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Mormonism (Latter Days Saints) replaces the Gospel with a new law. The grace of God in Jesus Christ needs to be clearly proclaimed.Who are the Mormons? It is common to see Mormon missionaries-usually two young men, clean, shaven, dressed in white shirts and ties-knocking on doors in your neighborhood. What do these missionaries stand for? What do the Mormons believe? This book gives you the answers and necessary information to understand what Mormonism teaches.Be informed and respond.Topics include:founder Joseph Smith and the origins of the Book of Mormonthe Mormon view of salvation, eternal life, and moredifferences between Mormonism and the Christian Churchhow to confidentially share your faith with MormonsMost important, you will be prepared to confidently and sincerely share the Gospel with Mormons.This insightful series equips Christians with detailed information on contemporary non-Christian religious movements. Each book compares the teachings of these movements with Scripture and shows how to respond with the Gospel.

The cults' perversions of the timeless truths of God challenge the Church to be faithful in presenting its message to the world more clearly and aggressively.Chances are you know someone in a cult. Today millions of people are involved in some kind of cult activity. What exactly is a cult? Why do people get involved in these groups? This book gives you the answers to these questions and more.Be informed and respond.Topics include:characteristics of cults and their leadersreasons for cult members' commitmentthe difference between cults and the Christian Churchhow to confidentially share your faith with cult membersMost important, this book shows how you can share the Gospel-with gentleness and respect-when you are confronted by a cult member.This insightful series equips Christians with detailed information on contemporary non-Christian religious movements. Each book compares the teachings of these movements with Scripture and shows how to respond with the Gospel.

Christians need to openly share with others what we have learned of the love of God in Christ Jesus our Savior. We will play no games with the truth, nor will we hold secrets about what the truth is.On the surface, the Masonic Lodge promotes many positive moral values. But a deeper look reveals that at its core, the Lodge ignores the clear truth of God's Word and denies Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior. This book gives you in-depth information to understand the Lodge and its teachings.Be informed and respond.Topics include:the Lodge's view of salvationthe difference between the Lodge and the Christian Churchthe Lodge's influencereasons for the Lodge's secrecyhow to confidentially share your faith with Lodge membersMost important, you will get practical information and sample questions to help you clearly present the Gospel to Lodge members.This insightful series equips Christians with detailed information on contemporary non-Christian religious movements. Each book compares the teachings of these movements with Scripture and shows how to respond with the Gospel.

This edition of the classic work of The Proper Distinction Between Law and Gospel make this powerful tool available in a format for all readers of the Bible. Offering a fresh look of the older translation, it will provide comprehensive notes and annotations to aid reader's understanding, bringing to life the power and excitement of the original German lectures. This new unabridged edition restores Walther's witty, staccato fire, including text omitted in prior English versions. Read Walther's lectures like no one has since he originally spoke them: Foreign-language terms are in footnotesEncounter information on Lutheran history and theology that identifies concepts, events, and peopleMaps, timelines and rare photosReferences to Scripture, Lutheran Confessions, Luther and other sources appear in the marginsReferences to English sources have been added when possibleTranscription errors from the original lecture notes have been corrected

For nearly three-quarters of a century, A Summary of Christian Doctrine has been used to teach the faith. Its concise presentation of doctrine offers a unique introduction to the Lutheran Confessions for students of all ages.Now updated and based on the New King James Version, this classic statement of Lutheran doctrine explores all the major topics of Christian theology and offers university and seminary students a solid foundation for advanced study.

The liturgy is not a style of worship. The liturgy is the substance of justification as it is brought through means.This book is an introduction to the liturgy and its importance. It takes the liturgy and makes it easy for the layperson to understand that the New Testament church service brings God's presence, in Jesus the Christ to the people of God who have been cleansed from their sins. This is a holy meeting made possible by the blood of Christ that cleanses the believer. This understanding of the church service helps one to understand that the church service is more than a meeting place; it is the manifestation of the New Testament church on earth as Christ calls His bride around Word and Sacraments.Heaven on Earth will deepen your understanding of the Divine Service and why it remains the Church's chief worship service.

God promises to draw all nations into His glorious presence at His holy temple. His prophets call His people both to repentance and to a living hope in the coming King. In this study, you will learn:the sustaining power of God's prophetic Word in the time between promise spoken and promise fulfilled;the humility, betrayal, suffering, and victory of the Messiah, Jesus Christ;the expectant joy in our hearts as we await His second and final advent.Each study in the God's Word for Today series provides an in-depth exploration of one or more books of the Bible. Each session includes:background information on the books of the Bible, author(s), audience, occasion, and purpose;learning experiences that promote exciting and challenging discussions;notes for leaders that answer questions, suggest a learning process, and provide additional information;discussion starters that help participants apply God's Word to their daily lives.

