One of the highlights of our lives as conservative Lutheran Christians is Confirmation Day. Confirmation Sunday, which we are celebrating today, is a day when our youth stand before their families, this congregation, the world, and their God to boldly confess their faith. They have been in training for up to four years, learning the […]
Whenever you hear the name Herod in your Bible reading, you know that something extremely evil is about to happen. It is a name that is synonymous with murder, incest, and iniquity. Herod the Great killed his wife, and then three of his sons. He has a complicated family tree that is full of incest […]
The Gospel of Luke begins and ends Jesus’ life with the Gloria in Excelsis Deo. We are to never forget that what began in Bethlehem will end in Jerusalem. The Christmas story leads to Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Because of Jesus, there is now peace on earth and peace in heaven! Gloria in Excelsis […]
One of the most interesting people in all of Holy Scripture is John the Baptist. He is the living link between the Old Testament and the New Testament; he is the last of the great Old Testament prophets, and he is the first of the New Testament witnesses. He represents all the faith and the […]
When you think about the history of the Kingdom of God, there are some people that stand out because of their one-of-a-kind role and vocation that they played in history. For instance, MOSES. JOHN THE BAPTIST would be another one. Mary was given a one-of-a-kind role and vocation in the Kingdom of God: she is […]
We start Advent today by thinking through one of the major themes of Advent: God’s faithfulness! • God is faithful and He kept His Old Testament promises to send the Savior, born in Bethlehem. • God is faithful and He promises that you are saved from sin, guilt and death: He Himself came down from […]
Judgment Day is coming … and it is coming soon! Jesus teaches us that we are to watch and pray, be alert and ready for His return on the Last Day. All the Signs of the End that the Scripture tells us to look for are occurring1 … everyday, all the time. The signs of […]
When you think about the Last Day, and seeing Jesus in the sky with all the Holy Angels, how do you picture it. Do you picture it like a bird in the sky that will gradually just get larger and larger as He gets closer? Or perhaps you picture a dramatic rolling of clouds that […]
A frequent conversation I have with people has to do with daily devotions. The conversation almost always goes the same way; it’s almost always about the frustration to remain faithful in doing daily devotions. Perhaps you know exactly what I’m talking about. You have good intentions, you want to spend time in the Word and […]
THE LORD’S PRAYER ends as it began … with praise to God. The Lord’s Prayer begins with a focus on Our Father in Heaven; His Name, His Kingdom, and His Will, asking that these things be done on earth as they are in heaven. The Lord’s Prayer concludes with a doxology that re-focuses our attention […]