Christ Lutheran Church Normal IL

Our Issues, Etc. Book of the Month is Love, Marriage, and Family: Learning from the Early Christians
by Erkki Koskenniemi.

Finnish scholar Erkki Koskenniemi looks at the family morals Paul encountered in his time. What can we learn from the lives of the first Christians, who lived as a minority, much like traditional Christians in the secular world today?

In this book, Finnish scholar Erkki Koskenniemi posits that traditional Greco-Roman sexual ethics were far from what we consider “traditional” today—rather, they more closely resemble the worldly and debaucherous behavior we see in modern culture. Knowing that “there is nothing new under the sun” (Ephesians 1:9), Koskenniemi encourages Christians to live uprightly, honoring the wonderful gifts of love, marriage, and family our loving and forgiving Creator has given us—just as the first Christians sought to do.

Purchase at the CPH website, https://www.cph.org/love-marriage-and-family-learning-from-the-early-christians

Listen to a study of "Silent Night, Holy Night" with Pastor Bryan Wolfmueller. Click link in the Comment section below.

The Divine Service this evening, Saturday, December 13, 2025, is canceled due to snow.
Tomorrow morning at 9am is still on!