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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Thanksgiving
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Beautifully Built Into One In the Consolation of Christ
Today’s texts … serve to turn the faithful hearers to what God calls us to do as we await that Day of Judgement. That is, we are called to be beautifully built into one. This is done for the faithful as we hear of ourconsolation in Christ. That becomes ours as our lamps continue to be filled with the oil God gives, His Word and Sacraments which He uses to illuminate our lives with the Light of Salvation.
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Last Sunday of the Church Year
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Hurry Up and Wait
Every distinctive period in history has its own defining spirit for its time. It’s an invisible force that captures the intellectual, moral, and cultural climate of any era. The Germans embodied this idea with the term zeitgeist. What then, is the current zeitgeist of our time?
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Second to Last Sunday of the Church Year
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