Trinity 2
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Category: Worship
Living the baptized life as teachers of the faith
This week’s texts were selected and assigned as part of the Lectionary for this convention week. They are intended to reveal how the faithful continue living the baptized life. Today’s texts proclaim what is encompassed in that, particularly this week, as teachers of the Faith handle the Word of God with care for the benefit of our hearers….For more, click on the title above.
We believe, teach and confess
We will begin this morning with some sure and certain premises:
1) Faith alone makes us Christians.
2) Confession alone marks us as Christians.
3) Only God can judge the heart, and
a. Only God can see what we really and truly believe.
Nobody but God can see our faith, but the whole world can hear our confession of the faith. Christians confess their faith. Let’s face it, the only real reason someone won’t confess his faith is because he has no faith to confess. …For more, click on the title above.
The Lord is the shepherd who gives mercy
Our homily for this Monday of Trinity I is proclaimed to help us remember God’s grace in naming Larry Frederick Klages His child in holy baptism. Today God calls us to have our hopes guided by these divine words:
YHWH is my Shepherd; nothing for me will be lacking…Only goodness and mercy will pursue me all the days of my life, and my dwelling will be in (the) House of YHWH for eternal days.
Gerta, family in Christ and friends of Larry, please hear and receive again the comfort that is given through the blessing of the One True God. For more, click on the title above.
Faith is a readiness to accept God’s Word and promises
Today, this congregation celebrates the beginning of Johntide a bit early (for the Festival of St. John the Baptizer is on June 24). To that end, we have heard from a few biblical texts that are tied together by common themes. Among those is a primary one that reveals that faith is a readiness to accept God’s Word and Promises.
It is true that, in our readings we don’t have a direct biblical definition of faith. That is, as scripture reveals elsewhere, that faith remains (the) assurance of (things) hoped for, a conviction of matters not seen. Even so, we can discern this theme from today’s texts: namely as you heard, that faith is a readiness to accept God’s Word and Promises. …For more, click on the title above
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Trinity 1
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Let me not understand
Today marks the end of the Festival Half of the Church Year as we celebrate Holy Trinity Sunday. Throughout the festival season we’ve traced our salvation history as it was revealed through Jesus Christ in His incarnation, ministry, suffering, death, resurrection, ascension, and finally the sending of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. But this day stands apart from every other Sunday. …For more, click on the title above.
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Holy Trinity
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God’s grace is shown in His preventing people from greater sin
Today, we have arrived at the 50th day following the Church’s celebration of the Resurrection of our Lord. Ten days have passed since we remembered Christ in His ascension. We recall that He has placed His fully sanctified human flesh at the pinnacle of creation. As we are parts of His Body, we are there too….For more, click on the title above.
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Pentecost
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