Our Children Are Human Beings, Part II
This article was originally published in the Ancora Scholastica, the school newsletter of Mount Hope Lutheran School in Casper, WY. Last week we…
This article was originally published in the Ancora Scholastica, the school newsletter of Mount Hope Lutheran School in Casper, WY. Last week we…
This article was originally published in the Ancora Scholastica, the school newsletter of Mount Hope Lutheran School in Casper, WY. This may sound…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. “Behold, the storm of the Lord! Wrath has gone…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Our Lord Jesus Christ, on the night when he…
Preached at St. Silas Lutheran Church on 1 Kings 21:1-29. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus…
It has long been a practice in the Church to read the four accounts of Christ’s Passion during Holy Week. How long it…
Preached at St. Silas Lutheran Church on 2 Samuel 11:1-27. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus…
Preached at St. Silas Lutheran Church on 2 Samuel 15:1-14. Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus…
Preached at St. Silas Lutheran Church in North Liberty, IA on 1 Kings 18:20-40. Grace to you and peace from God our Father…
Sermon on Exodus 32:1-35, preached at St. Silas Lutheran Church in North Liberty, IA. Grace to you and peace from God our Father…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Our forefather Job asked the Lord in the midst…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Tonight we meditate on the Lord’s Prayer in light…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Last week we examined the Ten Commandments in light…
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. God’s law is good. The commandments are good. The…
“In proportion, then, as we prize the Gospel, let us guard the languages.” Thus wrote Martin Luther in his 1524 treatise To the…
This week we celebrate the 501st anniversary of the Reformation. On October 31st, 1517 a German professor at the University of Wittenberg named…
Because I’m the pastor of a mission congregation, I’m often asked about outreach and evangelism. I think some people assume that I must…
The Church tracks time according to the life of Christ: his Incarnation, Crucifixion, and Resurrection being the chief markers of time during the…
Invitation happens most naturally in the realm of vocation, that is, in one’s stations in life. One need not expend great amounts of…
We now move out one more ring, from the congregation, from the families of the congregation, from the straying members of the congregation,…
Outreach happens most simply through families when a husband and wife have children and bring them to church. I’ll be clear that families…
So young men and young women are getting married to faithful Lutherans and having children. Excellent! Now comes the lifelong duty of parents:…
So, we’ve talked about why the Church need not fear for her survival. We’ve started the discussion of outreach with the importance of…
A congregation that believes, teaches, and confesses sound doctrine is a place of divine outreach. When people are brought to that place, God…
No congregation can claim to be Christian without faithfulness to the Word of God, because it is the pure Word of God that…