March 3, 2024 — Throughout Lent, we are seeing the battle between Christ and Satan. Today, the arena is worship. Satan tries to distract us from doing the Father’s will at worship. If He cannot keep us from going to the house of the Lord, He tries to blind us to its beauty by either…
February 25, 2024 — In the season of Lent, we witness a battle as Jesus takes our place in His passion. As the battle continues, Satan redoubles his attacks. This time, he attacks Jesus by placing temptation in the mouth of Jesus’ friend, His most ardent supporter, the “rock”—Peter. Every Christian knows the truth that…
February 18, 2024 — In the season of Lent, we witness a battle as Jesus takes our place in His passion. This week the battleground is temptation. We know temptation. While we’ve never been asked to sacrifice a child, as Abraham was in our Old Testament Lesson to see if we trust God and place…
February 11, 2024 — Following the visit of the Wise Men, the revelation of Jesus this Epiphany season began with His baptism in the Jordan River, where God the Father called out from heaven. “This is my Son whom I love. Listen to Him.” From that day, in word and deed, Jesus began to…
February 4 2024 — “Epiphany” comes from a Greek word that means “reveal.” Today our Lessons reveal Jesus as filled with loving-kindness, mercy and power. Jesus shoulders all the effects of the devil, from weariness and weakness (Old Testament Lesson) to anxiety and stress (Epistle Lesson) to disease and ignorance (Gospel). He never wearies and…
January 28, 2024 — “Epiphany” comes from a Greek word that means “reveal.” Today our Lessons reveal even more about just who Jesus is and how we should regard him. In our Old Testament Lesson God foretold through Moses that a Prophet greater than Moses would come, whose Word the whole world must listen…
January 21, 2024 — During the Epiphany season we not only see more and more of who Jesus is, but we also see God’s will that all nations should be enlightened by the Gospel. Jesus is the “light to lighten the Gentiles” as well as the glory of His people Israel. We know that. We…
January 14, 2024 — “Epiphany” comes from a Greek word that means “reveal.” Today, if someone says, “I had an epiphany,” he means he had some extremely important, life-changing revelation. Within the Church Year, that is the purpose of the season of Epiphany—to reveal important truths about Jesus Christ, truths that will indeed change your…
January 7, 2024 Epiphany means “revealed.” It’s like a “light bulb moment.” When someone has one of those moments, it’s a real epiphany. Eureka! The original Epiphany was like a really big “light bulb moment,” with a giant natural light bulb from God. It was a moving star, put in the sky miraculously by God,…
God has prepared a Feast of His Word, His Supper, and His gift of Music. “O Come Let Us Adore Him!” Christmas Schedule: Advent Lessons and Carols with Communion, 9 am, December 24th Christmas Eve Candlelight Service, 6:30 pm, December 24th Christmas Day Festival Communion Service, 10:30 am, December 25th (All times MST) No Sunday…