The Bible Studies webpage on LutheranHub is a Scripture-based search and reference tool that helps users find Lutheran Bible-study resources connected to a particular passage. By entering a book, chapter, verse, or broader text, readers can retrieve a list of related studies arranged by biblical passage, date or identifying number, and source; the page also links with KFUO's Thy Strong Word and Sharper Iron content as well as a number of other sources. Its purpose is to assist pastors, teachers, small-group leaders, and individual Christians in locating material for deeper study of specific portions of God's Word, whether for personal devotion, classroom instruction, congregational Bible study, or sermon preparation.
When a Bible passage is entered into the text field or passed as a URL parameter, the Bible studies from the list of sources that overlap the specified Bible passage are displayed in the table. By then selecting the source image for a given row, the webpage for the Bible study is opened in a new window.
Checking the first column for one or more Bible studies and then clicking the Analyze button allows an analysis to be performed on the selected Bible study(-ies)
"p=" - specifies the Bible passage for locating Bible studies that overlap the specified Bible passage
Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible is a classic four-volume Lutheran exposition of the whole Bible written by Dr. Paul E. Kretzmann and published by Concordia Publishing House between 1921 and 1924. Intended especially for ordinary readers rather than only academic specialists, it explains biblical passages in clear, accessible language while drawing on Martin Luther and other Lutheran theologians, with an emphasis on understanding, believing, and living God's Word. Based on the King James Version, the commentary combines verse-by-verse explanation with doctrinal and practical application, making it a useful historical resource for lay Bible study, teaching, and sermon preparation; nevertheless, because it reflects the scholarship, language, and historical judgments of the early twentieth century, it is best used alongside Scripture itself and more current confessional Lutheran resources.
KFUO Radio's Thy Strong Word is a weekday, hour-long Bible study program in which host Rev. Dr. Phil Booe and a guest pastor examine Holy Scripture carefully and consecutively, usually verse by verse. The program's purpose is to reveal Christ - the light of salvation - through God's Word, helping listeners understand the text in its biblical context, receive its Law and Gospel, and be strengthened for faithful service in their daily vocations. Airing Monday through Friday at 11:00 a.m. Central Time and supported by the Lutheran Heritage Foundation, the program also makes episodes available through KFUO's archives and podcast outlets, allowing listeners to follow extended studies of individual books and passages of the Bible.
KFUO Radio's Sharper Iron is a weekday Bible-study program hosted by Rev. Timothy Appel in which he and a guest, synodically trained Lutheran pastor study Scripture in both its broader biblical setting and its close textual detail. The program's central aim is not merely information about the Bible but the proclamation of Christ crucified and risen for sinners; its discussions therefore seek to sharpen listeners' faith and biblical understanding through careful, Christ-centered exposition. Airing Monday through Friday at 8:00 a.m. Central Time, Sharper Iron typically works consecutively through books or substantial sections of Scripture - such as Genesis, the Gospels, or the Epistles - and makes its episodes available afterward through KFUO's archives and podcast platforms.
The Word of the Lord Endures Forever website, found at thewordendures.com, is the online home of Pastor William Weedon's daily Lutheran Bible-study ministry. Its chief resource is a roughly 15-minute, verse-by-verse podcast that approaches Holy Scripture from a Christ-centered and cross-focused perspective, helping listeners read each biblical passage in fellowship with the Church's historic teaching rather than in isolation. The site provides episodes, searchable archives, and related material in which Pastor Weedon draws on Scripture and the Church's teachers across the centuries, with the purpose of strengthening Christians in the faith and making God's Word "the rejoicing of the heart."
KFUO Radio's The Coffee Hour is a conversational weekday program hosted by Andy Bates and Sarah Gulseth that explores the meeting point of Lutheran faith and life in the wider secular world. Through interviews, stories, and practical discussion, it highlights the mercy work of LCMS congregations and ministry partners, reports from missionaries and church leaders, events and resources within the Synod, and everyday questions about living faithfully and "boldly Lutheran" in one's vocation. Originally launched in KFUO's morning lineup in 2018, the program is available through KFUO's broadcast, online archive, app, and podcast platforms, providing listeners with an accessible way to stay connected to the life and mission of the Church.
