Several issues et cetera guests are candidates for leadership positions in the Lutheran Church, Missouri Synod.

Every Lutheran Church Missouri Synod congregation has received nomination forms for president and vice presidents of the Synod.

Please encourage your pastor and congregational leaders to fill out and return these nomination forms before February 19th of 2026.

Learn more at Issuesetc.org slash 2026 nominations.

Issuesetc.org slash 2026 nominations.

There are two ways of doing theology that claim the name of Martin Luther.

One is rooted in Scripture and the Luther name of Martin Luther. One is rooted in

scripture and the Lutheran Confessions. The other is rooted in Luther himself. I've written a column

for the latest issues et cetera journal titled Lutheranism versus Lutherism. We'll send it to you

for free. Just click the red journal subscription button at issue Ztc.org and enter your email address.

You can also read about Nathan Greeley's journey to confessional Lutheranism from

evangelicalism, skepticism, modern theology, and Anglicanism. The Issues Etra Journal.

Music Some Christian hymns are about particularly theological issues.

Others are kind of about everything, about all the time,

every circumstance of life good and bad. This hymn, evening and morning, is one of those. A hymn about just about everything. Greetings and welcome to issues, et cetera, coming to you live from the studios of Lutheran Public Radio in Collinsville, Illinois.

I'm Todd Wilkin. Thanks for tuning us in. Pastor Will Whedon of the Word of the Lord Endurse Forever joins us to study the hymn evening and morning.

Then we'll answer the question, can feminism be reconciled with Christianity?

Dr. Carey Gress is author of a new book, Something Wicked, Why Feminism Can't Be Fused with Christianity.

Pastor Will Whedon is assistant pastor at St. Paul Lutheran Church in Hamill, Illinois,

formerly served as director of worship for the Lutheran Church, Missouri Senate. He's author of the books,

celebrating the saints, thank, praise, servant, Praise, Servant, Obey,

See My Savior's Hands, and I Remember, A Life of Mary. He hosts the daily 15-minute verse-by-verse Bible study produced by Lutheran Public Radio called The Word of the Lord Endures Forever. Well, welcome back. Hey, thank you, Todd. Joy to be with you. Another Gerhard hymn, can you describe for us what impact

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