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…
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…
FACING HOMOSEXUALITY (Part 4 of 5) In part three of this series we saw the variety of ways in which great effort is being made to make the sin of homosexuality acceptable. These efforts are…
“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…
“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…
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…
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,…
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…
“Abide with us, for it is toward evening . . . ” Many congregations have an Easter sunrise service. Joyful hearts sing the Easter message with enthusiasm in the early morning. I will never forget…
“Teacher, we want to see a sign from You” (Mt. 12:38). With this, Jesus’ enemies demanded a miraculous sign from Him that would prove He was the promised Lord and Christ who was to come…
