What’s He Worth to You?
Today’s Worship was lead by Pastor Michael Kampman from Risen Savior Lutheran Church, McFarland.
“I Believe in the RESURRECTION of the Dead, and the LIFE Everlasting”
As we meet Mary and Martha in our text today, they are people living in “the land of in-between.” What do we mean by that? They are living after the death of a loved one. The wound is nervy and raw. As the story begins, the resurrection has not taken place yet. They are living in the middle, between death and resurrection.
Scattered Sheep
Today’s Worship was lead by Pastor Scott Schwertfeger of Zion Lutheran Church, Leeds.
An Eye-Opening Encounter with Jesus
God wanted people to be able to identify the Messiah when he came into the world. To help them know who the Messiah was, God made prophecies, or predictions, about what the Savior would be like. One of the identifying things about the coming of the Messiah was this, Then will the eyes of the blind be opened. (Isaiah 35:5)
God’s Love has Been Poured Out into our Hearts
Most of you know that in the Old Testament the Lord made a covenant with his people that required various sacrifices. Among all the sacrifices in the Old Testament is one we may often overlook. It was called the “drink offering.” Drink offerings were to be a part of burnt offerings. The drink offering involved pouring out some wine at the base of the altar. As mentioned, it was connected to the burnt offering. That means that every single morning when a lamb was offered at the Temple as a burnt offering for Israel, and when every day ended with another lamb sacrifice, a priest stood and poured out wine at the base of the altar.
Return to Me!
Today’s Worship service was lead by Pastor David Horton from Eastside Lutheran Church, Madison.
Traveling On Only the Promises of God
The other day I ran across this “Pre-Travel Checklist.” It is supposed to be a helpful tool for someone about to travel somewhere. It contains nearly sixty things you need to do before you travel. Before travel, you should “clear fridge of perishable items” and “water house plants” and “charge electronic devices.” As I said, it recommends sixty things you MUST DO to travel.
The Truth, The Whole Truth, and Nothing but the Truth
Today’s Lent Worship was lead by Pastor Jacob Scott of Zion Lutheran Church, Leeds, WI
A Great Fall…a Greater Savior
Our text today from Genesis 3 is often called the story of “The Fall.” Right here we are confronted with a question. How bad a “fall” is it? I mean, not all “falls” are the same. Some falls are rather minor and some are rather major. Falling and skinning my knee is not the same as falling off the rim of the Grand Canyon. So what is the story before us today? Is it the story of humanity skinning its knee or of humanity plunging off a cliff?
The Kingly Priest
The word of the LORD came to me (v. 9) Thus begins our text. With these words the prophet Zechariah tips us off he is going to tell us a story of what happened to him one day. Maybe just a word about the man Zechariah. Zechariah was a prophet at the time the Jews had returned from the Babylonian exile. They had begun the work of rebuilding the Temple of the LORD in Jerusalem. Zechariah ministered to and among these returned exiles. The word of the LORD came to me, says Zechariah. And the LORD told him to do something very odd.
