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Every morning in Slayton, Minnesota, the people listening to the local radio station, KJOE, hear the "Moments of Meditation" sponsored by Trinity Lutheran Church (LCMS). Here are the devotions which were aired in 2021.We strive to properly divide God's Law and Gospel as we bring the good news of salvation by grace through faith to our community. Each devotion, when recorded, is less than two minutes long, which provides a challenge to concisely speak of God's grace, love, and mercy.

(12 sessions) God calls prophets to speak to His people His words of repentance and faith. In the midst of disobedience, danger, and suffering, Obadiah, Jonah and Micah extend God's grace and the sure hope of deliverance. God speaks to us today through these prophets concerningthe ultimate result of unrepentant sin;His love and compassion for all people;His faithfulness toward His people;the fulfilled prophecies and enduring promises regarding His Son, Jesus Christ.Each study in the God's Word for Today series provides an in-depth exploration of a book of the Bible. Each session includes:background information on the book of the Bible, its author, audience, occasion, and purposelearning experiences that promote exciting and challenging discussionsnotes for leaders that answer questions, suggest a learning process, and provide additional informationdiscussion starters that help participants apply God's Word to their daily lives

God Words: Intro to Classic Christian Theology helps readers grow in their knowledge and understanding of God's Word.Previously titled Wings of Faith, this book features a series of essays written by various authors including John Johnson, Dean Wenthe, Paul Raabe, and more. Essays include The Bible as God's Word, The Doctrine of Man, One God in Three Persons, The Means of Grace, The End Times, and Does It Really Make a Difference if You Are Lutheran?The end of each essay offers questions for personal reflection or group discussion. This book is ideal for high school Bible study groups, adult and youth confirmands, and anyone new to the faith.

The story had to be told, the story of a large, confessional church body gradually, almost imperceptibly but seemingly irrevocably, losing its evangelical and confessional character and identity. But then, contrary to all expectations and historical precedent, a reversal of a trend which has dominated modern church history! The lay people and rank and file clergy of the Missouri Synod take a stand. They elect new leaders with a mandate to turn the direction of their synod back to the old ways, to the evangelical orthodoxy they had learned and known so well. They support an investigation of the doctrine of the largest and at the time most prestigious seminary of their synod. They study the issues confronting their church, they review their doctrinal position; and in convention assembled they take the bold unprecedented step of condemning the doctrine taught at that very seminary which was founded by and flourished under the greatest theological leaders the synod had ever known. The majority of the faculty members denounce the action of their church, and at what seems like a propitious time they refuse en masse to carry out their call to teach in the church. Students by the hundreds follow their professors into what was called an exile, but was really more a sort of captivity, led by the prestige and persuasions of their teachers and by the incredibly great pressure of their peers. And for the most part both faculty and students are still lost to the church, lost not because their friends and former brethren have not tried to retrieve them, but because they reject their synod, not merely its leaders and some of its actions, but also its theology. The scars inflicted on their church by their departure are deep, and they will last beyond the lives of any of us.

Martin Luther posted his Ninety-five Theses on the church door at Wittenberg in 1517. In the three years after, he clarified and defended his position in numerous writings. Chief among these are the three treatises written in 1520. In the writings Luther framed his ideas in terms that are comprehensible to clergy and people from all backgrounds.

Free in Deed provides an imaginative and succinct introduction to Lutheran ethics, which the author contends is, finally, neighbor ethics. The gospel of Jesus Christ sets us free to serve neighbors--including all creation--and their well-being. This Lutheran framework provides a distinctive approach for navigating social issues in tumultuous times.

Eighth-Day Discipleship explores the fruitful connection between faith, work, and economics in the church today. Integration of these elements is seen as critical to living meaningfully as Christian disciples in the world. The author draws on elements of Luther's Catechism to build an evangelical design for the disciple's life.

The Augsburg Confession and the Apology of the Augsburg Confession are the fundamental confessions of faith contained in the Book of Concord. The Apology is also the longest and most detailed of the Lutheran Confessions. Never before has an edition been published where both were available. In addition, this edition features three other works in the appendix to help make sense of the writings in these fundamental books: Martin Luther's Exhortation to the Clergy in Augsburg (1530), John Eck's 404 Theses, and the Roman Catholic's response to the Augsburg Confessions, Confutation of the Augsburg Confession.

