December 10, 2023 — Scriptures teach that King Jesus is the Son of God in flesh and the only hope for salvation. Jesus himself claimed that he is the only way into the glorious kingdom of heaven. You do not approach meeting someone like that casually or carelessly. You prepare meticulously. What does that mean?…
Rulers plan and administrate and govern. They typically do not save. If your house is on fire, it will not be the mayor who shows up to save you from the flames. If America were attacked, the President would serve as the commander in chief of the armed forces. The President would not pick up…
Sunday, November 26, 2023 We began the church year anticipating the Lord’s first coming. We end the church year anticipating His second coming. We live in The Time in Between those two points. When Jesus comes again it will be to “judge the living and the dead” as we confess repeatedly in the creed. On…
November 19, 2023 — In the great timeline of human history, there are only two ultimately significant points: the first time Christ came to our world to win salvation by His life, death, and resurrection; and the second time Christ will come to consummate His everlasting kingdom. We live in The Time in Between those…
November 12, 2023 In the great timeline of human history, there are only two ultimately significant points: the first time Christ came to our world to win salvation by his life, death, and resurrection; and the second time Christ will come to consummate his everlasting kingdom. We live in the time in between those two…
November 5, 2023 — Usually when people think of saints, they think of famous people in the Bible, mainly from the New Testament, that have had churches named after them. St. Matthew, St. Mark, St. Luke, St. John. Those are the “Four Evangelists” who wrote the four Gospels about the life of Jesus. Other apostles…
Sunday, October 29, 2023 — Festival Morning Service at 9 AM Festival Joint Service with Cross of Christ Kingman at Our Saviour 4 PM Bratwurst Supper at Our Saviour 5 PM What is Reformation Sunday? Why do we celebrate it? The church was (and still is) in need of being re-formed whenever it is de-formed.…
October 22, 2023 — What is confirmation? At it’s core, confirmation is when a Christian is given the opportunity to make a public confession of their faith in Jesus. When little children are baptized, sponsors and the congregation confess the faith into which the child is being baptized, since little children can’t say those words…
October 15, 2023 — There are invitations we might be tempted to reject: an invitation to an event you are not interested in, an invitation to a party that takes place at the same time as something else you want to do. There are other invitations which people would say you’ve lost your mind to…
October 4, 2023 — Patience is a virtue. But can too much patience be a vice? If you are too patient, waiting to see if that pain in your stomach goes away with time, you might make a problem worse. If you are too patient with an incompetent employee, you will lose productivity before the…