Lutheran Witness: March 2025

The March issue of The Lutheran Witness discusses how we can live faithfully in a culture increasingly hostile toward the Christian faith.

From the Editor: The Sanctified Life in a Hostile World

Features:

The Negative World: Facing a new social reality as Christians — Aaron M. Renn

Our Youth Are Ready to Serve: A ‘Set Apart to Serve’ feature — James Baneck

Lutheran Life in ‘the Negative World’: Holding to the Gospel in a Shifting Culture — Scott Adle

Christians in Enemy Territory: A critique of Rod Dreher’s best-selling books — Jason D. Lane

The Gift of Marriage: In a world that hates marriage, God is still blessing it — Matthew Wurm

Departments:

Snippets: News from around the LCMS and the world

Worship: ‘Faith Toward You and Fervent Love Toward One Another’

Life in the Church Year: Three Disciplines & Pretzels

Book Review: “Are We All Cyborgs Now?: Reclaiming Our Humanity from the Machine” by Robin Phillips and Joshua Pauling

Resource: Stewardship in the Negative World

Formula of Concord Reading Plan: March— The Righteousness of Faith Before God

Searching Scripture: Opening the Old Testament: Covenant or Testament?