Hope and Guidance
Advance medical directives convey our wishes to caregivers when we no longer can. Christians approach these ...
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2021 Life Conference: Q&A with AAPLOG
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Heavenly Misconceptions
The promise of eternal life for the Christian is the greatest and most comforting promise our Lord has given to ...
God Is Not Done With You
There are no human words that can take away the pain suffered by grieving mothers. For now, the best we can hope ...
Comfort in the Face of Death
If you want to comfort a loved one who is dying, don’t pretend everything will be OK. Our comfort begins at the ...
Christmas Mourning
The holidays can be a time of sadness and loneliness, especially for those mourning the passing of a loved one. ...
Amazingly Complex
Health care’s amazing technology also creates impossibly complex situations. Three questions that Christians can and should ask themselves can help guide decisions as life draws to its end.
Where Do God’s People Find Comfort in the Suicide of a Non-Christian?
When a non-believer commits suicide, it can lead to sadness, anger, and many difficult questions for their friends ...
Bible Study — Gospel Relief for the Despairing
If you have served in the parish for any period, you have ministered to someone suffering from a sense of ...
The Problem of Suffering
It is hopeful to say that our suffering is from God, for then we know to whom we must turn is good and omnipotent and will turn our tears into joy in heaven. This is the theology of the cross.
Surprised by Suffering
Martin Luther once wrote: “Without trials ... a person can know neither Scripture nor faith, nor can he fear and love God. If he has never suffered, he cannot understand what hope is.”
How Long?
We ask, “How long will you defend the unjust, O God, and show favor to the wicked?” God points to the cross and ...
Ethics and Suffering
How are Christians to respond to this shift in the ethics of medicine today? The path that seems most appropriate ...
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2021 Life Conference: Over the Counter Abortion is Coming: What is our Response?
The end game of the abortion industry is to make every woman her own abortionist. This direct marketing of ...
2021 Life Conference: What the HEK? Controversy over the Development of COVID-19 Vaccines from Aborted Fetal Cells
As time goes by, more people will be offered the opportunity to receive a COVID-19 vaccination. Protecting ...
2021 Life Conference: Talking about Life Issues while Keeping Your Friends
When confronted with a conversation about emotionally-charged life issues, whether in person or online, do you ...
2021 Life Conference: Worship Resources for Life Ministry
Chaplain Sean Daenzer, LCMS Director of Worship, gives an introduction to the new LCMS Life Ministry Worship ...
2021 Life Conference: What does this mean? Responding to Critical Race Theory and Social Justice
Our American culture is full of racial division, tension, and upheaval. Riots and demands for justice abound. How ...
2021 Life Conference: New Landscape of Religious Liberty
While the past century has seen numerous threats to religious liberty, our new landscape is shaped by a torrent of ...
2021 Life Conference: Gracious and Multifaceted-Engaging Life Issues While Centered in Jesus
Different reasons motivate different people to affirm all of human life, and to be engaged in life issues. Indeed, ...
2021 Life Conference: Inclusión de la persona con discapacidad en su congregación
La inclusión de la persona con discapacidad en su congregación comienza con el arrepentimiento. Después, con los ...
2021 Life Conference: El Cuerpo de Cristo y la persona con discapacidad
Las personas con discapacidad necesitan del Cuerpo de Cristo y el Cuerpo de Cristo necesita de las personas con ...
2021 Life Conference: La Palabra de Dios y la persona con discapacidad
¿Por qué hay discapacidad? ¿Qué valor tiene la persona con discapacidad? persona con discapacidad pueda ...
2021 Life Conference: Concepción
En primer lugar, este estudio define la concepción desde un punto de vista bíblico, colocándola en su contexto ...
2021 Life Conference: Creación del hombre en Génesis 2: Hombre y mujer en relación ordenada
Esta sección trata del orden especial en el que Dios creó al hombre y la mujer y los unió en una sociedad ...
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Hogares desalmados: una perpectiva del LCMS sobre la violencia doméstica
¿Cómo puedes defender la vida en un mundo que es pro-elección?
Hogares desalmados: una perpectiva del LCMS ...
Children’s Coloring Prayer Book for Those Affected by Domestic Violence
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Right and Wrong in the Workplace
We cannot separate our faith life from our career or business. Our service through our vocations is an expression ...
With This Ring
At the wedding ceremony the bride and groom exchange wedding rings. They are circles to symbolize the permanence of this relationship. There are three additional aspects these rings portray.
What Is Marriage?
It is not our human prerogative to redefine marriage for the sake of political correctness, social justice, or to accommodate the changing times. As God does not change, but is ever faithful, so marriage does not change and ever proclaims the faithfulness of God to His people.
What About … Living Together Without Marriage?
This resource is reprint of a tract from The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s “What About …” series. Pastors and ...
The Venture of Marriage
God fashions marriage so a man and woman learn to be true to each other. Through marriage, God brings us into relation with one who is different but who also reflects back something of the truth of our own nature. That image is the bold and daring vision we have to offer the world.
Then Comes Marriage
Marriage is a blessing, a gift from the God who created us. In holy matrimony, bride and groom vow to remain faithful “for better, for worse, for richer, for poorer, in sickness and in health.” The sanctity of life and the sanctity of marriage go hand in hand.
The Mystery of Marriage
This article is a summary of the theology of marriage that can serve as a foundation for evaluating the implications of reproductive technologies from a Christian perspective.
The APA Does It Again
Psychologists who say fathers are not necessary prove the limits of social science.
Ten Commandments for Healthy Marital Communication
Couples should remember to continuously fine-tune their communication skills. Doing so will enhance a good marriage and stabilize a rocky one. Effective communication can mean the difference between a lasting, quality relationship and a lifeless marriage or a divorce.
Surrogate Motherhood: A Clerical Case
The whole point of marriage as a paradigm of God’s relationship with His people is to illustrate the oneness of what we are given in marriage and in the gift of a child as its outcome. Careless sentimentality in reproductive ethics erases this message of God to us.