Lutheran Witness

The Lutheran Witness provides readings of all the articles posted on LW website, witness.lcms.org. The Lutheran Witness is an official periodical of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (Visit lcms.org to learn more). Subscribe to the print edition of LW at cph.org/witness. For additional stories and articles that help you interpret the world from a Lutheran perspective, visit the LW website. 

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The Coffee Hour – “The Community of Marriage” LW Searching Scripture, June/July 2024: 1 Peter 3:1–7

Rev. Carl Roth talks about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the June/July 2024 issue of the Lutheran Witness.

The Coffee Hour – “The Shepherd’s Community” LW Searching Scripture, May 2024: 1 Peter 2:11–25

Rev. Carl Roth talks about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the May 2024 issue of the Lutheran Witness.

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: Christian Hope Amidst Numerical Decline

Jesus has promised to build His church, and so He does. The church cannot fail!

The Coffee Hour – “A Chosen Community” LW Searching Scripture, April 2024: 1 Peter 2:4–10

Rev. Carl Roth talks about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the April 2024 issue of the Lutheran Witness.

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: ‘To Kill a Mockingbird’ and Christian Love in the Three Estates

Love of neighbor is the end of all vocations, no matter the estate to which you are called.

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: Part 3: Worship Is God’s Work, Incomplete without You

There is no special dispensation by which some Christians are edified into the people God intends in some manner apart from the Word through which the Holy Spirit works.

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: Part 2: Worship Nurtures a Community That Is Alien to This World

As the Lord has His way with us in worship, a culture alien to this world is formed.

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: Part 1: Worship Reveals a Community Created by the Holy Spirit

Worship [is] a manifestation of the community that has already been created for us in Christ Jesus.

The Coffee Hour – “A Community of the Word” LW Searching Scripture, March 2024: 1 Peter 1:22–2:3

Rev. Carl Roth talks about the “Searching Scripture” feature in the March 2024 issue of the Lutheran Witness.