Pentecost 2024
November 24, 2024
How many times in a day do we wonder, “What time is it?” Human beings are timekeepers by nature. We are always using time to help us anticipate things that are to come – whether that’s counting the hours until school lets out or the months until we can retire. But how often does God’s Word factor into our timekeeping? Isaiah reminds us that this present Creation has an expiration date (Is 51). Jesus teaches his followers how to be…
November 10, 2024
Pentecost 25
November 3, 2024
All Saints’ Day 2024
October 27, 2024
The rallying cry of the Reformation includes five “solas” (meaning “alone” in Latin). Grace Alone – Our human nature is so corrupted by sin that nothing but God’s undeserved favor can save us. Faith Alone – Our good works, important as they are, contribute nothing to our salvation. Christ Alone – Jesus Christ, by his perfect life, innocent death, and glorious resurrection, is our only Savior from sin and death. Scripture Alone – God’s inspired Word is the only perfect source of truth. Glory to God Alone – God alone…
October 20, 2024
What if someone promised you a return on your investment that was 100 times what you put into it? You’d probably think it was too good to be true! But that’s exactly the promise Jesus makes to us concerning the spiritual investment we make when we trust and follow him. (Mark 10) Earthly possessions can become a hindrance when we forget how temporary they are. (Ecclesiastes 5) The rewards that God has in store for us in the coming age are infinitely…
October 6, 2024
Today’s Epistle reading urges us to “pay much closer attention to what we have heard” (Heb.2:1). How true this is regarding what God has said about His gift of marriage! Do we regard our marriages as the holy partnership described in Genesis 2? Or do we imitate our culture’s low view of marriage as a human contract, disposable for any reason? Lord, forgive our negligence to Your commands, and help us to be faithful in all our relationships as You…
September 29, 2024
Saint Michael and All Angels
September 22, 2024
Pentecost 18
September 8, 2024
Pentecost Sixteen
September 1, 2024
Fifteenth Sunday in Lent