: A word on the rational proofs for the Christian religion, as employed in apologetics. The Christian apologist is in a position to show any rational man, particularly if he have ...
Preach the Word – March/April 2016
Volume 19, Number 4. Pastor Luke Thompson looks into two seemingly conflicting aspects of the Millennial generation: the appeal of rebellion and the draw to a cause. The Gospel is a life-changing and world-altering message that can, perhaps ...
May This Never Be!
“May this never be!” Such was the horrified response to the bloody end of Jesus’ parable of the tenants (Luke 20:9-19). The hearers had heard a parable about tenant-farmers turned terrorist-squatters. The vineyard owner had ...
Crazy Busy
DeYoung writes this book because he has identified a problem in his life which he knows he shares with many other Christians. He’s muttered to himself, “What am I doing? How did I get ...