We don’t have to prove ourselves to God. Read More
Year/Month: 2012/07
Our incompleteness is filled by Jesus. Read More
All of us should be faithful at our jobs. Read More
Hold tight on Scripture doctrines! Read More
This is God’s Word on the Antichrist. Read More
Get your daily personal spiritual exercise! Read More
Today is our time for preparation. Read More
Interested in Judgment Day? Read More
God’s motives/deeds are wholesome. Read More
God adjusts dosages of correcting. Read More
Life consists of making the right choices. Read More
Stay attached to Jesus for dear LIFE! Read More
Jesus, the Be-all-and-end-all of our life. Read More
Mediocrity is poor service. Read More
Let’s help others get to heaven! Read More
Life is warfare for dominance. Read More
Bad-mouthing comes from selfishness. Read More
A dead/dysfunctional faith is trash. Read More
God is glorified when we act as He wants. Read More
Jesus is God’s universal answer/solution. Read More
Jesus outranks Levi&sons all ways. Read More
God is faithful to us and true to Himself. Read More
Let’s mull over these things in our hearts! Read More
There still is room in heaven! Read More
Distrusting Jesus is worse than rebellion. Read More
A runaway slave returned as brother. Read More
Closing Concert and Graduation A seat in the back row was a good choice just to spare my hearing from overload, for the ILC Spring Concert on Friday evening (May 18) at Messiah Church was powerful! Time and again the choirs’ majestic “Alleluias” took crescendo flight to fortissimo heights. Wonderful! Awesome. Read More
475th Anniversary of the SMALCALD ARTICLES “…The Word of God shall establish articles of faith and no one else, not even an angel.” (Luther, SA, Part II, Art. II) 4.Of Sin and the Law As Dr. Martin Luther moves into the third part of his confession, he undertakes a discussion of articles “which we may discuss… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“Be diligent to present yourself approved to God, a worker who does not need to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.” 2 Timothy 2:15 2 Timothy 4:17-22 17 But the Lord stood with me and strengthened me, so that the message might be preached fully through me, and that all the Gentiles might hear. … Read More »Month Archive Read More
Is the pen mightier than the sword? Throughout world history the written word has proved to be powerful. In Cecil B. DeMille’s The Ten Commandments, Yul Brynner as Pharaoh had an oft-repeated line—“So let it be written; so let it be done.” When Pharaoh’s words were written down, they became law. The spoken words of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
“…The works that I do in My Father’s name, they bear witness of Me” (John 10:25) Jesus Heals the Man with an Unclean Spirit 23 Now there was a man in their synagogue with an unclean spirit. And he cried out, 24 saying, “Let us alone! What have we to do with You, Jesus of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
It doesn’t take long to get acquainted with Michael Buck, and decades aren’t long enough to cover the territory. Prof. Buck has fascinating stories to tell of his early years in Austin, Minnesota, followed by military service during the late ‘60s, graduate school at Minnesota State University, Mankato, and settling upon microbiology as his chosen field of… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Religion is often used as a prop by politicians during election times. Recently we read in the public press, “President Obama and his family headed out to church this morning for the third time in a month, the latest sign that the president may be using religion to boost his image as the campaign heats up.”… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Citizens on Earth Ever since Adam and Eve’s fall into sin in the Garden of Eden, every human with the exception of Jesus has been conceived and born in sin. Original sin is our ascribed status—in other words, one in which we have no choice. As the Apostle Paul writes to the Romans, “Therefore, just… Read More »Month Archive Read More
Do you remember what it was like in grade school when it was time for a fire drill? “Line up, quickly and quietly,” the teacher would say. “No talking in line.” Out you go with your classmates onto the playground, where you wait for what seems like a long time. Finally, after the principal gets… Read More »Month Archive Read More