“Honor your father and mother, which is the first commandment with a promise.” (Ephesians 6:2) There are lots and lots of information out there today that says the world is in trouble. Statistics point to collapses with our national economy, the main line church of the USA (see USA Today,...
“Good teacher, what must I do to inherit eternal life?” (Mark 10:17b) One Gospel calls this man young, one other Gospel calls him rich. He has come to the Teacher with a powerful agenda. He needs to know the way to eternal life. He wants to know what he must...
“…You didn’t choose Me, I chose you…” (John 15:16) I admit it; I did watch the first debate between President Obama and Governor Romney. Well, I might have drifted to sleep momentarily toward the end of the debate, but I did watch! My hope and prayer is that the population...
“…in the image of God He created them, male and female He created them…” (Genesis 1:27) According to this – the first story of creation – (the first of two versions found in the Bible), it sounds a bit like God created Adam and Eve at the same time. It...
“You are all children of God through faith in Christ Jesus.” Galatians 3:26 You are a child, by birth. Some people do not know their mothers or their fathers, but they are still children of some other human being. Even “test tube babies” have a mother somewhere. You are a...
“He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom….” (St. Luke 4:16) Okay, okay, I admit, Sunday School wasn’t always my most favorite thing to do on the weekends. It was a proven fact that...
“He went to Nazareth, where he had been brought up, and on the Sabbath day he went into the synagogue, as was his custom….” (St. Luke 4:16) Why is it that all Lutheran Churches have more in attendance for worship than they do for Sunday School? Through the last couple...
This is a weekend set aside for many things: maybe it’s the last opportunity to get away because of the extra day (Monday) before the long haul of Fall; maybe it is a time to get out and work in the yard, sprucing it up for the coming months; cookouts...
