Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares Easter greetings in this month's Life Together Digest. Read and subscribe now: https://thelc.ms/42ENz21 | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, shares Easter greetings in this month's Life Together Digest. Read and subscribe now: https://thelc.ms/42ENz21 | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the Finnish government's harassment of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, a partner church of the LCMS, over its biblical teachings on sexuality and marriage. He discusses the "calm spirit of confidence" of these Finnish Lutherans in light of the Christian hope found in Ascension and Pentecost. "Jesus says, 'If they hate you, know that they hated Me first.'
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the Finnish government's harassment of the Evangelical Lutheran Mission Diocese of Finland, a partner church of the LCMS, over its biblical teachings on sexuality and marriage. He discusses the "calm spirit of confidence" of these Finnish Lutherans in light of the Christian hope found in Ascension and Pentecost. "Jesus says, 'If they hate you, know that they hated Me first.'
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In this month's Life Together Digest, Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the many ways Lutherans are promoting and defending the sanctity of life. This issue is full of encouragement and resources to help you join the thousands of Lutherans who are serving a multitude of mothers, fathers and children around the country. Learn more: https://thelc.ms/4hjX4t1 | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In this month's Life Together Digest, Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the many ways Lutherans are promoting and defending the sanctity of life. This issue is full of encouragement and resources to help you join the thousands of Lutherans who are serving a multitude of mothers, fathers and children around the country. Learn more: https://thelc.ms/4hjX4t1 | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison shares a message from the Gospel of John and encourages us all to take care of our pastors, teachers and other church workers during this busy season. | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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LCMS President Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison shares a message from the Gospel of John and encourages us all to take care of our pastors, teachers and other church workers during this busy season. | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), recounts the story of Rosa Young, who helped start 30 Lutheran schools to provide education to African American children in rural Alabama in the early 1900s. Harrison notes the LCMS’ ongoing support of education and schools, highlighting the Rosa J. Young Scholarships from the Lutheran Church Extension Fund and the LCMS Foundation, which will provide over $500,000 in support of
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), recounts the story of Rosa Young, who helped start 30 Lutheran schools to provide education to African American children in rural Alabama in the early 1900s. Harrison notes the LCMS’ ongoing support of education and schools, highlighting the Rosa J. Young Scholarships from the Lutheran Church Extension Fund and the LCMS Foundation, which will provide over $500,000 in support of
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), discusses the joy of the resurrection as the Easter season draws to a close. Reflecting on the hymn "Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands" (LSB 458), Harrison discusses the atonement which Christ's death and resurrection have accomplished for us. "Luther says the resurrection is so significant it means that for us death will be just like a falling asleep to take a brief nap
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), discusses the joy of the resurrection as the Easter season draws to a close. Reflecting on the hymn "Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands" (LSB 458), Harrison discusses the atonement which Christ's death and resurrection have accomplished for us. "Luther says the resurrection is so significant it means that for us death will be just like a falling asleep to take a brief nap
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), highlights National Lutheran Schools Week (NLSW), set for Jan. 21–27, 2024. NLSW provides the Synod’s 1,800-plus preschools, elementary schools and high schools with the opportunity to proclaim and celebrate God’s work in Christ in Lutheran schools. “As the world becomes crazier and crazier … what you all provide is a sane, biblical view of human reality,” Harrison says. “All a
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), compares the confusion of our culture with the wickedness of the Roman culture in which many early Christians lived. Even in a godless culture under persecution by Emperor Nero, Christians carried on in Rome, even within Nero's own household, as Paul writes in his letter to the Philippians (Phil. 4:22). "I know many of you suffer as ideological confusion engulfs us, as many of
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), takes the opportunity during Lent to discuss the importance and discipline of prayer. He points us to Luther's tract "A Simple Way to Pray" and to Luther's method of starting with a text from Scripture or the catechism and asking: "What does this text instruct me about God? What do I have to give thanks for? What do I have to confess by way of sin?" Harrison demonstrates this d
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), takes stock of the ongoing work of the LCMS in recent months, through its 90,000 full-time and part-time workers across the Synod, in churches, schools, RSOs, universities and more. “In these past 18 months when the world has seemed to stop and start, the church has not stopped sharing the Gospel from altars, pulpits, fonts and mouths across this land and across the world," say
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), wishes the Synod a happy 175th birthday. "This April we celebrated 175 years since our founding in Chicago, about a dozen congregations and a handful of pastors. And how the Lord has blessed us all these many, many years," said Harrison. On April 26, a Service of Thanksgiving was held at the LCMS International Center in recognition of the 175th anniversary of the Synod's foundi
