Through His Services to us, the Lord has brought us to the second of the Church’s three Advent Wednesdays this year. They have served, and are serving, to proclaim to us Faith’s response to God’s beautiful gifts. Last week, we heard as the Magnificat was expounded that it was, and is, a reflection of this biblical principle as it applies to God’s Word and His people’s right responses: Gift, Recognition, [and] Response. The past two Sundays, we’ve heard the texts that led, and flowed from, that theme as it was, and is, wrapped about by the ancient themes of those Sundays, “Hope,” and “Peace.” …For more, click on the title above.

Today, God has called us into His Service to once again receive His gifts. Through them, He would have us hear, by our faithfully receiving His proclaimed Word, a theme that helps us in our watching and waiting for the Last Day. That is, that we, as members of the Body of Christ, are freed in Him to call upon God in the Day of Trouble. …For more, click on the title above.

This day, as in years past, the New Church Year has begun with our heralding the King of Glory… He is the One Whom we believe, teach, and confess is Jesus. He is the Lord of the Heavenly Hosts. He alone was, and is, the One Who once entered ancient Jerusalem humble and sitting upon a donkey, and upon the colt of a donkey.
So, as New Church Years have begun for centuries, this week has started by our heralding Jesus as the fulfillment of the Lord’s Promise to King David. He, we are being, and will be, led to understand over the course of almost four weeks this year, is the eternal Son of David Who would, and does, sit on God’s eternal Throne of Glory. …For more, click on the title above.