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God’s Word—A New Tradition
You’ve probably heard a version of this story. A young woman prepared dinner for her parents, baking a large ham with all the trimmings. The woman’s mother had a question. “Why did you cut the end off of the ham?” The daughter replied, “Because that’s the way you...
Friday Field Notes
Catch up with missionaries Becky Grossmann, Rev. Andrew and Alexis Olson, and Martin and Joan Weber.
Upon Their Hearts
A 2011 letter contained the following synopsis. In 1982, a young couple traveled to Cameroon to serve among the Kwanja people. During the next 23 years, working with dedicated Kwanja co-workers, they helped translate the New Testament into the Kwanja language, helped...
Essentially Translatable: Too Small a Thing | LBT Sermon Series
Episode 20: Too Small a Thing January 08, 2021 What is God calling you to do? We can’t begin to wrap our minds around the totality of God’s mission. This episode of the LBT sermon series is based in part on Genesis 12:1-3 and originally delivered at Concordia Seminary...
All that Glitters
Did you ever wonder what happened to the gold, frankincense and myrrh? Scripture doesn’t tell us, but it’s been suggested that these precious gifts from the Magi were used to fund the years Jesus, Mary and Joseph spent in Egypt, or perhaps to reestablish the family...
Friday Field Notes
Here's the latest news from missionary Janet Borchard.
A Flicker in Time
In Revelation, Jesus tells us that He is the alpha and omega, the beginning and the end. How difficult for us to comprehend the measure of time that describes. We think in terms of days, months, years, even minutes and seconds. But Christ existed before creation and...
Essentially Translatable: A Very LBT Christmas | Emily Wilson & Rev. Rich Rudowske
Episode 19: A Very LBT ChristmasDecember 23, 2020 Cozy up by the fire or your favorite chair and take a Christmas tour around the world. Celebrate Christmas Lutheran Bible Translators style! What do you love about Christmas? Context, memories, food, decorations,...
The Word Made Flesh
As far back as 1223, the emphasis at Christmas was on partying and exchanging gifts. St. Francis of Assisi recognized that the focus needed to be redirected to the Christ Child, a 13th century effort to show people that “Jesus is the reason for the season.” Francis...
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