The Lutheran Hour
The Lutheran Hour is the world's oldest continuously broadcast Christ-centered radio program, first airing on October 2, 1930. Produced by Lutheran Hour Ministries, it delivers Christian messages and teachings to a global audience. The podcast features sermons and discussions rooted in Lutheran theology, aiming to share the Gospel and provide spiritual guidance.
Episodes
Journey Through Ambition
You don't have to worry about making a name for yourself. In Christ, God has already given you His.
Journey Through Depression
Depression can feel like being "stuck," but we are never truly alone. God meets us with His care and provision.
Journey Through Anxiety
Anxiety is like a "Check Engine" light for the soul that leads us to take all our concerns to the Lord in prayer.
Peter's Restoration–and Ours
Jesus forgives and restores us and He sends us out to offer this restoration to others, in His name.
A Friendly Recommendation
What happens when you find out that acquiring everything you've ever wanted... still isn't enough?
Misery Loves Company
It's often said, "Misery loves company." Christ comes to us in our misery with God's love and mercy.
Don't Despise Small Beginnings
Our small efforts to become the people Jesus saved us to be might seem insignificant, but small efforts compound.
The King Who Reigns
If Easter tells us that Jesus the King has won, then Ascension tells us the King is reigning, and His reign is good.
Planning Is Everything
Offer up your plans to God in prayer and see what God does with them. Let your plans become prayers that lead you to praise.
Second Chances and First Impressions
God is the God of second chances, not for Himself but for others.
Not in Vain
Because Jesus lives, your future is certain. You can also be confident that your present life has meaning and worth. In the Lord, your labor is not in vain.
Early Adopters
The risen Jesus is the "display model" of what we will be, through faith in Him.
You Don't Know What You Have Till It's Gone
Death is the enemy of life, but in Jesus, God made death become life's servant.
Dime-Sized
God doesn’t look for valuable, desirable, beautiful people so that He can love them. God loves first, and by loving them He makes people valuable, desirable, and beautiful.
Meeting You Where You Are
Jesus meets you where you are, not where you should have been.
No Command from the Lord
Jesus is the only way to God, but there are many adventures with Jesus. Which ones will you pick?
What Was the Price on That?
When we couldn’t pay the price of our redemption, God did so completely by the life of Jesus.
The Fifth Act
Through the Bible, God invites us to help Him complete the unfinished drama He's been writing for the world.
As Through Fire
To be baptized into Christ, to trust in Him, is to die with Him, to be raised by Him, to pass through the fire under His shelter.
Up and Down the Mountain
Many voices compete for our attention, but above all, listen to the voice of Jesus and hear what He's done for you.
Type C
In the Bible, the Holy Spirit meets us, gives us the mind of Christ, and leads us back into the world as children of God.
Rotten Tomatoes
Boasting gone wrong--it's the rotten fruit of rightful praise. It happens when we forget that everything we have is a gift, even the things we think we've earned and deserved.
Cross Words–Words of Power
A crossword puzzle uses an answer only once, but Christ is the answer for all people in every place and time.
Outstanding Universal Value
The Christian faith has the power to make us act better. But that's not the goal.
Solidarity
Solidarity is how Christians understand their relationship to Jesus Christ. We believe that Jesus, the Son of God, went where we had gone so that we might go where He goes.
Knowing and Being Known in a New Year
God invites us to speak with Him in prayer and hear from Him in the Bible, to know Him and to love as we are loved.
Get Ready for the Best
Christ will return--maybe this year, maybe even today! Pastor German Novelli helps us to prepare for the blessings and challenges of a new year.
Everybody Is Somebody
God sends His people--the Church--to be His letters to the world, delivering His Word of promise.
Pictures of Patience
Patience can be practiced, tested, strained, and lost. Christians are called to return the patience God in His mercy has shown us, in Christ.
Chosen for What?
God calls believers to trust and follow Jesus--chosen, but chosen for what?
Rise and Shine
Belief in the resurrection of Jesus is no siesta. It's a 5am wake-up call, a jolt out of bed that will turn your world upside down.
An Unlikely King
Christ is the King of an unlikely kingdom. Dr. Chad Lakies describes that kingdom's seemingly upside-down, illogical logic.
The Name on the Front
Mercy is an others-focused attitude because God is an others-first God.
The Lead of Life
The lead (or 'lede') of a news story conveys the most essential information. What is the lead of the Good News, the Gospel?
The Way Out
Jesus alone is the Way out, rescuing us from sin, despair, and death. He calls us to live as people "on the way."
Worn In
Are you feeling worn down or worn out? Through faith, God conforms us to the pattern of Christ.
God's Help Dwells in Us
The Holy Spirit is the Helper who comes to dwell in and with us, to encourage and empower us.
When a Cakewalk Becomes a Crucible
Forgiveness isn't a formality with God. Forgiveness is formative. It changes us.
Every Age Has a Stage
Every age has a stage, not just a stage of life, but also a stage on which to perform and to serve.
