This is the day the Church Year readings remind us to sing a new song. That is the Song of God’s salvation that is ours in the Christ of the Scriptures. The reading from Isaiah reveals to us four characteristics of those who know and believe that God has saved them in Christ Jesus. Those in that state of mind and body, you we pray, the saved, receive from that Divine Salvation trust with security, an end of fear concerning their eternal destinies, strength—a fruit of trust, and song, that is, an inner welling of joy on account of that which the Lord has done, and still does, for those whom He has saved. That is what these words reveal….For more, click on the title above.
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Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism Lesson for the Week of May 18, 2025
Morning and Evening Prayers – Morning
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Easter 5 (Cantate)
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Christians will have joy after they depart the pain of this cosmos
Today, though God’s Word, God continues to cause us to hear the eternal reality in the declaration that Jesus Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father. That Word gives and strengthens faith. In that Faith, God empowers Christians to hold forth the good confession. That is, today, that Christs’ resurrection means that all the faithful have been declared right with the Father. We call that justification….For more, click on the title above.
Man’s complaint
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.
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
Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism Lesson for the Week of May 11, 2025
The Creed – First Article
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Easter 4 (Jubilate)
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Dr. Luther’s Small Catechism Lesson for the Week of May 4, 2025
The Ten Commandments – The Third
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Easter 3 (Misericordias Domini)
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