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?…
Ultimate humility, ultimate love
Jesus lived a life of perfect obedience, humbling himself by becoming a man and dying on a cross. Meditating on his humility will help us with our own. Personal freedom…
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…
You are surrounded
When you feel overwhelmed by problems, don’t despair. Your all-powerful God is all around you and will always be there. “Give it up. You’re surrounded!” I can’t tell you how…