On the Way, Already Home
God made us to move--toward Him in faith and toward our neighbor in love.
Someone Worth Having
We lost God's name along the way, but God found us and gave us the Name by which we can know Him: Jesus--"God saves."
It's All on God; It's All on Us
A paradox doesn't make sense, mathematically. But it can be an accurate description of real-life experience.
Dying, We Live
God's love finds His people in the wilderness, the place where God gives bread from heaven, water from a rock, and streams in the desert.
Life Narrows Down
"Life narrows down and crisis comes. There, in the narrow place stands Jesus."
Gideon, the Farmer General
Archives August--Dr. Oswald Hoffmann recounts the story of Gideon, an unlikely military leader.
The Stuttering Man of Destiny
Archives August--Dr. Oswald Hoffmann recounts the story of Moses.
Writing Him Off
After Jesus claimed the Old Testament was written about Him, the people of His hometown wrote Him off.
Proclaim His Glory
Of course, we should search the Scriptures, but we search them for Jesus, the One to Whom the Scriptures point.
Getting the Talk Started
God's Law-talk prepares us for God's Gospel-talk. Author Tim Carter (The Executioner's Redemption) is featured.
God's Plan = Jesus
God's plans for us are not me-centered; they are Christ-centered. Dr. Zeigler talks with "Soul Surfer" author, Bethany Hamilton.
Fearless and Endless Growing
God's Word grows like a perfect garden, bearing fruit in every season.
A Little Light, Reading
The Book of Job is not light reading, but Christians read it in the Light of Christ.
Honest to God
The Book of Job can teach us something about prayer and about how we can talk honestly to God, covered by Jesus.
Should I Be Worried About the Devil?
The devil is real, but rather than fretting about the evil he can do, we rejoice in all that Christ has done to defeat him.
Nothing He'd Rather Be Doing
Jesus is a tireless Searcher with an affinity for finding lost people.
Ticket Stubs Turned to Joy
The Holy Spirit calls us to turn from the darkness of a self-centered life and come into the light of Jesus' self-giving love.
God's Gumbo
The Church is like a pot of Louisiana gumbo, a diverse stew bound together by the power of Jesus' love.
What's Your Story?
Our difficulties often become the backdrop against which God reveals His faithfulness. Each challenge is an opportunity for Him to display His power.
Truth That Takes Us In
Jesus is the Truth Who will take you in to live like He lives, planted in God His Father's love.
How to Be Happy
Lasting happiness is found in surrender, rather than control.
An Old Place, A New Beginning
God is the Searcher Who will not stop looking for us. In our lonely hiding place, He says, "I knew I would find you here."
Through Locked Doors
When Jesus shows up, it's no longer "us vs. them," because Jesus is for everyone, even if everyone is not yet for Jesus.
A Risen Christ and a Clean Room
The risen Christ has folded Death up and put it in its place. Now Christ invites you to trust in Him and find place and purpose in His new creation.
In the Middle
In Jesus, God showed up smack in the middle of life with forgiveness, love, and a promise never to leave us.
Better Than I Deserve!
Jesus didn't deserve to die on a cross, but He died and rose again in order to give us better than we deserve.
The Difference Between Anger and Contempt
God gets angry at sin, but behind that anger, God is love. We believe this only because of Jesus.
Even Me, Even You
Jesus the Good Shepherd invites all to be His sheep and find pasture. His words of promise will amaze some but anger others.
Light of the World
Jesus is the Light of the world. However, He sometimes keeps that light out of the visible range. We can't see it, but it changes what we see.
Unless a Grain of Wheat Dies
Do you want a life that amounts to more than a hill o' beans? Hear how Christ's death and resurrection gives us life with God that can't be measured.
It's Best to Be with Jesus
Life was not meant to be a do-it-yourself project. We need God's help, His strength, His gifts.
Need to Know
If you don't need God, you won't know God.
The Bread of Our Lives
Jesus gives us Himself as the Bread of Life so that everything we need can be filled by Him and His gifts.
We Have an Advocate
Where we might see only a problem, Jesus sees a person who needs an Advocate.
Do the Things That Make for Unity
Jesus crosses borders and even breaks down the barrier of death to do the things that make for unity: shared worship, shared mission, shared harvest.
An Overture to the Greatest Story Ever Told
Like an overture that introduces a great musical work, John the Baptizer is the living voice sent by God to bear witness to Jesus' lordship and salvation.
He Made Me a Believer
God makes us believers and the more we believe, the more we become involved in the institutions God made--church, marriage, family, and work.
What's This Neighborhood Coming To?
When you're not limited by the size of your table, you can invite everyone.
In the Beginning Was Dialogue
Do you need more faith? Then you need the Word. Faith comes from hearing the Word of Christ.
No Getting Better Than This
The Good Life--what is it? Pastor Chad Lakies says life is truly good when it's life the way God meant it to be.
Does It Matter If Jesus Is God?
Jesus sets a good example, but good examples can't help dead people. Only God's Son can make us alive again.
