Sermon on the Agnus Dei
Title: Preaching the Ordinaries – The Agnus Dei Text: John 1:29-37 Fourth Mid-Week Lenten Service, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 This evening we come…
Title: Preaching the Ordinaries – The Agnus Dei Text: John 1:29-37 Fourth Mid-Week Lenten Service, Wednesday, March 18, 2015 This evening we come…
“Judge not, that you be not judged. For with the judgment you pronounce you will be judged, and with the measure you use…
Here is another re-post .. this one from October, 2014: “We have a relationship with Jesus. We are not interested in doctrine.”…
Nativity crèches (mangers) are popular and acceptable at Christmas time among Christians yet resistance or misunderstanding accompanies…
Soon we will be celebrating the season of Christmas where the Second Person of the Trinity by the working of the Holy Spirit…
“Pastor, my friends are visiting over the weekend. May they take Communion?” Implicit in the request is the assumption that love does not…
“We have a relationship with Jesus. We are not interested in doctrine.” This talk is heard so frequently it has taken on an…
Perhaps you have heard the latest from Religious News Services reporting the recent decision of the Anglican…
As a parish pastor these last twenty-three years I have neglected preaching on stewardship. Don’t let this surprise you for the more…
On-line dating sites are proliferating. And, to head this one off at the pass, I am not employing their…
Title: The Energy Drink Text: Jn 4:5-26 Third Sunday in Lent, March 23, 2014 In lake country we are unaware of what…
Through the millennium physical gestures have accompanied those who have prayed to their “higher power”. Such physical gestures whatever they may be are…
By the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ both my dual parishes receive the blessed Sacrament every Sunday. This is joy for me…
Wait … Nooooo! Did I read that correctly? Is the author saying we are to judge and that, even worse, judging is a…
There is a fascination among our youth and those who engage in youth ministry to wed meal time prayers—grace—with tunes from society’s pop…
Don’t get me wrong. Deathbed conversions do happen. And when they do we rejoice and thank God the Holy Spirit for having worked…
Palms are sweaty and your pulse throbs. The stomach is in a knot. What, oh what, should I say? I’ve done it this…
On occasion I am asked by people who have heard things in the news whether Christians and Muslims worship the same God. I…
When it comes to the practice of Holy Communion many churches use grape juice as opposed to wine. Is the blood of Christ…
WITNESS, WORSHIP, & 2 COR 6:14-18 Like many in Synod I have had conversations with proponents of syncretism. They have been…
Our familiarity with Christ’s birth, death and resurrection as our substitute tend to mute the true significance for many. But instead of…
Associate Editor’s Note: Adam Menze died in a plane crash last week. He had a wife (Rhonda) and six young children. He was…
In search and rescue operations tracking an individual lost in the wilderness becomes difficult if not impossible when multiple foreign footprints dot the…
Pastor Karl Weber wrote this for his March 2012 newsletter and gives his permission to share it wherever. Feel free to copy it…
The Gentile Christmas fast approaches on January 6th when the Church celebrates Epiphany. Here, Wise Men came from the East bearing gifts…