Sermon – Leviticus 19

The Old Testament text from Leviticus 19 occurred during the time when Moses led the people of God through the wilderness on their way to the Promised Land.  As preparation for their entrance into the Promised Land and as a matter of requirement in regards to living...

Sermon – Isaiah 45:1-7

Have you ever felt totally and utterly alone?  Have you ever felt totally and utterly abandoned?  Have you ever felt this way knowing that it was completely your fault for finding yourself that way?  Have you ever done something to cause a relationship to severe and...

Psalm 34:7

“The Angel of the LORD encamps around those who fear him, and delivers them.” Psalm 34:7 When I was growing up, my friends and I drove to a nearby reservoir to a certain spot. We drove to a location with cliffs, where unsupervised boys might jump from into...

Justification

I’ve been reading a lot on justification by faith alone lately.  And yesterday, I heard a sermon that very much dealt with the subject dead on. The pastor said that many Christians today, if asked, could give you the basics of the faith – that we are saved...

Wash me!

Psalm 51: To the choirmaster. A Psalm of David, when Nathan the Prophet went to him, after he had gone in to Bathsheba. 1. “Have mercy on me, O God, according to your steadfast love; according to your abundant mercy blot out my transgressions. 2. Wash me...

Peptobismal Needed

The is a song entitled, “I think I’m Going to Throw Up.” It is intended to be a praise and worship song for children.  The lyrics are as follows: I think I’m going to throw up, (x3) My hands to the Lord. I think I’m going to hurl, (x3) My...

The Cross

First of all, I want to apologize for the tardiness of this week’s post. This fall has been a recharging time for me. I have been reading “Christian Dogmatics” by Francis Pieper, the “Smalcald Articles”, the “Apology to the Augsburg...

Sermon from Matthew 16

In last week’s text, we read of Peter’s great confession that Jesus is “the Messiah, the Son of the living God.”  That passage, along with this week’s continuation in Matthew, represents a turning point in Jesus’ ministry and in his relationship with the disciples. ...

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