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May 2015 Bread of Life
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; SC = Martin Luther’s Small Catechism; [ ] = Minor Festivals or commemorations in the Christian Church Year
May 1 John 6:1-14 PS 61
[St. Philip and St. James, Apostles]
Jesus strengthens Philip’s faith in His redeeming work using five loaves, two fish, and twelve baskets in the feeding of the five thousand.
May 2 Luke 18:1-8 SC Lord’s Prayer Address
Does God forsake His children? No, He hears each and every prayer of the faithful.
May 4 1 John 4:1-11 TLH 346
The great theological test question is “What do you
think of Jesus?”Read More »May 2015 Bread of Life
ENTERING GOD’S REST
So I swore in My wrath,`They shall not enter My rest’” (Psa 95:11).
Please read Hebrews 4:1-10
It was a tragic story with which every Hebrew was familiar; how, at the brink of Canaan, the Israelites refused to go in. “Our enemies are too big,” they said, implying their God was too small. They wept, whimpered, and faithlessly wished, “If only we had died in this wilderness” (Numbers 14:2).
Furious at their constant rebellion, God granted their request. Instead of marching into Canaan, they spent forty years dying in the wilderness. Read More »ENTERING GOD’S REST
Why Can’t Non-members Serve as Sponsors at our Baby’s Baptism?
Before you ask who can serve as a sponsor for your child’s Baptism, there is another, more important question to consider: Should you have sponsors at all?… Read More »Why Can’t Non-members Serve as Sponsors at our Baby’s Baptism?
“Holding Up the Profs’ Hands”
HAPPENING AROUND THE CHURCH OF THE LUTHERAN CONFESSION The title is not a misprint; it is an adaptation from a line of a well-known mission… Read More »“Holding Up the Profs’ Hands”
Peace Lutheran Church—Mission, South Dakota
Peace Lutheran Church of Mission, South Dakota is a unique congregation in the CLC in a number of ways. Although it began as did many… Read More »Peace Lutheran Church—Mission, South Dakota
Three Steps to Building Relationships
These brief topics were written to help Christians think about the ways in which they share the Gospel with others. Cut this page out if… Read More »Three Steps to Building Relationships
Bread of Life March 2015
March 2015
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941;
WS = Worship Supplement 2000;
SC = Martin Luther’s Small Catechism;
[ ] = Minor Festivals or commemorations in the Christian Church Year
Mar 2 Romans 5:1-11 WS 723
We can rejoice even in our sufferings because God’s love for us has been made obvious in Christ Jesus.
Mar 3 Mark 8:27-38 WS 722
Jesus the Christ was specifically chosen to suffer many things, be killed, and rise again in three days.Read More »Bread of Life March 2015
Into the Wilderness
“Then Jesus was led up by the Spirit into the wilderness to be tempted by the devil. And when He had fasted forty days and forty nights, afterward He was hungry” (Matthew 4:1-2).
Just when we are seeing signs that spring is coming soon, as the days are getting longer and warmer, we begin what may seem to be a darker, colder journey—the journey of Lent. We follow Jesus into the wilderness.Read More »Into the Wilderness
Rejoice! Your King Comes to You.
Written by: Nathan Pfeiffer pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church in Spokane, Washington.
What if I told you that the President of the United States was going to come to visit you personally, and needed you to pick him up at the Greyhound bus station? It would never happen, right? He’s too busy to visit you personally and too powerful to ever ride a bus!
Observing how today’s powerful people get around and who they spend their time with makes the events of Palm Sunday all Read More »Rejoice! Your King Comes to You.