Category: Feature Stories
The truth about Old Saint Nick : Why Turkey means more than Christmas dinner
by Jim Chliboyko “East of Marmaris the coast loses most of its wrinkles and the Greek Islands are left behind,” reads the dog-eared copy of Lonely Planet’s West Asia on a Shoestring. “The coast is sprinkled with ruins… and it’s studded with beautiful beaches and…
“It’s a face!” Seminary professor uncovers ancient fresco
by Steve Chambers It was my biggest shock of the summer. “It’s a face!” I cried, after turning over the stone. There she was, staring up at me just as an ancient artist had painted her on the plaster still clinging to this large limestone…
Twenty years for unique program
by Jennifer Shack and Paul Schoepp The role of teaching in the church is as old as the church itself where important teachers of the faith have taught people about Jesus’ love for them and showed them how to live their God-given faith, responding…
The hidden treasure of private confession
His grace awaits you. The door is open. by Peggy Pedersen The church’s treasures are the gifts Christ our Lord, Himself has given us: Baptism, Holy Communion and the Office of the Keys. In these ways He comes to us, cleansing us from our sins…
In the beginnings
The prefaces to Luther’s Small and Large Catechisms have their own teachings by Thomas A. Von Hagel One of the most significant concerns of the sixteenth century Lutheran Reformation was religious instruction in the parish. In his preface to the Small Catechism, Martin Luther bemoaned…
Doctor’s appointment: up close and personal with Martin Luther
Compiled by Ian Adnams The fifty-five volumes of Luther’s Works contain Dr. Luther’s Bible commentaries, sermons and essays. Volume 54 is called “Table Talk” and contains notes taken by guests and visitors to his home as they bantered opinions during meals. Rather than discourses from…
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