Timothy Hartwig

Timothy Hartwig

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

I Hate those Flashing Lights

Romans 13:3-4a I hate those flashing lights. Maybe you know what I’m talking about, you drive past that policeman just little too fast and you’re looking in your rear-view mirror for those lights to go on and for him to…

Gracious Gifts from God

Luke 17:17-19 Watch on YouTube Watch on Facebook One day 10 men came to Jesus. They all had leprosy. Their disease caused them to live as social outcasts. They couldn’t be in the towns and villages and everywhere they went…

A Blessed Life

Psalm 107:1 “I don’t believe in God but he must believe in me.” A friend of mine told me that a couple of times. He was an atheist and didn’t believe in God and at first I didn’t understand what…

God is Treating You As Sons

Hebrews 12:5b-7a Malcolm Fraser, a former Prime Minister of Australia, famously said life wasn’t meant to be easy. He meant that life is gonna have hardships we might as well just suck it up and deal with it. Though there…

What’s in your news feed?

Colossians 3:1-2 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook How many cat videos have you seen in your Facebook feed today? It’s amazing all of the different videos and posts that will be in your newsfeed: political agendas, pets, whatever…

Rest for the Soul

Matthew 11:28-30 Eight hours of sleep. That seems to be the magic number. It is most commonly promoted as the amount of sleep that the average person needs. Maybe you can get by with a little less, maybe you need…

Do You Feel Like a Loser?

1 Corinthians 15:57 Watch on YouTube How is your football team performing this year? Isn’t it funny how our emotions are so greatly influenced by the success or failure of our team? We’re not on the field dropping the ball,…

Why Go to Church?

Romans 3:22-24 Watch on YouTube “You just think you’re better than everyone else.” That’s what a man told me when I was talking to him about going to church. He thought that Christianity teaches that a person gets to heaven…

One True God

John 17:3 Elijah threw down a challenge: you pray to your god and I’ll pray to mine and the God that lights the sacrifice, he is the true God. Elijah even gave the prophets of Baal the opportunity to start.…

Richest of Fare

Isaiah 55:1-2 Are you a hard worker? Many of us pour our time and energy into our careers and occupations. Why do we do this? Sometimes it’s for the sense of achievement, but more often than not it’s for the…

John 3:16

John 3:16 Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook What is the most well-known Bible verse? Without a doubt it’s John 3:16. It’s often put on billboards, it’s one of the first passages that Christians teach their kids. John 3:16,…

Comfort in Depression

Watch on YouTube – Watch on Facebook Psalm 43:5 Recent research has revealed that 1.5%, 3.3 million people in the United States each year, are diagnosed with depression. 13% of the population is on antidepressant medication. Obviously depression is a…