As some of you are aware, I work full-time for Concordia Mission Society. CMS supports missionaries overseas, has two 18-wheel medical vans in Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzia but is probably best known for its affiliation with the “Good News” magazine edited by Wallace Schulz. The latest issue, #24, is now being distributed entitled, “Worship.” It is a fascinating look at how worship is not something we do for God but something which God does for us! That’s right.
If you want to know how God thinks, think commonsensically and then…reverse it! Every religion in the world, except for Christianity, looks to worship as means of placating or appeasing some god who appears to be angry with us due to our sin. This issue of “Good News” has articles about whether all worship pleases God, the heart of worship, forgiveness as worship, what is vain worship, the kind of worshipers God desires and the worship assembly as a protection from evil.
This is the best magazine in the world for understanding Biblical theology. It has clear and succinct articles with museum art pictures from around the world that are truly outstanding. A subscription to “‘Good News” is $15.00 which provides four issus of the publication. It is written in over a dozen languages with 500,000 copies distributed per year. Along with your subscription will be a form to order previous issues on Justification, Sanctification, Prayer, Faith, Kingdom of God and 22 other subjects including, of course, Law and Gospel.
The easiest way to order is to phone this toll-free number, 800-778-1132 unless you are in the Saint Louis, MO area which number is 645-1919. Make sure you request that your subscription begins with the latest issue on Worship. You will not regret your decision.
Name:Tom Baker