| Invitation | p. 9 |
| Lutheran History and Heritage | p. 11 |
| Where Do Lutheran Churches Come From? | p. 11 |
| What Are the Origins of Lutheran Churches in the United States? | p. 13 |
| What Do We Mean by a "Lutheran" Church or "Lutheran" Theology? | p. 14 |
| What Is Lutheranism? | p. 15 |
| Why Do Lutherans Have So Many Confessions of Faith? | p. 17 |
| What Makes Lutherans Different from Presbyterians or Methodists or Baptists? | p. 18 |
| Do Lutherans Believe in "Predestination"? | p. 20 |
| The Bible | p. 22 |
| What Is the Basic Message of the Bible? | p. 22 |
| What Is the Purpose of the Bible? | p. 25 |
| What Do We Mean When We Say the Bible Is "God's Word"? | p. 26 |
| Why Is the Bible Considered an Authority for the Church? | p. 27 |
| Since We Have the New Testament, Why Do We Need the Old Testament? | p. 29 |
| Are There Errors in the Bible? | p. 30 |
| How Do Lutherans Interpret the Bible? | p. 32 |
| Do Lutherans Believe in a Literal Adam and Eve? | p. 34 |
| God | p. 36 |
| Can We Prove That God Exists? | p. 36 |
| How Can We Know God? | p. 38 |
| What Is the Trinity? | p. 39 |
| What Are Some Practical Results of Believing in the Trinity? | p. 41 |
| What Is the Providence of God? | p. 42 |
| Does God Will Evil and Suffering in the World and in Our Lives? | p. 44 |
| Is God Male? | p. 46 |
| Jesus Christ | p. 48 |
| What Is the Incarnation? | p. 48 |
| Where Was Jesus Before He Came to Earth? | p. 50 |
| Do Lutherans Believe in the Virgin Birth of Jesus? | p. 51 |
| Why Did Jesus Come into the World? | p. 52 |
| Why Did Jesus Have to Die? | p. 54 |
| What Is the Meaning of the Cross? | p. 56 |
| Did Jesus Really Rise from the Dead, and What Does His Resurrection Mean? | p. 57 |
| Humanity | p. 59 |
| What Is the Purpose of Human Life? | p. 59 |
| What Does It Mean to Say Humans Are Created in the Image of God? | p. 60 |
| What Is Sin? | p. 62 |
| Why Do We Sin? | p. 63 |
| Do Lutherans Believe That Humans Are Totally Evil? | p. 64 |
| What Do We Mean by "Original Sin"? | p. 65 |
| Do We Have "Free Will"? | p. 66 |
| The Holy Spirit | p. 69 |
| What Does the Holy Spirit Do? | p. 69 |
| In What Ways Does the Holy Spirit Work in the Church? | p. 71 |
| What Do Lutherans Believe about the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit"? | p. 72 |
| What Do Lutherans Believe about the "Gifts of the Holy Spirit"? | p. 73 |
| Is "Speaking in Tongues" a Necessary Sign of the Holy Spirit in One's Life? | p. 75 |
| What Is the Holy Spirit's Role in Evangelism? | p. 76 |
| Does the Holy Spirit Work outside the Church? | p. 78 |
| Salvation | p. 79 |
| What Is the Grace of God? | p. 79 |
| What Does It Mean to Be "Saved"? | p. 80 |
| Must We Be Baptized in Order to Be Saved? | p. 82 |
| Will Non-Christians Be Saved? | p. 83 |
| The Church | p. 86 |
| What Does It Mean to Be a Church "Member"? | p. 86 |
| Why Is the Church So Full of "Sinners"? | p. 88 |
| What Do We Mean by the "Visible" and the "Invisible" Church? | p. 90 |
| What Is the Priesthood of All Believers? | p. 92 |
| Why Do Lutheran Churches Put Such a Stress on Christian Education? | p. 94 |
| What Is the "Mission" of the Church? | p. 96 |
| What Should Be the Church's Relation to Culture? | p. 98 |
| Worship | p. 101 |
| Why Should We Worship? | p. 101 |
| Why Does the Prayer of Confession List Sins I Never Commit? | p. 103 |
| What Is the Function of the Furniture I Might Expect to See in a Lutheran Church? | p. 105 |
| Why Don't Lutheran Churches Have Altar Calls? | p. 106 |
| What Is Preaching, and Why Is It Important? | p. 107 |
| Why Do Lutherans Insist That Sacraments Be Celebrated Only in Worship Services? | p. 108 |
| What Is the Relation between Worship and the Rest of Life? | p. 109 |
| The Sacraments | p. 111 |
| Why Do Lutherans Have Two Sacraments? | p. 111 |
| Why Are Sacraments Important? | p. 113 |
| Why Do Lutherans Baptize Babies? | p. 115 |
| I Do Not Remember My Baptism as an Infant. Can I Be Rebaptized? | p. 119 |
| What Happens in the Lord's Supper? | p. 120 |
| Do We Really Eat and Drink the "Body and Blood" of Jesus in the Lord's Supper? | p. 123 |
| Can Unconfirmed Children and Non-Church Members Take Communion? | p. 124 |
| Christian Life | p. 127 |
| What Do Lutherans Believe about Saints? | p. 127 |
| Do Lutherans Believe That Christians Can Attain Perfection in This Life? | p. 129 |
| If We Are Christians, Do We Have to Obey God's Law? | p. 130 |
| Does God Answer Prayer? | p. 132 |
| Does God Heal Today? | p. 134 |
| How Do We Know the Will of God? | p. 135 |
| What Is My Christian "Vocation"? | p. 137 |
| The Reign of God | p. 139 |
| Why Is Our View of the Future Important? | p. 139 |
| What Do We Believe about the End of the World? | p. 140 |
| When Will Jesus Come Again? | p. 143 |
| Do Lutherans Have to Worry about Being "Left Behind"? | p. 144 |
| What Do Lutherans Believe about the Millennium? | p. 145 |
| What Is the "Resurrection of the Body"? | p. 146 |
| What Is the Kingdom of God? | p. 147 |
| Polity | p. 150 |
| What Are the Main Features of the Lutheran Form of Church Government? | p. 150 |
| What Is Ordination? | p. 153 |
| What Are Elders, and What Do They Do? | p. 154 |
| What Are Deacons, and What Do They Do? | p. 155 |
| What Is a Synod, and What Does It Do? | p. 155 |
| What Is Church Discipline, and Why Is It Important? | p. 156 |
| For Further Reading | p. 158 |
| Index of Topics | p. 159 |
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