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FROM A PASTOR’S DESK . . .

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“ARE WE STILL FRIENDS?” or “The Bible and Biscuit Bible Study” (A pastor sent the following letter to a man he met at a gun show. While visiting at his booth, a friendly discussion was… 

Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns

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Come, Ye Faithful, Raise the Strain An Easter Hymn #204 in The Lutheran Hymnal This Easter hymn is based on the Song of Moses in Exodus 15. As he contemplates the resurrection of Christ, the… 

WHAT WONDROUS LOVE IN TAKING BACK HIS LIFE

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St. Matthew’s account of the Easter story What gracious, wondrous love is this, my soul? The tomb that held the body of our Lord Was open, empty, that first Easter morn. Is this a trick,… 

Easter With An Exclamation Point!

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What a world of difference a simple punctuation mark can make. It can be the difference between disappointment and delight. For instance, one man realizes that he has gone as far as he will ever… 

LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT

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“That We Might Have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Kings, Chapters Twelve through Fourteen The Divided Kingdom While I was preparing to write this article on the dividing of the kingdom of God’s people in the… 

THE WORSHIP SERVICE

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“Oh come, let us worship and bow down; Let us kneel before the LORD our Maker.” Psalm 95:6 Fourth in a Series– The Amen and the Confession of Sins Amen Amen is a common expression… 

The last of three devotions on . . .

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THE BEST WAY TO DIE Take yet another look at the cross–the best way for Jesus to die, and the best way for you to die–and to go on dying, as Galatians 5:24 shows: “Those… 

FROM A PASTOR’S DESK . . .

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A(NOTHER) MOVIE TO AVOID Most Hollywood-produced movies today are not worth seeing because they promote behavior such as obscenity, violence, immorality, and a variety of other anti-Christian actions, ideas, and attitudes. Now comes a movie…