To Live With Christ translates a collection of Bo Giertz's classic devotions for those who want to explore their Christian faith and to connect God's Word in their daily lives. The devotional readings embrace the historical church-year calendar, just as Giertz did, preparing you for Sunday worship service.Each Christ-centered devotion includes a Bible reading, meditation, and a prayer. The collection points readers to the cross of Christ, offering the assurance of God's grace, love, and forgiveness, helping them draw closer to their Lord.

Visitation is carefully designed to put immediately useful resources into the glove compartment, briefcase, or pocket of healthcare workers, deaconesses, pastors, and all those who visit distressed, sick, and suffering Christians.Features:Devotions based on selected psalms.Devotions targeted to situations such as childbirth, surgery, baptismal identity, prolonged illness, and many more.Topical reflections and prayers, numerous Bible passages, and handy cross-references to related material in other sections.Orders of service for use with those in distress, the sick or the dying.The devotional resources can be used as the devotions appear, or they can serve the visitor as a way to find appropriate points of contact while composing himself or herself to speak more directly to the situation at hand.

For fifty years, this collection has served as a devotional device for families with children ages 7-10. An editor's letter serves as a foreword, encouraging parents to attend weekly worship and to include devotions in their daily routine.Each devotion clearly articulates the message of salvation through faith in Jesus Christ and offers practical examples of God's action in our lives today. Each includes a Bible verse, short reading, activity suggestion, and prayer starter. A short order of worship is included as a suggested framework for daily use as the parents lead each devotion.Also excellent for classroom use.

About This VolumeOn the Nature of God and the Trinity includes two of Gerhard's commonplaces: On the Nature of God and On the Most Holy Mystery of the All Hallowed and Ineffable Trinity.On the Nature of God explores the etymology of the name of God and attends to His various attributes. Among others, Gerhard defines and defends God's simplicity, eternality, immutability, infinity, omnipotence, goodness, mercy, justice, omniscience, freedom, perfection, and majesty.On the Most Holy Mystery of the All Hallowed and Ineffable Trinity presents and defends six propositions concerning the Trinity: that the Trinity must be known and believed to be saved, that the mystery should be taught and preserved, that the Trinity can and ought to be proved from the scriptures, that both the Old and the New testaments witness to the Trinity, that reason is insufficient to prove the Trinity, and that the Trinity ought not be overruled or ridiculed by force of reason.About This SeriesThe Theological Commonplaces series is the first-ever English translation of Gerhard's monumental Loci Theologici. Gerhard was the premier Lutheran theologian of the early seventeenth century. Combining his profound understanding of evangelical Lutheran theology with a broad interest in ethics and culture, he produced significant works on biblical, doctrinal, pastoral, and devotional theology. Gerhard interacts with the writings of the church fathers, Luther and his contemporaries, and the Catholic and Calvinist theologians of his day. His 17-volume Loci is regarded as the standard compendium of Lutheran orthodoxy, with topics ranging from the proper understanding and interpretation of Scripture to eschatology.Useful for research on Lutheran doctrine, Gerhard's accessible style makes this a must-have on the bookshelf of pastors and professional church workers.Each embossed hardback volume includesthe translation of Gerhard's Loci (originally published from 1610 to 1625) ¿ a glossary of key theological, rhetorical, and philosophical terms ¿ a name index ¿ a Scripture index ¿ a carefully researched works cited list that presents guidance for deciphering the numerous abbreviations of the other titles from which Gerhard quotes.

Celebrate the church seasons and specials events with bright banners that draw churchgoers in to worship. Inside Banner Designs for the Church Year are 40 reproducible designs for creating artful and Christ-centered messages that will look beautiful in the church.Each design includes an explanation of the banner message. Special instructions and advice make these projects quick and easy. The book offers information on the background of banner usage, texture, color, scaling to size, construction, borders, tabs, and more.Even beginning banner makers can enjoy the banner projects in this book without help.