THE KIND OF FAITH THAT BRINGS RESULT, APPLY FAITH PRINCIPLES AND SEE THINGS BEGIN TO TURN AROUND FOR YOU.The power of walking by faith is a book that every Christian needs to read to be victorious and receive every promise the Lord has given to us. Faith is an ingredient that should be a part of our lives to be champions for God. God wants us to walk with Him by faith and be able to please Him because without faith, it is impossible to please God nor receive anything from Him. Many today are walking by sight and they go by what they see and feel, hence they are not walking in the provision and abundance of God. Faith is the key to our receiving breakthroughs in this life. If you go by what you see and feel, the devil and his demons will make a fool of you and torment your life. When we don't walk by faith, then we walk by fear and that is the greatest tool of the devil to paralyze one and make one's life miserable. God wants us not to walk in fear but to walk in power, in love and in sound mind. When fear comes into one's mind, one becomes confused and one begins to do the devil's bidding. The mind is a powerful tool the good Lord has given to us and if we allow the devil to control it, he will only unleash misery unto us and cause us to be depressed. One thing the devil will put in your mind if he can gain access into it is fear and with that fear, he will hinder you completely in life and make you not to be what God has intended you to be. The spirit of fear is what is stopping many people today from achieving things in life- be it in marriage, job, business, ministry or what have you. Fear can also lead one into poverty and lack because one is afraid to pay one's tithe and give unto the Lord. The devil will always suggest things to you and cause you not to obey the voice of God and walk in His abundance, and then stop you from connecting to God's source of supply. With this book, you will tap in into the riches of God and walk boldly by faith and claim what God says is yours. When we walk by faith, we possess everything we desire from God. In short, everything we need for our lives first exists in the spirit realm, and we must by faith call it forth into the physical manifestation. If we walk by sight, we will not be able to accomplish much in life but by faith in God, nothing can be impossible for us. Walking by faith is awesome and it makes you continue to walk in God's inexhaustible provision and have what you desire in life. My prayer for you as you read this book is that fear will be eliminated from your life, and you will begin to walk by faith and please God and receive from Him, and make your life very rewarding and fulfilling. This book will empower and motivate you and cause you to be a champion for God and live a happy and fulfilling life right here on earth. God bless you as you begin your spiritual journey into the arena of faith.

The Letter to the Hebrews is one of the more sophisticated new testament writings, with the author connecting the Old Testament passages to the present concerns of the community of faith. This study takes six big questions based in the text and challenges participants to explore them thoughtfully together.

We are all too familiar with the same old human pitfall: we rush after the desires of our hearts and worship ourselves instead of Jesus Christ. And yet, the dangers of inward idolatry are a neglected topic in Western theology.Without God's First-Commandment-focused Law, we would never truly know the depth of our spiritual disease. Anything we fear, love, or trust more than the true God is, plain and simple, our god.Drawing upon Martin Luther's key insights on the theology of idolatry, The Unholy Trinity unmasks contemporary idol worship and its futility. Luther's unparalleled ability to get to the heart of human sin helps us see through the lie of self-sufficiency. Only when walls of man-made security are broken down can we hear the Gospel as good news-by grace, God gives us every good thing we vainly try to provide for ourselves.

The exercises in this workbook reproduce the exercises in the chapters of Fundamental Biblical Hebrew. More space is provided for writing out the exercises. The chapter summaries from the textbook are included at the end of this workbook. In addition, at the end of each chapter's exercises are supplementary exercises. Two principles will be apparent to anyone using these supplementary exercises:1) The supplementary exercises require students to reproduce basic Hebrew forms, including forms of weak verbs, as an aid to learning the basics of Hebrew morphology.2) This workbook emphasizes reading actual Biblical Hebrew as an aid to learning syntax. The texts reproduced are exactly as they appear in the Hebrew books of the Old Testament.

"This biography, begun by Timothy F. Lull prior to his death and capably finished by Derek Nelson, is marked by its fresh, winsome, and invigorating style--one undoubtedly shaped by years spent in undergraduate and seminary classrooms. In this telling, Luther is an energetic, resilient actor, driven by very human strengths and failings, always wishing to do right by his understanding of God and the witness of the Scriptures. At times humorous, always realistic, and appropriately critical when necessary, Lull and Nelson tell the story of an amazing, unforgettable life"--Back cover.