The Lutheran Hour

If Easter tells us that Jesus the King has won, then Ascension tells us the King is reigning, and His reign is good.

God calls believers to trust and follow Jesus--chosen, but chosen for what?

Belief in the resurrection of Jesus is no siesta. It's a 5am wake-up call, a jolt out of bed that will turn your world upside down.

Christ is the King of an unlikely kingdom. Dr. Chad Lakies describes that kingdom's seemingly upside-down, illogical logic.

Mercy is an others-focused attitude because God is an others-first God.

The lead (or 'lede') of a news story conveys the most essential information. What is the lead of the Good News, the Gospel?

Jesus alone is the Way out, rescuing us from sin, despair, and death. He calls us to live as people "on the way."

Are you feeling worn down or worn out? Through faith, God conforms us to the pattern of Christ.

The Holy Spirit is the Helper who comes to dwell in and with us, to encourage and empower us.

Forgiveness isn't a formality with God. Forgiveness is formative. It changes us.

Every age has a stage, not just a stage of life, but also a stage on which to perform and to serve.

God made us to move--toward Him in faith and toward our neighbor in love.

We lost God's name along the way, but God found us and gave us the Name by which we can know Him: Jesus--"God saves."

A paradox doesn't make sense, mathematically. But it can be an accurate description of real-life experience.

God's love finds His people in the wilderness, the place where God gives bread from heaven, water from a rock, and streams in the desert.

"Life narrows down and crisis comes. There, in the narrow place stands Jesus."

Archives August--Dr. Oswald Hoffmann recounts the story of Gideon, an unlikely military leader.

Archives August--Dr. Oswald Hoffmann recounts the story of Moses.

After Jesus claimed the Old Testament was written about Him, the people of His hometown wrote Him off.

Of course, we should search the Scriptures, but we search them for Jesus, the One to Whom the Scriptures point.

God's Law-talk prepares us for God's Gospel-talk. Author Tim Carter (The Executioner's Redemption) is featured.

God's plans for us are not me-centered; they are Christ-centered. Dr. Zeigler talks with "Soul Surfer" author, Bethany Hamilton.

God's Word grows like a perfect garden, bearing fruit in every season.

The Book of Job is not light reading, but Christians read it in the Light of Christ.

The Book of Job can teach us something about prayer and about how we can talk honestly to God, covered by Jesus.

The devil is real, but rather than fretting about the evil he can do, we rejoice in all that Christ has done to defeat him.

Jesus is a tireless Searcher with an affinity for finding lost people.

The Holy Spirit calls us to turn from the darkness of a self-centered life and come into the light of Jesus' self-giving love.

The Church is like a pot of Louisiana gumbo, a diverse stew bound together by the power of Jesus' love.

Our difficulties often become the backdrop against which God reveals His faithfulness. Each challenge is an opportunity for Him to display His power.

Jesus is the Truth Who will take you in to live like He lives, planted in God His Father's love.

Lasting happiness is found in surrender, rather than control.

God is the Searcher Who will not stop looking for us. In our lonely hiding place, He says, "I knew I would find you here."

When Jesus shows up, it's no longer "us vs. them," because Jesus is for everyone, even if everyone is not yet for Jesus.

The risen Christ has folded Death up and put it in its place. Now Christ invites you to trust in Him and find place and purpose in His new creation.

In Jesus, God showed up smack in the middle of life with forgiveness, love, and a promise never to leave us.

Jesus didn't deserve to die on a cross, but He died and rose again in order to give us better than we deserve.

God gets angry at sin, but behind that anger, God is love. We believe this only because of Jesus.

Jesus the Good Shepherd invites all to be His sheep and find pasture. His words of promise will amaze some but anger others.

Jesus is the Light of the world. However, He sometimes keeps that light out of the visible range. We can't see it, but it changes what we see.

Do you want a life that amounts to more than a hill o' beans? Hear how Christ's death and resurrection gives us life with God that can't be measured.

Life was not meant to be a do-it-yourself project. We need God's help, His strength, His gifts.

If you don't need God, you won't know God.

Jesus gives us Himself as the Bread of Life so that everything we need can be filled by Him and His gifts.

Where we might see only a problem, Jesus sees a person who needs an Advocate.

Jesus crosses borders and even breaks down the barrier of death to do the things that make for unity: shared worship, shared mission, shared harvest.

Like an overture that introduces a great musical work, John the Baptizer is the living voice sent by God to bear witness to Jesus' lordship and salvation.

God makes us believers and the more we believe, the more we become involved in the institutions God made--church, marriage, family, and work.

When you're not limited by the size of your table, you can invite everyone.

Do you need more faith? Then you need the Word. Faith comes from hearing the Word of Christ.