CONTENTS

5 family members standing in front of church

Confessions of faith: Casy Phillips

Andrew Schroer leading worship at Redeemer, Edna, Texas

Mission dreams

cookies and hot cocoa next to christmas decorations

Parent conversations: What Christmas traditions do you cherish in your family?

Joseph and pregnant Mary walking along path

Joseph also went up

DECEMBER ISSUE

A season of miracles

We tend to use the term miracle incorrectly. “It was ...
Mark Schroeder

Q&A: Why is Pontius Pilate immortalized in our creeds?

Why is Pontius Pilate immortalized in our creeds? We are ...
David Scharf

Shifting congregational culture

Congregational culture change isn’t easy, but if successful, it opens ...
Kurt Nitz

My Christian life: Perspectives from a lay missionary

A former lay missionary to East Asia shares her perspective ...
Aaron Wakeman

Catechism truths from Matthew: Baptism

“The Bible never says we should baptize babies.” So goes ...
James F. Borgwardt

Confessions of faith: Casy Phillips

Put in jail for a crime he didn’t commit, a ...
Gabriella Blauert

Opening doors in Advent and beyond

I grew up with Advent calendars. You know, the kind ...
James F. Pope

Mission dreams

I always wanted to be a missionary. From early on, ...
Andrew Schroer

Parent conversations: What Christmas traditions do you cherish in your family?

Family. That’s the common denominator for me. When I’m thinking ...
Jonathan Bourman, Melissa Anne Kreuser

Please explain: Why is the virgin birth of Christ important?

Why is the virgin birth of Christ such an important ...
Nicolas Schmoller

Perfect joy awaits

Just as we can look back fondly on Christmases past, ...
Rachel Olson

Joseph also went up

“Joseph also went up from the town of Nazareth in ...
Stephen G. Helwig

Advent devotions

Gather around the Advent wreath for quiet time during the ...
Johnold Strey

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