The name of Jesus carries more power and meaning than we often realize in our everyday lives. He is Savior, Messiah, beginning and end, always with us. When we carry His name with us, we bring the Good News of salvation to all who are willing to listen.
Read MoreThe Winter 2019 Engaged in Mission magazine is now available! From Elk River to Rochester to Nicaragua, we’re amazed at the ways God is moving to bring people closer to Him. This quarter's issue features stories of how congregations, schools, and ministries in our District are finding new and innovative ways to network and collaborate together—all to the glory of Christ our King!
Read MoreThe season of Advent helps us anticipate and prepare for the promised Christ child who delivers us from our sins. Advent invites us to prepare the way for the Lord—in our daily lives, in our places of work, in our communities, in our priorities, and in our conversations.
Read MoreHow can we turn the holiday of Thanksgiving into a year-round grateful attitude? Look with me at Paul’s example and exhortation to the Philippians and Corinthians to learn how we can “Rejoice in the Lord always.”
Read MoreNovember’s issue of One Voice looks at how increasing acceptance of evolutionary biology’s flaws is opening the door for proclaiming the Gospel. As evidence mounts against macro-evolution, high profile agnostic and atheistic intellectuals are publicly abandoning Darwinian theory. And the more inclined people are to confess God as Creator, the more likely they will confess Christ as Redeemer.
Read MoreConcordia Seminary President Dr. Dale A. Meyer has announced his retirement effective June 30, 2020. We thank God for his faithful years of service and pray his final months as seminary president would be greatly blessed.
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