“Stand up, stand up for Jesus, as soldiers of the cross. Lift high His royal banner, it must not suffer loss. From vict’ry unto vict’ry, His army He shall lead. Till every foe is vanquished and Christ is Lord indeed.” (Hymn #389, LBW, you remember, the “Green Book”) This past...

“Young man, I say to you, rise!”  (Luke 7:14b) This morning I went to my usual cardiovascular physical therapy class from8 a.m. until 10 a.m.  Only about half the class showed up, probably because it was a rainy, gray morning!  I have to admit, when the alarm rang 6 a.m....

“Not that I have already attained, or am already perfected; but I press on, that I may lay hold of that for which Christ Jesus has also laid hold of me.” (Philippians 3:12) I have met with my surgeon this week, and he has released me from his care! That’s good!...

“When the Spirit of truth comes, he will guide you into all the truth…(John 16:13) This Spirit of Truth has come.  He came last week in the Pentecost texts.  From that time on, following that fiftieth day after the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, God’s Spirit took on an important task. ...

In 1980, a movie came out about a young man who was struggling in his life, looking for purpose and love. The movie—“Urban Cowboy,”—starred John Travolta and Debra Winger. Country singer and song writer Johnny Lee penned a song used in this film entitled: “Looking for Love in all the...

Romans 8:24-25 “For in this hope we were saved. Now hope that is seen is not hope. For who hopes for what he sees? But if we hope for what we do not see, we wait for it with patience.” When you leave the real world, walk into a clinic...

“..and how is it that we hear, each of us, in our own native tongues?…” (Acts 2:8) In the latest Lutheran magazine, it says on page 8, “Jesus” is one of the 25 most hacked passwords on the Internet, according to Splashdata. Our Lord’s name is as easily hacked as “password,”...

“Unless I see the mark…put my finger in the mark…I will not believe..” (John 20:25) The Sunday after Easter tends to be called “low Sunday.” I’m not sure why the Sunday that follows the celebration of the Resurrection has become such a thing, but it usually is in low attendance. Somehow,...