Was Kobe Bryant a Follower of Jesus?
It’s been all over the news. Kobe Bryant, one of the greatest basketball players of all time, together with his daughter Gianna and seven others died untimely deaths in a
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Gospel Movement in Iran
When I was in the fifth grade, I memorized a limerick about Iran: There once was a girl from Iran Who had trouble in finding a man It was funny
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The Value of ‘playa congregations’
It almost goes without saying that growing up in Northern Minnesota meant lakes. One could count on them for recreation in any and all seasons. Boating, fishing, water skiing, snowmobiling,
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First, Repent
As the season of Lent draws near, I would like to invite you to join me again this year in a day of repentance on Ash Wednesday, February 26th. As
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Vision For Africa
At the Vision for Africa vision clinic in the rural community of Kongasis, a woman who was nine months pregnant came in from the bush in order to receive eyeglasses.
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Seminary Church Planting Forums and Labs
How do seminary students become interested in church planting? How do we identify students who might be church planters? The answers to those questions may lie in a project piloted
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Church Planting Gains Momentum in San Antonio
This fall Rev. Philip Doublestein joined the team of LINC San Antonio, with the prayerful intention of starting a new church in this fast-growing city. Although a specific location for
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Grandma Eva’s Story
Grandma Eva was baptized at age 83 on Sept. 22, 2019, by Pastor Richard Mittwede, Missionary/Campus Pastor of University Lutheran Church, Austin, Texas. After coming to America many years ago,
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See Goliath Fall
What are the giants that threaten the Christian Church today? Atheism? Secularism? Materialism? Self-indulgence? Ego? Immorality? Lethargy and Apathy? A culture of death and violence? A context of division and
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Kramer to Diaz
The very first president of the Texas District of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod was Rev. A.W. Kramer. Just recently, I met his great-granddaughter! Pastor Kramer began his ministry in Texas
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