Lutheran Book of Prayer has assured and guided generations of Christians in their personal prayer life. This fifth edition speaks to the unique needs of contemporary Christians, and strengthens and informs readers as they go to God in prayer. Personal prayers are included for almost any life circumstance, including for morning and evening, worship, our world, our neighbors, ourselves, and the sick.Additional features:Topical index for prayersSelected psalmsNicene and Athanasian Creeds

- Continues the tradition establshed by J. H. C. Fritz and C. F. W. Walther of fine works on practical ministry- Shows pastors how to carry out ministry on the basis of confessionally Lutheran theological principles- Stories and personal experience lend immediacy to the discussion- Unique in its presentation and content

Grow each day through this timeless collection of heartfelt requests and the Lord's faithful answers presented in one-page, easy-to-use devotions. The Lord Will Answer: A Daily Prayer Catechism includes:Questions about faith, life, and eternal lifeAnswers drawn from God's Holy WordPrayers of the Bible Prayers and meditations from great Christian teachersThe devotions are arranged by the seasons of the Christian calendar and Luther's Small Catechism with Explanation, classic models of devotion. The prayers and topics are carefully indexed so that you can find just the right words for your prayers and the answers you need.

Through a blend of understandable explanations and real-life stories, Why I Am a Lutheran explores the foundational teachings of the Christian church. In each chapter, Daniel Preus calls upon more than twenty years of pastoral experience to reveal Jesus as the center of the Christian faith. As he addresses central doctrines such as sin and grace, Law and Gospel, the person and work of Jesus Christ, worship, the Sacraments, and the office of the ministry, Preus keeps the focus on Jesus Christ-who is "always and only at the center of all Christian teaching."

Meditations on Divine Mercy is a book of 45 prayers that Johann Gerhard wrote prior to 1612. Translated from the German by Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, this book is available for English readers to enjoy and appreciate. Additional features include a chapter on the purpose and benefits of prayer, as well as an explanation of the blessing and historic aspects of daily meditation.

Despite studying under Harnack, Holl and old Liberalism, Hermann Sasse became a prominent figure in confessional Lutheranism by the time of World War I. He was a prominent figure in the German ecumenical movement for years and untiringly advocated that real unity could only be the result of real doctrinal agreement. He had the respect of Roman Catholics, Lutherans, Anglicans and the Reformed alike. In his later years, Sasse believed that the Lutheran Church -- Missouri Synod was the last hope for world confessional Lutheranism and dedicated his efforts to raising the Synod's consciousness of its worldwide significance. This collection of the writings of Hermann Sasse is comprised, with several exceptions, of materials never before published in English. This volume compiles material from 1941 through 1976, including articles, papers, essays, theses, lectures, and pastoral letters.

Today, millions of people struggle with addictive behavior and codependencies that hurt themselves and others.This book follows the format of the Twelve Steps, identifies and applies biblical truths for liberation from hurtful behaviors and the promotion of Christian growth. Through these principles, God provides the fullness of His blessings in Christ to liberate and to empower individuals for growth in Christian living.

This revision of a classic bestseller remains faithful to the invitation and command from God to pray-to share one's thoughts and words, needs and desires, with their heavenly Father; to praise, give thanks, and seek forgiveness.This book helps stimulate Christian youth in their conversations with God and provides topical prayers, including prayers for:ForgivenessPatienceGuidanceHolidaysSuccess in schoolThis book includes 87 prayers and a presentation page

Take a trip back to Bible times with this fascinating glimpse into the customs, food, furnishings, and occupations of the Old and New Testaments.Now in its third edition, this popular book provides brief but vivid depictions of the activities, tools, clothing, and more that were commonplace during Bible times. Simple line drawings are included to illustrate objects and buildings.

Each study in the God's Word for Today series provides an in-depth exploration of a book of the Bible. Each session includes:background information on the book of the Bible, its author, audience, occasion, and purpose;learning experiences that promote exciting and challenging discussions;notes for leaders that answer questions, suggest a learning process, and provide additional information;discussion starters that help participants apply God's Word to their daily lives.(13 sessions) Daniel is an early example of a type of literature - apocalyptic literature - that became common among Jewish people at the close of the Old Testament era. As an apocalyptic book, Daniel has certain features in common with similar works, including Revelation and many non-biblical writings.

Each study in the God's Word for Today series provides an in-depth exploration of a book of the Bible. Each session includes:background information on the book of the Bible, its author, audience, occasion, and purpose;learning experiences that promote exciting and challenging discussions;notes for leaders that answer questions, suggest a learning process, and provide additional information;discussion starters that help participants apply God's Word to their daily lives.(13 sessions) Paul's letter to the Ephesians is about the church and about the fellowship of believers who make up the church. It is about us, for by faith we are the church in our time and place. We, by God's grace, are part of God's family - a family united in Christ and sustained by the Holy Spirit.