Teach Us the Bible is a children's-ministry and homeschool resource website that provides a free, chronological curriculum for teaching the Bible's unified story from Genesis through Revelation. It offers 97 Bible-story lessons and more than 926 printable activities for Sunday school, children's church, and home instruction, with each activity intended to reinforce the particular biblical lesson rather than merely occupy class time. The site emphasizes that teaching Scripture in its historical sequence helps children understand how individual accounts fit within God's larger saving work; it also offers a paid Ministry Edition with planning tools for scheduling lessons and teachers, sending automatic lesson emails, coordinating multiple age groups, and allowing parents to follow along.
The Redeemer Lutheran Church website serves as the online home of Redeemer Lutheran Church, an LCMS congregation in Highland, Indiana, providing visitors and members with information about the church's worship, doctrine, ministries, and community life. It identifies the congregation’s regular Divine Services - Saturday at 6:30 p.m. and Sunday at 8:00 and 10:45 a.m. - and notes that Holy Communion is offered at its normal weekend services; it also directs users to Sunday School, youth and adult Bible studies, livestreamed and recorded worship, sermon archives, newsletters, online giving, and ministries such as Little Lambs Preschool, music, fellowship groups, women's ministry, and Vacation Bible School. In this way, the site functions both as a welcome and practical guide for newcomers and as a resource hub that connects the congregation to Word-and-Sacrament worship, Christian education, and ongoing parish life.
Lutheran Hour Ministries' Stuff They Didn’t Teach Me in Sunday School is an educational video and discussion series designed to lead viewers beyond a basic familiarity with Bible stories into a fuller, more connected understanding of Scripture. Hosted by Bruce Wurdeman, the series addresses overlooked details, difficult questions, and major themes in the biblical narrative through short, accessible episodes, beginning with Genesis and continuing through the Exodus, Israel's kings, the Gospels, the early Church, and other subjects. Its purpose is to help individuals, families, and Bible-study groups see how the Old and New Testaments fit together around God's saving work in Christ, while inviting thoughtful engagement with passages and questions that may receive limited attention in ordinary Sunday-school instruction.
The Concordia Lutheran Church website, at concordia.cc, serves as the online hub for a congregation whose ministry is summarized by the theme "Love. Serve. Shine." It introduces visitors to the church's "Word for Today" devotional content and provides practical ways to become involved in congregational life through volunteer service, small groups, and seasonal events. The site presents service as an opportunity to use one's gifts for the benefit of others and the church, while its groups are described as communities in which people study God's Word, pray for and support one another, and grow through mutual encouragement and accountability. In short, the website functions as an invitation for members and newcomers to connect with Concordia's worshiping community and participate actively in its discipleship, fellowship, and service.
The Gottesdienst Crowd is a podcast of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Evangelical Lutheran Liturgy that discusses Lutheran theology, worship, preaching, pastoral practice, Scripture, and the Lutheran Confessions from a strongly confessional and liturgical perspective. Hosted principally by Fr. Jason Braaten and featuring pastors and other guests, it seeks, in its own memorable wording, to foster "confessional integrity, liturgical preservation, and preaching that doesn't stink." Episodes range from discussion of the Lutheran Service Book and the historic lectionary to doctrinal questions, church practices, cultural concerns, and the work of parish ministry, aiming to recover and apply the Church's inherited theological and liturgical treasures for contemporary Lutheran life.
The Bible Studies Q&A image sets the default chatbot prefix for the Chatbot Q&A webpage to "create Bible study for". The Lutheran Hub "Chatbot Q&A" webpage is an online question-and-answer resource designed to help users explore biblical, theological, and practical Christian questions through a chatbot-style format, likely drawing on Lutheran and LCMS-oriented assumptions. From an LCMS perspective, such a tool may be useful as a starting point for study, reflection, or locating relevant biblical themes, particularly if it encourages users to read Scripture carefully and directs them toward Christ's saving work. Yet it should not be treated as an official LCMS source, a substitute for the pastor's office, or an authority alongside Holy Scripture and the Book of Concord; AI-generated answers can be incomplete or mistaken and must be tested against the Scriptures, which the LCMS confesses as the inspired Word of God and the sole rule and norm of doctrine. For questions involving doctrine, conscience, spiritual distress, or pastoral care, the proper next step is consultation with a faithful pastor and participation in the Church's preaching and sacramental life.
