Gospel Notes for the Epiphany
The Gospel Notes for Epiphany from the Lutheran Service Book’s One-Year Lectionary is now available. There are three separate sets that have been…
The Gospel Notes for Epiphany from the Lutheran Service Book’s One-Year Lectionary is now available. There are three separate sets that have been…
“On the Eighth Day of Christmas: The Circumcision and Name of Jesus” (Luke 2:21) On the eighth day of Christmas, my true love…
2016 has been a bad year for celebrities. The deceased include legendary musicians Prince and David Bowie, Hollywood icons Alan Rickman and Carrie…
There are only a couple of days left to save on the registration fee for The Article — the 2017 Steadfast Lutherans conference…
We only have a few days left on our “early bird” discounts for our conference coming to Tomball, Texas on February 17-18. Not…
And suddenly there was with the angel a multitude of the heavenly host praising God and saying: ‘Glory to God in the highest,…
“For unto us a Child is born, unto us a Son is given; and the government will be upon His shoulder.” Isaiah 916a…
“And the Government Shall Be upon His Shoulder” (Isaiah 9:2-7) About 26 days from now, we’re going to have a change in our…
[Note: Isaiah 7 is a reading both for the Fourth Sunday in Advent and for Christmas Eve. Since my congregation did not get…
The Gospel Notes for Christmas from the Lutheran Service Book’s One-Year Lectionary is now available. There are two separate sets that have been…
Holly Marie Scheer recently wrote an article titled, “Why ‘Mary Did You Know’ Is The Most Biblically Illiterate Christmas Tune.” The digest at…
December 25, 2016 — Christmas Morning Sermon Text — John 1:1-18 Sermon Audio — Come back later for the audio of this sermon….
At that time the disciples came to Jesus, saying, “Who then is greatest in the kingdom of heaven?” Then Jesus called a little…
December 24, 2016 — Christmas Eve Sermon Text — Luke 2:1-20 Sermon Audio — https://steadfastlutherans.org/clips/sikora/Dr._Sikora,_Christmas_Eve_2016.m4a Coming Home for Christmas Grace, mercy, and…
Found over on blogs.lcms.org: Researchers dissecting the decline in LCMS membership have come to one conclusion: The standard reasons offered for why…
The Gospel Notes for Christmas from the Lutheran Service Book’s One-Year Lectionary is now available. There are three separate sets that have been…
Philippians 4:4-7 Editorial Introduction: The Lord is at hand. Jesus could return at any moment. We live on the edge of eternity. Paul…
“Isaiah’s Immanuel Prophecy” (Isaiah 7:10-17) Oh, come, oh, come, Emmanuel, And ransom captive Israel, That mourns in lonely exile here Until the Son…
God is good, true, and beautiful. That is so because His attributes are identical with His essence. Quenstedt speaks of this: “The divine…
The Augsburg Confession and the Apology set forth the reasons thus: It is necessary to do good works commanded by God, not that…
“He Comes, We Come” (Isaiah 35:1-10) “You go, we go.” That’s what the Chicago Cubs told their centerfielder and leadoff man Dexter Fowler…
Pastor John Henry and his family have been through a terrible ordeal involving extremely high levels of lead in the home and the risk…
We must trust Christ to raise us from death to life. We must trust him for this twice: regarding our resurrection, and regarding…
Eli was derelict in his duties as high priest. He did not keep his sons in check. Working as priests under Eli’s supervision,…
1 Corinthians 4:1-5 Today we are going to talk about preachers. The Bible has many names for them: pastors, teachers, preachers, elders, bishops,…