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Over 2,000 children enrolled in LCMS schools were baptized last year. In September's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), highlights this and other amazing work being done by the pastors, teachers, administrators, congregations, and ministry partners that make our Lutheran schools possible. Read the full newsletter and subscribe today: https://mailchi.mp/lcms/life-together-news-digest-september-2024?e=c80ff566c7 | The Lut
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), discusses the war in Ukraine and its impact on many, including the Lutherans in our Ukrainian partner church. “These are troubling days, and they get more troubling day after day, even hour after hour,” said Harrison. He directs viewers to lcms.org/ukraine, which contains information on how to support the efforts of several Lutheran church bodies and missionaries in Europe who
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), encourages the church to repent as Lent begins and to look with joy and confidence for Easter. Discussing the name “Concordia” (“hearts together”) that so many of our LCMS institutions bear, he walks through the preface to the Book of Concord, with its “teachings that show us that the Gospel is for troubled consciences.” “Be consoled, my friends. Easter is coming. The precious
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), discusses church worker wellness. Describing the joys and challenges of church work, he notes the importance of bearing one another's burdens as the church. "As the church, we are called to see and to bear the burdens of our brothers and sisters in Christ. Just as your church workers serve and care for you, consider how you can serve and care for them. ... 'Bear one another's b
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In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, reflects on the Reformation and discusses the certainty found in Christ and His forgiveness. "Look to yourself, look to your works, look to your feelings, you will have uncertainty. Look to Christ, and you will have absolute certainty." "We live in uncertain times. The Lutheran Reformation was all about certainty," Harrison says. | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), recognizes National Lutheran Schools Week in a discussion with Dr. Alan Freeman, the new director of LCMS School Ministry. Harrison and Freeman discuss the theme of NLSW this year, "Making Disciples for Life," and how Lutheran schools are one of our strongest tools for evangelism and outreach. "It's a great blessing to have over 1,800 Lutheran schools encountering students, par
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In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses Luther’s assertion that “the Christian life is a discipleship of suffering.” Even as we rejoice that the COVID-19 pandemic is diminishing, Christians may face suffering ahead in the form of legislation such as the Equality Act, which is “directed intensely against religious schools … and universities,” as well as hospitals and medical organizations. “We [must] treat
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In this month's Life Together Digest, Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the great reversal of the curse of Babel at Pentecost, as well as the importance of supporting the pastors and church workers who bring Christ to us week after week. Read more and subscribe today: https://thelc.ms/4dtNL9c | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In the March edition of the Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod (LCMS), offers reflections on the Annunciation (March 25) as well as the recent deaths of author and scholar Rev. Dr. Paul L. Maier and former LCMS President Rev. Dr. Robert T. Kuhn. President Harrison also shares some of the many ways to get involved with the witness and mercy work of the church, from overseas missionary service to supporting pro-life outreach effo
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In October's Life Together Digest, Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, reminds us that "It's not easy working for the church. . . We're all sinners." Our church workers walk alongside us at our best and worst times. Learn about how you can show your appreciation for the pastors, teachers, deaconesses and directors of ministries in this month's newsletter, available here: https://thelc.ms/4eKMFWr | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In this month's Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, discusses the vocation of Christians to pray during these times of turmoil — economic, racial, medical and political. Harrison provides the encouragement of St. Paul in Philippians and 1 Timothy, and prays the Litany for our nation. | The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, reflects on the Reformation’s rediscovery of the Gospel. Martin Luther was plagued by a “disturbed conscience,” a term found in the preface to the Book of Concord. He knew that he could not gain God’s favor based on his own actions, nor could he find solace in the works righteousness taught by the church of his day. Instead, Luther realized that he did not have to be perfect, because
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If you ever question the importance of Jesus in your life, see what it means to follow the One who loves you so deeply. | WELS (Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod)
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, reflects on the two natures of Christ — both God and man — united in the baby born in Bethlehem. So, Harrison says, “Christmas isn’t just about holiday festivals and hanging up decorations and trying to get together with friends. Those are wonderful byproducts. … Christmas is this: the Son of God becomes flesh and blood for you, that He might go to a cross and forgive you all your sin
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In this Life Together Digest, the Rev. Dr. Matthew C. Harrison, president of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod, talks about the Book of Concord and its various editions. The Book of Concord, which was originally published in 1580, laid out the core teachings of the Lutheran Reformers. Behind the Bible, it is the “secondary authority” of the LCMS, “our response before the world as to what we confess … centered around the Gospel of Jesus Christ,” Harrison says. View this month’s Life Together Dig
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