Tag: Pastor Morehouse
Beautiful traditions: Helpful if they are received in true faith
On this Sunday of each Church Year, for centuries in the confessing Church, God’s people have heard of beautiful traditions. We are reminded by the readings of the day that those things which we have received from the ancient fathers of the Faith are helpful. That is, whenever they are received in true faith. That remains certain whether or not those things that have been faithfully handed on are the central focus of a given Sunday sermon.
Today, we have heard how Cain and Abel, the children of Adam and Eve, dealt with at least one of the traditions they had received from their father. Those would have been handed onto them after Adam’s fall into sin. We have again heard of the tradition of giving allegiance offerings to God. These the faithful participate in with thanksgiving for all His benefits to His highest creatures. …For more, click on the title above.
Her Noble and Beautiful Struggle Has Ended
Our sermon for this Trinity Season Friday, on this day we have been gathered to remember God’s grace in calling Grete Schlischat His child in holy Baptism, along with His holding her fast in the good confession of the Faith is taken from our inspired readings. We pray that your hopes lifted will be lifted by the following Word of God: Click the title above for the Full Sermon
Comparing God’s Word to man’s
Beware of false shepherds
Horribly led by false prophets, beautifully led by the Spirit
This is a day given to us in the Church Militant to remember that every time God gathers us around His Word and Sacraments we are standing in the Council of the Lord. God continues to call us to be physically present in His services to us. That call is for us who continue to be, by virtue of Holy Baptism, named His chosen people. Christians know, believe, and act on the divine reality that we need to be present in the Lord’s Services. …For more, click on the title above.
God planted the garden for the benefit of His people
Long, long ago, God planted a Garden, that is, an earthly Paradise in the earth. That He would declare to be very good. It was a lush place that held everything needed to support the bodies and lives of God’s highest created beings. As you heard today, God then placed man (male and female God had created them), in that Garden. God had planted His Garden for the benefit of His people….For more, click on the title above.
Keeping God’s precepts?
Ruth’s powerful confession of the faith
Ruth’s powerful confession of the Faith, one which she uttered first some 3,025 years ago, we have heard repeated today. That is because her words and actions, as well as those of her mother-in-law, Naomi, and sister-in-law, Orpah present important teachings for every generation of the Church. These we will unpack as God’s Word continues to be proclaimed today….For more, click on the title above.
