Luke 12:13-21 THE RICH FOOL The title seems all wrong. The world considers a rich man as smarter, more hardworking, and more lucky than the rest. Rich people are not often thought of as fools,… 

*’WHAT’S YOUR SLANT ON FUNERALS?’ (From the Messiah Messenger, Newsletter of Messiah Lutheran Church, Eau Claire, Wis. The writer is Prof. Em. Paul R. Koch.) If someone is brash enough to ask the question, the… 

“Our Savior Jesus Christ . . . has abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10). “Forever with the Lord!” Amen! so let it be. Life from the… 

There had never been a football game quite like it. Not in all the years before; not in the 80-some years since. It was a dark and dreary day in 1916, the perfect setting for… 

It was a long journey. They had traveled to Judea from every direction of the Mediterranean world. The descendants of Abraham were required to attend the great Passover Festival in Jerusalem at least once in… 

A Christian cannot be unmoved when contemplating the scene presented in Gethsemane. Here we behold our beloved Lord Jesus in an agony so intense that His sweat became great drops of blood falling to the… 

Standing Fast In The Liberty By Which Christ Has Made Us Free (See 5:1) Chapter 6:11-18 A Crowning Word: In the Cross of Christ I Glory! We hear it often enough when it comes to… 

We all have someone in our lives whom we would like to change. There are times when my wife would like to change me, and for good reason. But how to do that? In particular,… 

Psalm 122 “LORD, thank You for the privilege of worshiping You.” A Psalm of Thanks Psalm 122 I was glad when they said to me, Let us go into the house of the LORD. Our… 

Christ, the Life of All the Living A Lenten Hymn #151 in The Lutheran Hymnal Believers are at times troubled by past sins, for Satan tries to rob us of our peace with God by…