Tag: Lent

Fear and loathing in the Garden of Gethsemane

One Man Should Die by Joy Miller

Today’s/tonight’s reading comes from St. Luke, St. Mark, and St. John, in that order. From Luke we hear of the arrest of Jesus in the darkness of the night. From Mark we learn about the fleeing of the disciples and a young man who runs away naked after almost having been detained in the Garden. And from St. John we become aware of the words spoken by Caiaphas, the Jewish High Priest, which would play out in Gospel clarity….For more, click on the title above.

Lent 5 Wednesday 2024

One Man Should Die by Joy Miller

Lent 5 Wednesday

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When I am dead, then bury me in the tomb where the man of God is buried

The Jews Took Up Rocks to Stone Jesus by James Tissot

We, here, gather every week to hear our God speak to us through the Scriptures and the Pastor, to receive the blessings that really do come from the word of God, and to eat the very Body and Blood of our Lord Jesus Christ. Despite what the World might think, we do not grow weary of this repetition. You and I have heard countless sermons about these three things and many sermons about all three things. So much so, that you may grow to expect at least one of these three things to appear in a sermon. It may be that you are surprised when a sermon does not contain one of these standbys that Lutheran teachers so often emphasis. …For more, click on the title above.

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The Jews Took Up Rocks to Stone Jesus by James Tissot

Lent 5 (Judica)

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God’s Beautiful Kingdom Comes Through the Gospel

The Sword by Paul Kaleb DB

As we repeatedly hear from this pulpit, the proclamation of peace between God and man that Jesus died to bring continues to move sinners like you and me to repentance. The peace that Jesus won on the Cross continues to grant Divine forgiveness to us.

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Rejoice: The Lord Remains Faithful to His Promises

The New Jerusalem from the Folio 55r of the Bamberg Apocalypse

We need to hear that He, through His Word of forgiveness, continues to set our sins apart from us, even as far as the East is from the West. Our New Natures desire to hear God say, through the means He Himself chose: “I will remember [your] sins no more!”

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The New Jerusalem from the Folio 55r of the Bamberg Apocalypse

Lent 4 (Laetare)

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Betrayal

Betrayed by Annabelle DB

Betrayal burns with the intensity of the sun; it scalds the very soul.

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