Reality as God reveals it
“Woe to those who call evil good and good evil, who put darkness for light and light for darkness, who put bitter for sweet and sweet for bitter” (Isaiah 5:20).…
Q&A: Does God have my entire life planned out?
Does God have my entire life planned out? Freedom can be attractive. A child can long for the day when he chooses his own bedtime—parents making rules can seem like…
Hold on to what you have
Like nearly all Christian denominations in the United States, our Wisconsin Synod has experienced a consistent annual decline in membership over the past three decades. The synod’s largest membership was…
Confessions of faith: Jill Gilchrist
A woman’s faith is fanned back into flame after walking away from church as a teen. What causes teens who have been raised in the Christian church to walk away?…
Parent conversations: What promises of God calm your heart when parenting feels overwhelming?
Parenting often feels overwhelming. Parenting without God’s promises? That I can’t even comprehend! What a blessing to have these promises to cling to when everything else in life feels so…
My Christian life: Medical challenges offer opportunities for faith to shine
Christian faith shines brightly in a family handling challenges. After praying on her knees beside her bed, Judy Fraser stood up with a premonition: She was going to raise a…
Straight talk: Finding a healthy balance
WELS Home Missions is WELS’ church-planting entity. Uniquely equipped with resources congregations don’t have, Home Missions has been able to fund 63 new missions over the last decade so that…
Please explain: What am I to think when I see Christians doing wrong things?
What am I to think when I see Christians doing wrong things? Scripture often contrasts light and darkness. There was a time when each of us was darkness. Paul plainly…
Miracles in Mark: Lesson 3
Mark 8:1-21: The feeding of the four thousand I thought I knew what this miracle was about. I should have known better, especially because I’m a twin and a father…