In Leipzig? Going to Leipzig? Know someone in Leipzig? Your help is needed. Interest in the Christian faith in Africa is high. There are places where copies of Luther’s Small Catechism fly off the tables, leaving more people wishing they had a copy than there are copies to give out. Part of what we can … Read more
Previously available only as an eBook, Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper now is available as a paperback from Amazon. Because of costs of production and the mandatory terms of distribution through Amazon, this edition has a price, currently $3.59. But, the good news is that it qualifies for Amazon Prime, which means shipping is free. All but one of the … Read more
Description | Contents | eBook Editions | PDF Edition | Paperback Edition | About the Author Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper is available in a variety of electronic editions at prices from free to $0.99, and in paperback for $3.59 with free shipping. Description Evangelism springs from Luther’s Small Catechism into the newspaper. This book shares from the … Read more
Amazon is now distributing the new eBook, Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper, by T. R. Halvorson. You can find it here. This brings the number of distributors to eight. The first seven were: Barnes and Noble iTunes Scribd Kobo Smashwords Shakespir Gardner Books A PDF version is available for free download at LutheranCatechism.com. All versions … Read more
Six more book distributors are distributing the new, free eBook, Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper, by T. R. Halvorson. The new distributors are: Barnes and Noble iTunes Scribd Kobo Shakespir Gardner Books The book is published through Smashwords and is available there in several formats. The PDF version is available for free download at LutheranCatechism.com. … Read more
01–14–2017 — LutheranCatechism announces the release today of the new, free eBook, Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper, by T. R. Halvorson. The book is published through Smashwords and is available there in the following formats: epub (industry standard) .mobi (Kindle) html (online reading) lrf (older Sony readers) pdb (older Palm devices) txt (without formatting) The … Read more
This is a pre-publication announcement of the forthcoming book, Catechetical Evangelism in the Newspaper, by T. R. Halvorson. This book is about evangelism that springs from Luther’s Small Catechism. It is about adapting catechetical evangelism to presentation in newspapers. The first part of the book briefly shows that Luther’s Small Catechism is suited to evangelism. … Read more
At the 2016 LCMS convention, a recurring topic was the decline of the church. President Harrison had written about it in his report. Some had criticized one part of what he said, the part about declined birth rates among church people. Our birth rates are below the replacement rate. Other explanations also circulate, and each one … Read more
In its mission, the church always has run up against some recurring stock errors in the world’s thinking. These errors have a strong hold on the minds and hearts of people, and they are obstacles to people hearing or believing the Gospel. From the fund of stock errors, a subset ascends and is vogue at … Read more
At the recent LCMS convention, a recurring topic was the decline of the church. President Harrison had written about it in his report. Some had criticized one part of what he said, the part about declined birth rates among church people. Our birth rates are below the replacement rate. Other explanations also circulate, and each … Read more
The connection between mission and the Small Catechism has a number of aspects. Some of them are: state of catechesis marriage family congregation community generations Some realities we need to face are that: The state of catechesis is poor. We are suffering a death rate among our own offspring who, after being confirmed, depart the … Read more
Rev. Mark Wood, Director of Witness & Outreach Ministry/Revitalization, Office of National Mission–LCMS, reports in the 2016 LCMS Convention Workbook about the role of the Small Catechism in the program. Here are some brief excerpts, from page 25. Every One His Witness was developed from the ground up as a Lutheran evangelism program. . . … Read more