“BREAD OF LIFE” READINGS SEPTEMBER 2024
TLH = The Lutheran Hymnal, 1941; WS = Worship Supplement 2000; LSB = Lutheran Service Book, 2006 Date Hymns Reading Comments 09/02/24 TLH 26/LSB 797 Isaiah 30 The Lord judges His people for their reliance…
“BREAD OF LIFE” READINGS SEPTEMBER 2024
SAINT MATTHEW LUTHERAN CHURCH DALLAS, TEXAS
Updates from congregations around the Church of the Lutheran Confession Some might say “Nothing” when asked what is new at Saint Matthew in Dallas, Texas, since the last update seven years ago. Of course that…
BOOKMARKS IN THE BOOK OF ACTS
In this series, thoseinvolved with CLC foreign missions profile one aspect of our overseas endeavors. There are three passages in particular in the Book of Acts that give us a glimpse into the thrust of…
KNOW THE SCRIPTURES
Let us assume that a teacher who lived a thousand years ago had written an “autograph” [that is, a document hand-written by the author himself.] He had some students who appreciated the value of their…
MAKING A JOYFUL SHOUT TO THE LORD
They came from every direction. They came across land and by air. They came from states near and far, and from across the sea. They are the 143 voting members of the 36th Church of…
THE WICKED VINEDRESSERS
A sense of entitlement is a corrosive cancer which blinds the soul to the goodness of our Lord and leads to a wide range of sin. In the Parable of the Wicked Vinedressers (Mathew 21:33-46),…
THE GOD WHO SEES ME
For Hagar, the circumstances were desperate. She was young, alone, pregnant and penniless; a slave fleeing the harsh treatment of her mistress Sarai. Seventy miles lay behind. If her destination was home in Egypt, many…
THE AARONIC BENEDICTION
Ever wonder why we Lutherans use the form of worship we do? In this series we examine the depth and meaning of the various elements of our Lutheran worship service. “The Lord bless thee, and…
GOD’S GIFT OF SHEPHERDS
“The elders who are among you I exhort, I who am a fellow elder and a witness of the sufferings of Christ, and also a partaker of the glory that will be revealed: Shepherd the…
LIVE OR DIE—IT DOESN’T MATTER
“For to me to live is Christ, and to die is gain. If I am to live in the flesh, that means fruitful labor for me. Yet which I shall choose I cannot tell. I…