This week on the Word of the Lord endorsed forever we finish up first Peter with

shepherd the flock and a roaring lion.

Then we plow on into second Peter with introduction and entrance into the

eternal kingdom and by way of reminder.

Join me, Pastor Will Wheaton, for the Word of the Lord endures forever your daily 15 minute

verse by verse Bible, on demand listen at the word

indoors or your favorite podcast provider. In the small circle of my particular denomination the Lutheran Church

Missouri Synod there has prevailed and still does prevail a a narrative about churches, small churches, well they don't attract

converts, they don't keep converts, and big churches that boy do they attract converts and

do they keep them?

Turns out that narrative isn't true.

All you have to do is look at the numbers.

Welcome back to issues et cetera.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for joining us on this Tuesday, May the 7th.

We're going to talk about a new report on Lutheran religious life.

Limon Stone joins us. He's a PhD candidate in Population Dynamics at McGill University, Director of Research

for Demographic Intelligence, Adjunct Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute,

Research Fellow at the Institute for Family Studies, and author of a new Lutheran Religious Life Survey.

Lymand, welcome back.

It's good to be with you.

What is the most important finding in your latest Lutheran religious life survey?

It's like asking a parent which child is their favorite, right?

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