To Keep Us Going —
The Mount of Transfiguration (You may first wish to read Matthew 17:1-9) We have a little fellow at our house who daily does his impersonation of the Eveready Bunny. Four years old and just a…
Chapel Talk (see endnote)–
“Wherefore I give you to understand, that no man speaking by the Spirit of God calls Jesus accursed; and that no man can say that Jesus is the Lord, but by the Holy Ghost” (1…
Studies in Ephesians
Proclaiming the Unsearchable Riches of Christ (See 3:8) Chapter 3:1-14 WE’VE GOT A SECRET Secret societies were already popular in the Apostle’s time. Today there are still numerous lodge-like organizations that claim they have certain…
LESSONS FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT
“That We Might have Hope” (Rom. 15:4) First Samuel Chapters Twenty-One To Thirty-One DAVID AND SAUL — HOW DIFFERENT WERE THEY? Both were chosen by God to lead Israel. Both started out as humble servants…
Appreciating Our Lutheran Hymns
Jesus, Grant that Balm and Healing A Lenten Hymn #144 in The Lutheran Hymnal About the writer of this month’s hymn The Handbook to the Lutheran Hymnal says: “He was indeed well grounded in the…
Biblical Perspectives On The End Times
Fifth in a Series THE RAPTURE The living will be “caught up” or “raptured” on the last Day when our Lord comes. So the Apostle Paul wrote to the Thessalonians and so most believers have…
Twelfth In A Series (from an essay by Pastor Thomas Schuetze)
Psalm 131 “LORD, teach me to be content” A Psalm of Instruction Psalm 131 LORD, my heart is not haughty, nor my eyes lofty. Neither do I concern myself with great matters, nor with things…
Historical Markings
Where Have We Been? Where Are We Going? ” . . . The gift of God’s grace caused us to separate from the church body with which we were formerly affiliated. God made salvation precious…
Another New Year — Another Thousand Years!
Would you look at all those zeroes! With my old car I’ve seen a row of zeroes a couple of times. It wasn’t too surprising the first time, but then it happened again! That was…
An Epiphany Devotion–
The Gospel’s Effect In Our Lives The verb form (Greek) of the word Epiphany means to “show, make an appearance, reveal.” We already have had an epiphany of sorts at the New Year. What did…