Hope in the Resurrection
This post is an excerpt from Getting Through Grief: Eight Biblical Gifts for Living with Loss.
How can you be absolutely certain that, even in your grief and loss, you can live with...
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The Fulfillment of Psalm 22 in Holy Week
Psalm 22 has one of the most memorable opening lines, “My God, My God, why have You forsaken Me?” These words are instilled into our memories as the words Jesus spoke from the cross....
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Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 10
In Mark 10, Jesus demonstrates how He is the perfect sacrifice for all by humbly obeying God the Father through His death and resurrection.
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Sacrifice, Atonement, and Holiness in Leviticus
Externally, Israel’s sacrifices have much in common with sacrifices all over the world, but Israel’s sacrifices are sacraments. From God’s side they belong to the realm of...
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Jesus Fulfills God's Promise and His Name
This post is excerpted from Blessed Be His Name by Rev. Dr. Kevin Golden. Everything that the Lord packs into His name is found in Christ. In the name of Jesus, the Lord dwells among...
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How Do You Rest on the Sabbath Day?
As Lent is underway, many Christians throughout the world are participating in various spiritual disciplines. Some are fasting from a particular food, drink, or activity. Some are...
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Digging Deeper into Scripture: James 1
James, the brother of Jesus, is the author of this book. It is important to remember that James is related to Jesus by Mary, their mother, as Jesus is the Son of God, conceived by the...
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Exodus and God’s Law
This blog post is adapted from Lutheran Bible Companion, Volume 1: Introduction and Old Testament.
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Why Is God’s Name Important?
This blog post is adapted from Blessed Be His Name by Rev. Dr. Kevin Golden.
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Preaching on the Psalms
If you are a pastor, when was the last time you preached on one of the Psalms? If you are not a pastor, when was the last time you heard a sermon on one of the Psalms? Is it just me, or...
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Digging Deeper into Scripture: Mark 1
In this weekend’s Gospel reading, we find Jesus calling Peter, Andrew, and James and John, the sons of Zebedee, to be His disciples. Mark moves quickly through John the Baptist’s call...
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Genesis and God’s Salvation Plan
This is an adapted excerpt from the
Lutheran Bible Companion. Over the
next year, we will be using the
Lutheran Bible Companion to travel through
the Old Testament...
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Walther’s Sermon for The Epiphany of Our Lord: Matthew 2:1–12
This post is adapted from Gospel Sermons: Volume 1 by C. F. W. Walther.
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The Gathering Light of Epiphany
The season of Epiphany is one that often gets overlooked in the Church Year calendar. We’re on board for Advent and Lent, with many congregations meeting midweek to mark these...
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God Is Never Distant
The pastor steps up to the pulpit. He lays before him the outline of his sermon. There are some correction marks throughout the pages, but he is ready to preach. He lifts up his head,...
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To Us a Child Is Born: Luther’s Interpretations on Isaiah 9:6–7
Christmas is a time of celebration that the Savior of the Nations is born! His name is revered throughout the earth as we rejoice in God’s promises fulfilled. Isaiah 9:6–8...
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The Humanity of Christ: Theological Commonplaces
This post is an excerpt from Theological Commonplaces: On Christ by Johann Gerhard.
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Digging Deeper into Scripture: John 1
Today, as we read John 1:6–8 and 19–28, we can connect the message of John the Baptist to God’s presence among the Israelites wandering in the wilderness prior to entering the Promised...
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Luther’s Introduction to Micah
This post is adapted from Luther's Works, vol. 18 (Lectures on the Minor Prophets I).
When the destruction of the Jewish people was imminent, when the new age and kingdom—namely,...
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