One of the key teachings of the Confessional Lutheran Church is that mankind is justified—declared right with God—by faith, not by the works carried out with human hands. This has been the case since Luther nailed the Ninety-Five Thesis to the door of his church. While there are multiple readings from Holy Scripture that explain the truth of how mankind is justified, our epistle reading for today clearly states that “we have been justified by faith.” For more, click on the title above.
Category: Worship
Lent 2_2026
Lent 2 (Reminiscere)
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Lent 1 Wednesday_2026
Lent 1 Wednesday – Station 1 & Station 2
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Called to cling to the truth Who is God’s mercy
Lent 1_2026
Lent 1 (Invocabit)
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We are all beggars living under God’s Grace
Our homily for this Ash Wednesday is based upon a Psalm that is familiar to us
who have been receiving God’s gifts through the ancient public services (liturgies) of
the Church. It reveals that we are all beggars living under God’s grace. We pray the
Holy Spirit will guide our thoughts today as we contemplate the following translated
verse:
Mercy me, O Elohim, as to Your steadfast love, as to Your abundant mercy
blot out my transgressions; cause to thoroughly wash me from my iniquity, and
from my sin cleanse me….For more, click on the title above.
Ash Wednesday_2026
Ash Wednesday
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Blind and begging
God has brought us to the last Sunday of Pre-Lent. In just a few days the greens we see before us will be replaced. Crosses will be veiled. There will be a lot to see and hear as the seasons change.
Of the five senses that we use to absorb information about the world around us and in the Church, sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing, we tend to rely on two of them more than the others. Sight and hearing are the two key senses we use more than anything else. Now, this is not to say that the other three senses are unnecessary or useless. We use all of our senses on a daily basis. …For more, click on the title above.
Quinquagesima_2026
Sexagesima
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The Sower and the seed
Our text for this morning from the Gospel of St. Luke is commonly called the Parable of the Sower. This is actually a parable about four different kinds of dirt, or soil. The emphasis is not on the sower at all—although we will have a thing or two to say about him—but the focus is on the different kinds of soil into which the sower’s seed falls. To put it another way, this is not a parable about the preacher, it’s about the hearers….For more, click on the title above.