A lament is a passionate expression of sorrow. It’s crying out in grief. It’s a complaint. That’s why there’s good reason the author of the book of Lamentations is called the weeping prophet. Jeremiah wrote the book to express the profound sadness, anguish, and despair that was before him. But to better understand the events that He and the Israelites in the Southern Kingdom went through we need to go back in Israel’s history about four hundred years. What was Jerusalem like at that time? …For more, click on the title above.
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The Good Bloody Shepherd
If you haven’t figured it out yet from the name of this particular Sunday, Misericordias Domini, which translates to “the mercies of the Lord,” or from our Hymn of the Day, “The King of Love my Shepherd Is,” or the Hymn which will follow the Offertory, which we have noted as Good Shepherd Hymn, “The Lord’s My Shepherd, I’ll Not Want,” or from the Psalm appointed for this day, which is Psalm 23, or from the bulletin cover.….well, today is officially “Good Shepherd Sunday.” Our focus therefore will be on sheep and shepherds….For more, click on the title above
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Easter 4 (Jubilate)
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Easter 3 (Misericordias Domini)
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The Doubt of Thomas
Dear brothers and sisters of our risen Lord Jesus Christ this morning’s question may seem quite
simple, but it is oh, so important. Ready?
What makes us Christians different than everyone else?
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Easter 2 (Quasimodo Geniti)
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Easter Wednesday
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Come Lord Jesus, be our guest
Christ is Risen! This Resurrection Evening sermon’s theme has been drawn from the readings we’ve heard. It will be revealed in this Service that God has continues to answer our prayer, “Come, Lord Jesus, be our guest.” To that end, this Service does close the highest Feast Day of the year among us. It does so with the reminder that Jesus continues to make Himself known in the breaking of the bread… the Lord’s Supper… the Sacrament of the Altar. …For more, click on the title above
Another Resurrection Day
The apostle Paul writes,
“If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain…and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.”
But your sins are forgiven, and your faith isn’t empty. Your faith isn’t meaningless because Christ is risen, He is risen indeed, Alleluia. Your faith rests upon this proclamation of the Resurrection of the Lord. …For more, click on the title above.
I know that my Redeemer lives
The message of Good Friday is that Jesus, the Incarnate Son of God died for the sins of the world. All transgressions have been paid for by Jesus, the Lamb of God Who takes away the sin of the world. The message of Easter is of Life in the Resurrection of the crucified Son of the Living God.
This has been the hope that God’s people have always had, believed and confessed. …For more, click on the title above.