How important is your body? Of course, its very important! You spend a lot of time taking care of it; you buy clothes, shoes and food, all for your body; you have a home for shelter, perhaps you are careful what you eat and spend time exercising; and, if your body gets sick, there are […]
Worship is the single most obvious thing that you do that sets you apart as a Christian. It is public. It is weekly. It includes your family. You are active. Worship separates you from the world and everyone can see it; it marks you as one who believes in Christ and obeys His Word. Worship […]
Your name can be a complicated affair! Your first name is also your given. Your last name is also your family name or your surname. You might also have a middle name, and some of you might have a nickname. If you would have been born in another country, your first name would be your […]
Most of us have been learning the Ten Commandments since we were children in Sunday School, a Lutheran School, and/or Confirmation classes! You probably had to memorize not only the Commandments, but also Martin Luther’s meaning from the Small Catechism. Those meanings help us to put the Commandments into our everyday life and help us […]
As we continue to study the Christmas story in the Gospel of John, the apostle introduces John the Baptist to us. John the Baptist was the promised forerunner of the Messiah, the one prophesied in the Old Testament who will come and prepare the way.
The CHRISTMAS STORY does not begin with Mary and Joseph in Bethlehem, nor does it begin with John the Baptist preparing a way as the promised forerunner, nor does it begin with all the messianic prophecies of the Old Testament. St. John teaches us that the Christmas story begins with the very first verse of […]
MENÈ. MENÈ. TEKEL. PARSON. Those are the words that were written by the mysterious hand on the wall of the palace of Babylonian King Belshazzar. He had gathered 1,000 of his officials together for a night of drinking and feasting. In the middle of it all, the King decides to the use the stolen Jerusalem […]