Category: Faith Questions
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What Is Baptism?
“When the kindness and love of God our Savior appeared, he saved us, not because of righteous things we had done, but because of his mercy. He saved us through the washing of rebirth and renewal by the Holy Spirit, whom he poured out on us generously through Jesus Christ our Savior, so that, having…
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Why Was Jesus Born?
As I was listening to the latest Faith Footnotes episode, “Luther at the Manger,” special guest Pastor Nathaniel Biebert said something that struck me. Regarding the content of his book, Luther at the Manger (Christmas sermons by Martin Luther translated from German into modern English), Pastor Biebert said something to this effect: “You cannot walk…
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What Are Good Works?
When it comes to living as a Christian, what are good works? This blog post explores the encouraging answer to that question…
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What Might Luther Have Read?
The sheer volume of Martin Luther’s writings is astounding. According to Britannica, he wrote a third of the books published in the German language during the first half of the 1500s.[1] The first 55 volumes of his written works in the English translation altogether are over 22,000 pages long—and that’s not even everything he wrote!…
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Where Are You, God?
Where are you, God? We often ask that question when we experience moments of terrible tragedy and heartbreaking loss. When such things happen, we understandably want to know where God is. God is not silent in his Word. Let’s be clear about that. When we cry out to him, we know our God hears and…
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God Our Refuge: Letter From the Editor
Dear brothers in the ministry, After spending over a quarter century serving as an editor at Northwestern Publishing House, I can safely say that there are few NPH and WELS publications—present as well as past—that I’m unfamiliar with. With this letter to you, I’m calling attention to one publication that had completely escaped my attention…
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What is Epiphany?
With Christmas time now largely at an end, you might hear a new seasonal word floating around: Epiphany. Epiphany is an ancient tradition that commemorates Jesus’ physical appearance to the non-Jewish world, focusing our eyes on the marvelous truth that Jesus is the Son of God and the Savior for all people. The word “epiphany”…
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Christians and Mental Illness: A Letter From the Editor
Dear brothers in the ministry, I want to share with you four items that have caught my attention: two quite recently and two others going back a year or so. Altogether, they illustrate the growing awareness of mental illness in the United States today. The first two concepts were reported in articles I read just…