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What is Islam? What do Muslims believe and teach that Christians need to understand? How can Christians learn to engage Muslims in a conversation? And how can we share the Gospel with them? My guest today is Dr. Abjar Bahkou, an Associate Professor of Practical Theology at Concordia Seminary in St. Louis, Missouri, and author of Shining the Gospel Light ...

August 24, 2022 God is in Control The following story was written by Pat Burke, a friend of the ministry. My husband, Rog, & I decided drive to a shopping mall about 40 minutes from our home. We had a great time and a wonderful lunch. Driving back we took the same route. After getting off the main highway you ...

Hello this is Kay Meyer of Family Shield Ministries. Many people have asked me how and why did you start Family Shield? Because it's a long story, I seldom talk about our early years. But I think it would be beneficial for our supporters and those who care about the ministry to know more about how and why the ministry ...

July 28, 2022 Rev. David Jander and a child he baptized at Trinity Lutheran Church in Carver, MN. "I Don't Want to Be Baptized!" Some years ago I was the Spiritual Life Director and LCMS Liaison for a Christian maternity home. It was a blessing to hold individual weekly Bible studies with each woman who had chosen life for her baby ...

The pressures of life can be overwhelming. Stressful circumstances cause us to sin. While feeling stress is not a sin, how we react to it can be. Everyone has been on the receiving and giving end of ungrateful behavior, expressing their feelings in ungodly ways. We recognize the damage it can do, but our sinful nature still often wins. Yet ...

Last week I talked to Greg and Susan Finke about their newest book Joining Jesus As A Family: How to Raise Your Children to be Followers of Jesus. We’ll continue our discussion this week as we talk about where you want your child to end up. We find many parents concerned that their children, youth, or young adults will stray ...

How do we join Jesus as a family? Greg and Susan Finke tell us it’s simpler than you think and a lot more fun. Christian parents want to raise their children to be life long followers of Jesus, but many parents watch their children grow up, leave home and then walk away from the faith. What went wrong; and how ...

July 8, 2022 Families - Spend Time Together! I like to use the above picture in our newsletter and on Facebook. Playing games with children of all ages is an excellent way to spend time together.  Spending time together is one of the six traits that build strong, healthy families. Our daughter and her family love to play games together. Dana Herbst told us ...

How often do you experience sorrow? How often can you experience sorrow and recover? How can you keep your heart from turning to stone when it's been wounded or broken? Is there a help that you can take that can take you from the depths of despair, the crushing blows of life, and never really live again? Well if you've ...

What is the best way to study the Holy Bible? Which teaching methods are helpful for adults? What makes for the best learning for children? And are Christians studying the scriptures at all today? Our guest for today’s program is the Rev. Jason Boetcher, pastor of Trinity Family of Faith Lutheran Church in Basehor, Kansas.