Bible Studies
Let’s Talk About World Mission Souvenirs Bible Study
Intriguing images and inspirational stories from the World Outreach ministries of the Evangelical Lutheran Synod in Peru, Chile, India, Korea, Ukraine, Czechia and Latvia.
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Original World Mission Souvenirs Series
A Savior Has Been Born to You
At Christmas-time many families display a treasured Nativity creche, perhaps one handed down from ea…
Hindu Evangelism?
In northern India, on the road between Delhi and Agra (home of the Taj Mahal), we stopped at a large…
Something Better – Here and Now
My five-panel iconostasis is a miniature representation of much larger versions found in Ukrainian O…
Martin Luther’s Legacy
What, exactly, did Martin Luther look like? We’re not sure. He died on February 18, 1546 in the town…
Old-fashioned Indian Threshing
Around the country, the harvest has begun. Huge machines crawl across fields of corn and soybeans, g…
The Message of Our Ringing Bell
Buddhist temples are scattered throughout the forests in the mountainous Korean Peninsula. Their tra…
More World Mission Souvenir Photos
WMS Photo 40
A common feature in Asian architecture, the roof made from fired clay tiles arches upward as it extends outward. Atop the ridge of the Gyeongbokgung Palace in Seoul are Japsang figures, mythological animals thought to ward off evil spirits, in particular to protect against fire. Rather than relying on superstition, we pray “Deliver us from evil” in the prayer our Savior taught. Why should we trust Christ for physical, material and (more importantly) spiritual protection? Because we know “Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory forever and ever.”