Twice in today’s Gospel reading Jesus teaches, through perfect application of Law and Gospel, those who were grumbling against Him among themselves. They were doing so on account of His welcoming and eating with known sinners. He uses parables to reveal the divine doctrine that was behind His welcoming and having table fellowship with sinful people. The two illustrations Jesus uses, the first that declares a shepherd’s joy over finding a lost sheep, and the second that speaks of a householder’s joyous reaction when finding a coin she had lost, Jesus divinely uses to reveal the joy that God has whenever even one sinner repents of his or her sins and wills to turn from them. …For more, click on the title above.
Tag: Trinity
LSB 658 Preserve Your Word, O Savior
We have chosen LSB 658, Preserve Your Word, O Savior, as our Johntide seasonal hymn for AD 2023. The cycle of the Trinity season begins with the Feast of the Nativity of John the Baptizer (June 24). It continues until the Commemoration of Lawrence, Deacon and Martyr (August 10). The specific focus during Johntide is… Continue reading LSB 658 Preserve Your Word, O Savior
Are you ready for the banquet?
What happens in God’s Divine Service
Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, throughout today’s Divine Service, you will hear teaching points on just what is happening, has happened, and primarily what is about to happen in the service. All Vicars here at Catalina do such a service, as it helps us know just what is happening, and also prepares us for a congregation that perhaps has yet to recover the treasury of certain parts of the service, or perhaps just don’t know why they do what they do. …For more, click on the title above.
Trinity_2 2023
Second Sunday after Trinity
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The Tree of Life
God Lovingly Gifts to Man–the Man of Faith Responds in Love
For well more than five centuries, the Sunday Gospel readings drawn from the Evangelist Luke’s writings have annually been heard on the first five Sundays that follow the Feast of the Holy Trinity. The first three of those, beginning today, continue to declare a call to the hearers of God’s Word to be faithful in using the gifts God continues to give to them. …For more, click on the title above.
Trinity_1 2023
First Sunday after Trinity
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Comfort in the face of Incomprehensible Ways
“O depth of riches, both the wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are His judgements, and how incomprehensible are His ways! For who has known the mind of the Lord? And who has been His counselor? Or who has first given to Him, that it shall be recompensed to him?”
Thus far our text. Dear brothers and sisters in Christ, these few short verses are something I very much wish the average person would understand about God. Many problems people have with who God is and how He works could be dispelled by a good understanding of this text. Since probably the beginning of life after the fall, non-believers have been hung up on these aspects of Our God. …For more, click on the title above.
Jesus is at the center of the Trinity
Jesus – and this is so important in understanding Lutheran theology vs. other protestant theology – Jesus is at the center of the Trinity. He is the One who will bring you into the triune life of God…
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