The Distinctive Feature Of Palm Sunday is of course, the Palms. The Bible teaches us that on that first Palm Sunday, the people were so excited to welcome Jesus that they scrambled to cut palm branches. They would wave them in the air in celebration and excitement; and some would lay them in the road […]
We are getting close to the end of the Lenten season, and the Lenten season ends in a flurry of significant events: Palm Sunday, Monday Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday, which is the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead. Today we remember what’s behind Lent and Holy Week: that God the […]
God has called you by name to believe in Jesus. Before God created the heavens and the earth and everything seen and unseen, He chose you to be His very own. By name, by grace, in Christ, God chose you to be a Christian. And then during your lifetime, He worked the events of your […]
This is what God requires of you: You must be perfect as your Heavenly Father is perfect. Matthew 5:48 ANYTHING SHORT OF THAT MEANS THAT YOU ARE LOST FOREVER. Jesus lived a perfectly obedient life under the 10 Commandments for us and our salvation. Everything the Law of God required of us He fulfilled. He […]
Every time an Old Testament Israelite turned around, there was a sacrifice. God kept the idea of sacrifice and the shedding of blood in front of His Old Testament people from the beginning. God never wanted them to forget how serious their sin was; and that it was going to take the shedding of blood […]
This week we began the season of Lent. Lent is a 40 day journey that began with Ash Wednesday; and its time when we will keep Jesus’ suffering, death, and resurrection in front of us. Lent is a repentant season, as we reflect on the depth and evil of our sin; and remember the love […]
I AM WHO I AM. This is the Name by which God revealed Himself to Moses in theburning bush on Mount Sinai. God had called Moses to go to Egypt,to confront Pharaoh, and to lead His People out of slavery to apromised land flowing with milk and honey. God sent Moses with the power and […]
Every time Jesus casts out a demon, it’s good news for us! Jesus casting out a demon is a foreshadow of the cross of Christ. On the cross, Jesus cast Satan down, crushed Satan’s head , defeated him, and took away his power. Jesus > Satan! Jesus is far, far greater than the devil, because […]
We believe, teach, and confess that all Scripture is given by the inspiration of God the Holy Spirit and that God is therefore the true Author of every word of Scripture. That is how we confess the doctrine of the Inspiration of Scripture as conservative Lutherans. We have a very high view of Holy Scripture; […]
In the Gospel of Luke, Jesus sets people free by the power of His Word. And to prove that His Word is true, Jesus also sets people free through His miracles. The miracles you can see prove that the Word of God that you hear is true, and that you can believe and trust His […]