The Sermons.html webpage on LutheranHub functions as a Scripture-based sermon index and search tool. A user can enter or select a biblical passage and retrieve a list of related sermons or sermon resources, with columns identifying the passage, a date or reference number, and the source; the page also includes links to KFUO's Daily Chapel material as well as a variety of other sources. Its purpose, therefore, is to help pastors, teachers, and other readers locate preaching resources connected to particular texts of Scripture for study, devotion, sermon preparation, or hearing how a passage has been proclaimed in a Lutheran setting.
The Sermon Q&A image sets the default chatbot prefix for the Chatbot Q&A webpage to "identify 5 points to include for sermon on". The Lutheran Hub "Chatbot Q&A" webpage is an online question-and-answer resource designed to help users explore biblical, theological, and practical Christian questions through a chatbot-style format, likely drawing on Lutheran and LCMS-oriented assumptions. From an LCMS perspective, such a tool may be useful as a starting point for study, reflection, or locating relevant biblical themes, particularly if it encourages users to read Scripture carefully and directs them toward Christ's saving work. Yet it should not be treated as an official LCMS source, a substitute for the pastor's office, or an authority alongside Holy Scripture and the Book of Concord; AI-generated answers can be incomplete or mistaken and must be tested against the Scriptures, which the LCMS confesses as the inspired Word of God and the sole rule and norm of doctrine. For questions involving doctrine, conscience, spiritual distress, or pastoral care, the proper next step is consultation with a faithful pastor and participation in the Church's preaching and sacramental life.
LCMSSermons is an unofficial online repository of sermon manuscripts and preaching resources associated with pastors and congregations of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Its purpose is to provide examples of Christ-centered, Law-and-Gospel preaching on appointed lectionary texts and other biblical passages, giving pastors, seminarians, teachers, and lay readers material for sermon study and devotional reflection. Unlike the LCMS Document Library or LCMS Worship resources, which are official Synod platforms offering vetted worship-planning, lectionary, Bible-study, and congregational materials, LCMSSermons should be understood as a supplementary resource rather than an authoritative voice of the Synod. Individual sermons vary according to their authors, contexts, and theological emphases, so they are best used as aids for engaging the biblical text - not as material to reproduce uncritically. For LCMS use, every sermon should be evaluated in light of Holy Scripture, the Lutheran Confessions, the church year's propers, and the pastoral responsibility to preach repentance, forgiveness, Christ crucified, and the gifts of Word and Sacrament.
The DevotionsAll.html webpage at LutheranHub serves as a Scripture-indexed directory for Lutheran devotional resources. Users can enter a Bible passage and receive a list of devotions associated with that text, organized by the passage, date or identifying number, and source; the page also directs readers to KFUO Daily Chapel episodes. Its purpose is to help individuals, families, teachers, and church workers find devotion material for a particular portion of God's Word, supporting personal prayer, daily meditation, Bible study, and preparation for teaching or pastoral care.
The Devotions Q&A image sets the default chatbot prefix for the Chatbot Q&A webpage to "create devotional for". The Lutheran Hub "Chatbot Q&A" webpage is an online question-and-answer resource designed to help users explore biblical, theological, and practical Christian questions through a chatbot-style format, likely drawing on Lutheran and LCMS-oriented assumptions. From an LCMS perspective, such a tool may be useful as a starting point for study, reflection, or locating relevant biblical themes, particularly if it encourages users to read Scripture carefully and directs them toward Christ's saving work. Yet it should not be treated as an official LCMS source, a substitute for the pastor's office, or an authority alongside Holy Scripture and the Book of Concord; AI-generated answers can be incomplete or mistaken and must be tested against the Scriptures, which the LCMS confesses as the inspired Word of God and the sole rule and norm of doctrine. For questions involving doctrine, conscience, spiritual distress, or pastoral care, the proper next step is consultation with a faithful pastor and participation in the Church's preaching and sacramental life.
