The Lutheran Witness

The October issue of The Lutheran Witness focuses on a core theme of the Lutheran Reformation: justification by faith.

Since I’m currently burning the candle on both ends and in the middle, attending the first convention of our newest sister church, Lutheran Mission—Australia, I’ll let Luther have the word this month.

— Pastor Matthew C. Harrison

“I have been crucified with Christ. It is no longer I who live, but Christ who lives in me. And the l...

Imagine a courtroom. A trial is almost over, and the defendant is standing, ready to hear his sentence. Now look a little closer and see that you are the defendant and that God is the Judge. This is a divine courtroom, and the charge against you is comprehensive but simple: You have sinned against God in thought, word and deed, by what you have done and by wh...

Like many Lutherans today, I was not born Lutheran. I was raised Baptist before finding my way into mainstream American evangelicalism as a young adult.

The weekly liturgy (and it was a liturgy — of sorts) in my evangelical church was predictable and formative. The worship band opened the service with a fist-pumping song meant to teach us that praising God ...

Throughout much of the 2000s, the mainstream medical profession has bought into the notion that even children should be given sex-change treatments if they ask for them.

Now the American Medical Association; the American Society of Plastic Surgeons; and the national health ministries of Great Britain, France, Sweden and Finland have all changed their recommendations...