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 Lutheran Witness Podcast: Who’s Influencing Our Children?

“Who’s influencing our children? You are.”

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: On Witchcraft: a growing spiritual trend

“[Witchcraft] scratches the itch for spiritual growth with a vague, supernatural feeling that complements whatever other viewpoints a person might choose to hold in daily life.”

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: Government: the god of the Nones

“[The Nones] often invest godlike, messianic hope in the government and its capacity to make the world a better place.”

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: Reversing the Trend

“God wants His Word to be learned not only in our churches and schools but especially in our homes.”

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: None Excluded

“America’s children have left the church in droves, yet many of them do not deny the existence of God.”

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: March 2023 Snippets

Did you know that the LCMS has produced a series of instructional video modules about the Synod?

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: What Is It Like to Be President of the Synod

“We have been blessed phenomenally. I would love to preach in every LCMS congregation, but that would take 125 years.”

The Lutheran Witness Podcast: March 2023 Editors Letter

Recent statistics on those who mark “None” on religious preference surveys indicate that almost every Christian family in America today has been touched by the trend toward disaffiliation.

The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture “Encouragement in Christ” March 2023: Philippians 1:27-2:2

Andy and Sarah talk with Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL.

The Coffee Hour – LW Searching Scripture “Reasons to Rejoice” February 2023: Philippians 1:12-26

Andy and Sarah talk with Anthony Oliphant, pastor of Redeemer Lutheran Church in Elmhurst, IL.