KFUO Radio's website is the online home of the official broadcast ministry and radio voice of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, offering Christ-centered programming intended to "fill [the] world with the Word of Christ for you." Rooted in the LCMS's confession of Jesus Christ crucified and risen for the salvation of sinners, the site provides live and on-demand access to KFUO's broadcasts, podcasts, worship services, daily chapel, prayer offices, Bible studies, theological teaching, sacred music, and practical programs for Christian life and vocation. Listeners can hear programming locally on AM 850 and affiliated FM signals in the St. Louis area, while the website and app extend the station's resources worldwide through continuous online streaming. As a listener-supported LCMS ministry, KFUO seeks to serve congregations and individual Christians by proclaiming the Gospel clearly, strengthening faith through Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions, and making Lutheran worship, teaching, and music widely accessible.
LCMS.org is the official website of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, serving as the Synod's principal online source for its confession, mission, ministries, news, governance, and resources. It explains that the LCMS receives the Holy Scriptures as the inspired Word of God and subscribes to the Lutheran Confessions as a correct exposition of Scripture, while proclaiming its mission "vigorously to make known the love of Christ by word and deed within our churches, communities and the world." The site provides doctrinal statements and frequently asked questions; information on congregations, districts, seminaries, leadership, and Synod-wide ministries; news and convention materials; worship, education, mercy, mission, family, and church-worker resources; and tools that assist pastors, congregations, schools, and individual Lutherans in their shared life and service. In short, LCMS.org functions as the Synod's official public gateway for confessing Christ, communicating its teachings and work, and equipping its members to make disciples for life.
Lutheran Hour Ministries (LHM) is a global Christian outreach ministry associated with The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod through the International Lutheran Laymen's League, which serves as LHM's governing body and as the LCMS's official men's auxiliary. Its website presents the ministry's central mission as "Bringing Christ to the Nations - and the Nations to the Church," emphasizing the proclamation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ through broadcast and digital media, devotional resources, witness-training materials, research, and local ministry partnerships. The site features The Lutheran Hour - the longstanding Christ-centered radio program - as well as daily devotions, podcasts, Bible-based learning opportunities, resources for personal evangelism, and international ministry reports. From an LCMS perspective, LHM serves as a partner in the Church's mission of making known Christ's saving love by Word and deed, seeking not only to introduce people to the Gospel but also to connect those who respond with Christian congregations and ongoing discipleship.
The Concordia Publishing House (CPH) website is the online storefront and resource center of the official publishing arm of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. Founded in 1869 to supply the young Synod's congregations, schools, and homes with doctrinally sound Lutheran materials, CPH continues to develop, publish, market, and distribute resources that are faithful to Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. Its website offers Bibles, hymnals, catechetical materials, theological books and commentaries, Bible studies, devotions, children's resources, church-music materials, Sunday School and school curricula, periodicals, digital tools, podcasts, and congregational software. In harmony with the LCMS's mission, CPH exists to strengthen member congregations in proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ, to equip pastors, teachers, families, and laypeople for lives of faith and service, and to extend faithful Lutheran teaching to people throughout the world—all to the glory of God.
YouTube is a public online video-sharing platform rather than an LCMS ministry or doctrinal authority; however, from an LCMS perspective, it can be used as a valuable means of communicating the Gospel and extending Christian teaching beyond the walls of a congregation. The LCMS maintains official YouTube channels through which it shares videos on Scripture, Lutheran doctrine, worship, missions, mercy work, church-worker formation, convention life, and congregational resources, allowing pastors, teachers, members, and seekers to access Christ-centered material in a widely available format. Because the platform hosts content from countless individuals and organizations with differing or contradictory beliefs, Lutherans should exercise discernment, testing what they hear by the Scriptures and measuring theological claims against the Lutheran Confessions. Used responsibly, YouTube can support the LCMS mission of making known the love of Christ by Word and deed, while never replacing the preached Word, the Sacraments, the Divine Service, or the pastoral care found in a local congregation.
The Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne (CTSFW) website presents the seminary as an official institution of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod dedicated to forming servants of Jesus Christ "who teach the faithful, reach the lost, and care for all." It highlights CTSFW's distinctly Lutheran identity: its commitment to the Holy Scriptures as God's inspired Word, the Lutheran Confessions as a faithful exposition of that Word, and the Church's historic liturgical and sacramental life. The site serves prospective students, pastors, deaconesses, congregations, and laity by providing information on pastoral and deaconess formation, admissions, chapel worship, Call Day, campus life, academic programs, news, and theological resources. In keeping with LCMS doctrine and mission, CTSFW emphasizes the formation of pastors to preach Christ, baptize, absolve, and administer the Lord's Supper, and of deaconesses and other church workers to extend Christ's care and mercy in the Church and world.
Steadfast Lutherans is an independent, confessional Lutheran nonprofit and media-resource website that seeks to strengthen pastors and laity in the historic Lutheran faith through articles, podcasts, devotions, printable congregational materials, and catechetical resources. Emerging from the mid-2000s "Brothers of John the Steadfast" movement, it was formed to rally lay support for sound Lutheran teaching and for confessional media such as Issues, Etc.; it later broadened into resources for the wider church, including women's work through the "Sisters of Katie Luther." From an LCMS perspective, its stated emphasis on Scripture, the Lutheran Confessions, Christian catechesis, and the defense of the apostolic faith places it broadly within the confessional Lutheran orbit; however, it is not an official agency, publication, or governing voice of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, whose doctrine is formally summarized in its own statement of beliefs and confessional subscription.
The Lutheran Witness website is the digital home of the official magazine of The Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod, providing articles, commentary, issue archives, subscription information, and related media designed to help Lutherans interpret contemporary life through the lens of Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. Continuing a publishing tradition associated with C.F.W. Walther's Der Lutheraner and the magazine's own founding in 1882, the site addresses faith, worship, doctrine, family, culture, mercy, mission, and the Church's life together, consistently directing readers to Christ crucified for the sins of the world. Published in print 11 times each year by Concordia Publishing House and supplemented by regular online content from pastors, theologians, and lay writers, The Lutheran Witness serves the LCMS by cultivating informed, faithful Lutheran thinking and speaking amid the questions and challenges of contemporary society.
The Christian Cyclopedia website is the LCMS-hosted online edition of a historic Christian reference work, originally published by Concordia Publishing House and edited by Erwin L. Lueker. It offers searchable, concise articles on biblical and theological terms, Lutheran doctrine, church history, notable persons, institutions, movements, and events, serving as a practical first-reference resource for pastors, students, teachers, and laypeople. Its entries are generally written from a confessional Lutheran perspective and can be particularly useful for preliminary study, catechesis, Bible-class preparation, and sermon research; however, it remains a secondary resource and should be read under the authority of Holy Scripture and in conversation with the Lutheran Confessions.
Wolfmueller.co is the personal theological teaching and resource website of the Rev. Bryan Wolfmueller, an LCMS pastor serving St. Paul Lutheran Church and Jesus Lutheran Church of the Deaf in Austin, Texas. The site gathers his sermons, articles, videos, podcasts, books, downloadable studies, devotionals, and courses, all intended to help readers "recover the joy of theology" by encountering the clear comfort of Christ and His Gospel. From a Lutheran perspective, its materials commonly focus on the Scriptures, the person and work of Jesus Christ, the distinction between Law and Gospel, the Lutheran Confessions, the Divine Service, Christian vocation, apologetics, and pastoral care. Although wolfmueller.co is not an official LCMS website or agency, it functions as a confessional Lutheran teaching ministry connected to the work of an LCMS pastor and is meant to serve the wider Church through accessible, Christ-centered theological instruction and resources.
The purpose of the Bible Outline page at Lutheran Hub is to provide a structured, navigable overview of the entire Bible so users can quickly locate a book, chapter range, or major section of Scripture and access related study material. It organizes the Old and New Testaments by their principal narratives, themes, and divisions - for example, Genesis is arranged around the primeval history, the patriarchs, and later episodes - while supplying links or access points for additional information connected to specific passages. In short, it functions as a Bible-study index and reference guide, helping readers see both where a text belongs in Scripture's larger story and where to find resources for studying it.