Nov2020
First love
by Verena Johnson
‘You have persevered and have endured hardships for my name, and have not grown weary. Yet … you have forsaken the love you had at first’ (Revelation 2:3–4).
Nov2020
Do not lose heart
by Verena Johnson
‘Therefore we do not lose heart … For our light and momentary troubles are achieving for us an eternal glory that far outweighs them all’ (2 Corinthians 4:16a,17).
Nov2020
Nostril dramas: How stray hairs can derail online worship ministry
by Jonathan Krause
When COVID-19 put a temporary halt to public worship, congregations were challenged to put a new emphasis on offering online worship. Many different people take part in the presentation of worship and are filmed in their homes, close-up. That’s where nostril hairs are important.
Nov2020
Blessed beyond belief
When Rockingham Mandurah Lutheran Church, Western Australia, began a church-planting journey more than four years ago, they knew they couldn’t source all the necessary funding from within their community. But the Holy Spirit had things in hand.
Nov2020
Judging ourselves
by Verena Johnson
‘For at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgement do the same things’ (Romans 2:1).
Nov2020
The little church that’s growing ‘too fast’
by Pastor Matt Anker
As members continue to reach out with the gospel, Hope Evangelical Lutheran Church in Burundi is being overwhelmed wherever it plants congregations!
Nov2020
Lutherans respond to SA abortion bill
The LCA/NZ’s Lutherans for Life has responded to the new ‘Termination of Pregnancy Bill 2020’, which is before the South Australian parliament, with a public statement and call to action for the church.
Nov2020
Don’t look back
by Verena Johnson
‘But Lot’s wife looked back, and she became a pillar of salt’ (Genesis 19:26).
Nov2020
The eyes of your heart
by Verena Johnson
‘I pray that the eyes of your heart may be enlightened in order that you may know the hope to which he has called you’ (Ephesians 1:18).
Nov2020
Praise him with song
by Annie Duarte
‘Let us come before him with thanksgiving and extol him with music and song’ (Psalm 95:2).
