Timothy Hartwig

Timothy Hartwig

Tim Hartwig is currently serving as President of the Evangelical Lutheran Theological Seminary.

Hold on To Jesus

Luke 2:28-32 How would you respond if you saw the baby Jesus? What would you do? When Jesus’ parents Mary and Joseph took him to the temple there was a man waiting there to see him. His name was Simeon.…

Born Holy

Every time I’ve held one of my newborn babies in my arms for the first time I’ve just been filled with awe. You look down at those cute eyes and you see those little fingers and it’s just amazing what…

How far would you go?

Watch on YouTube Luke 2:11 How far would you be willing to go to show someone that you love them? In 1972 Charlie Duke was driving the lunar rover when he stopped, jumped out, and placed a picture of his…

A Message for You

Luke 2:8-12 We were lying on our backs staring up at the night sky. My dad had cleared some land and pushed the brush up into a huge pile and we were burning it. In the glow of the fire…

You Don’t Have to Wait

Galatians 4:4-5 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook But when the time had fully come, God sent his Son, born of a woman, born under law, to redeem those under law, that we might receive the full rights of…

A Great Light

Isaiah 9:2 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook The Oak Island lighthouse is the brightest lighthouse in the United States. 14 million candlepower. It can be seen at over 20 miles out to sea. Sailors moving up and down…

Soft Tissue in Dino Bones

Psalm 14:1 Evolutionists should be going wild. Soft tissue has been found in dinosaur bones. The first was in a t-rex in 2005. The t-rex was supposedly dead for 68 million years and yet they’re in the bones were red…

Numbering Our Days Aright

Psalms 90:12 My dad was killed when I was 19. He had been felling trees. One of those trees fell in an unexpected way and somehow caught him and killed him. I know that my dad didn’t get up expecting…

Check Your Mirrors

Philippeans 3:13b-14 Check your mirrors! Maybe you can still hear your driving instructor giving that command. Check your mirrors. Know what’s around you. Know what’s coming up on you. Know what’s behind you. That is important advice, but can you…

Why be a Christian?

1 Corinthians 15:20-22 About a year ago, someone posed a question for me. He asked “why should I be a Christian and not a follower of another religion, like Hinduism or Buddhism?” That’s a tough question. He provided the answer…

Are you Anxious?

Philippians 4:6 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook Does something have you up late at night, tossing and turning, cold sweats? Something gnawing at your stomach? What has you anxious? Relationship? Health? School? Finances? What are we to do…