Online Devotions

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Devotions and Thoughts

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These devotions from Lutheran Hour Ministries feature Lutheran Hour Speaker Emeritus Pastor Ken Klaus six days a week and have guest messages on Fridays from International Ministry Staff or volunteers. They are also available by e-mail subscription.

"The Meyer Minute"... a short read but more than a minute's worth of thought, with Dr. Dale Meyer, President of Concordia Seminary, St. Louis.

"By The Way" with Dr. Paul Devantier provides thought-for-the-day messages of love, comfort, hope, joy and expectation.

"Today's Verse" is from KFUO radio, St. Louis, which is owned by the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod.

"Portals of Prayer" are relevant, Bible based messages from Concordia Publishing House and are the audio version of the printed booklets.

"KFUO" is the radio ministry of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod in St. Louis, and features a variety of Christian programming on the web.

"Front Porch Parenting" with Dr. Mary Manz-Simon serves families practical advice from a Christian perspective.

Vantage Point is a personal daily prayer devotional series. The content originates from staff writers — who carefully draw truths from God’s Word that will inspire and help your daily walk with Christ. We also provide special prayer items for our nation called Prayer Watch. It’s purpose is to inform and encourage your prayer time for our country, its leaders and our military.

Have you ever wondered if there was just a bit more to some of those lessons you learned in Sunday school? Join LHM Executive Director Bruce Wurdeman as he takes you behind the scenes and uncovers "Stuff They Didn't Teach Me In Sunday School" in a weekly series.

Christ, His people and the Christian faith are under attack. Most of the time those attacks are just baloney. On these videos Pastor Klaus, speaker emeritus of The Lutheran Hour, goes on the attack pointing out, in a simple way, the foolishness and fallacies of the criticisms the Savior's soldiers have to face.