Christianity, a religion that begins and ends with the person and work of Jesus Christ, is the only religion of the world to regard man’s eternal salvation as a pure gift of God, without any human merit, work, or worthiness.

Our theme for today comes from the Old Testament Reading, and we read a devotion from Luther’s Works, Volume 9 (Lectures on Deuteronomy).

On the Feast of All Saints today, we take our devotion from one of the sermons in Selected Sermons of Norman Nagel: From Valparaiso to St. Louis.

Five hundred one years ago today, Martin Luther nailed his Ninety-Five Theses to the castle church doors in Wittenberg. We remember this day—the day the Reformation was sparked—with an excerpt from the book aptly titled The Reformation.

Our focus is on the Epistle this Sunday, and we read a devotion from Concordia Commentary: Hebrews.

Read more about the book of Jeremiah with this brief overview and download free study questions compiled by Rev. Wayne Palmer.

Pastor Monte Meyer, the facilitator of parish life for the Minnesota North District, had an ambitious goal:

To get families in the Minnesota North District to read the Bible together every week.

He knew this was easier said than done. “Church leaders have tried to introduce Bible reading plans to their congregations without a lot of success,” he said. “It just gets tough to wade through all the material, some of which is difficult to understand.”

On the Feast of St. James today, we read a devotion from James: The Apostle of Faith.

Today we focus on the reading from Ecclesiastes 5, specifically verses 18–20. Our devotional reading is from Concordia Commentary: Ecclesiastes.

Remember that feeling as a child when you went grocery shopping with your mom? One moment, you were right on her heels as she turned the corner to switch aisles and all of a sudden, you looked up and she was gone. What was just a typical afternoon quickly turned into a moment of sheer panic and fear. The comfort and assurance of being with mom was gone and in its place was uncertainty and fear.