The Lord Remembered Her
By Steve Kruschel
08/24/26
18mins

The Lord Remembered Her

In the end, your story isn’t an epic of personal glory. You aren’t the hero. Your Savior Jesus is.
Church Aesthetics
Jeremiah Schultz
Jeremiah Schultz
08/21/26

Church Aesthetics

Whether a Christian enjoys high church, low church, or something in between, aesthetics in the Church are not about any one individual person and their particular tastes. Aesthetics are, fundamentally, not a matter of legalism, but of edification—that the Gospel of Christ might be preached and taught to all peoples, unhindered by its medium.
Walking With Witches
Maxx Fisher
Maxx Fisher
08/19/26

Walking With Witches

Let us live by walking with Jesus, so that our Neo-Pagan neighbors, the witch, and frankly a lot of us Christians, can put down our crystals, our superstitions, our vision boards, and our bound sage in order to live out a liturgy of life, with rituals, practices, and behaviors that reflect who we are as followers of Christ.

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John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/08/19

Epistle: Colossians 1:1-14 (Pentecost 5: Series C)

The Father, then, “has qualified you” through the work of Christ to share in the family inheritance. This inheritance is the Family of God itself and the family of the triune God Himself.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
07/08/19

Gospel: Luke 10:25-37 (Pentecost 5: Series C)

When Jesus told the Parable of the Good Samaritan, He was not simply encouraging us to be good citizens. He was continuing a conversation which had begun with a serious question about salvation.
Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
07/01/19

Making Preaching Great Again

The whole Reformation, and the reason for Lutheran theology at all, is to improve preaching.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
07/01/19

Epistle: Galatians 6:1-10, 14-18 (Pentecost 4: Series C)

According to the Law, everyone will be judged by their own deeds, on his own work. So, before the judgment of God we only have our own works to boast in and not our neighbor’s. But the Gospel shows us a wonderful exception.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
07/01/19

Gospel: Luke 10:1-20 (Pentecost 4: Series C)

What does Jesus send these people to do? He sends them to speak peace.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
06/26/19

Epistle: Galatians 5:1, 13-25 (Pentecost 3: Series C)

Freedom from restraint, if it is to be of any use, must be matched by a sense of freedom for a particular purpose. Once set free, what is freedom for? Paul tells us.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
06/26/19

Gospel: Luke 9:51-62 (Pentecost 3: Series C)

Whether your hearers are lifelong church-goers or recent converts, following Jesus is not a casual pastime. It is not simply one more thing we do.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
06/20/19

Gospel: Luke 8: 26-39 (Pentecost 2: Series C)

[This text] describes a journey to a foreign region where Jesus engages in a confrontational conversation with a legion of demons, performs a violent and scandalous exorcism, and leaves behind a community gripped by terror. Apparently, the only thing more frightening than a naked, graveyard-dwelling demoniac is this visitor from Nazareth who reigns over everything.
John Bombaro
John Bombaro
06/20/19

Epistle: Galatians 3:23-4:7 (Pentecost 2: Series C)

Baptism demolishes all boasting, for it is passively received and all that is received is pure gift. No one can, therefore, boast a better salvation than another.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
05/26/19

Gospel: John 17:20-26 (Easter 7: Series C)

After teaching his disciples many things about himself, the world, and the things to come, Jesus concluded his last evening with his disciples in prayer to the Father. And he concluded his prayer with the words in this text. As the old saying goes, you can learn a lot about a man by listening in on his prayers.
Jason Lane
Jason Lane
05/19/19

Epistle: Revelation 21:9-14, 21-27 (Easter 6: Series C)

I know some of us get excited to show that faith and reason are like oil and water, and natural theology is the death of a theologian of the cross. But there’s a bit of nonsense in that. If we teach our people only to suffer (which they will do anyway), and to expect nothing more than suffering, we are sometimes unintentionally teaching them to want less. But Christ is more. His resurrection means there’s more.
Peter Nafzger
Peter Nafzger
05/19/19

Gospel: John 16:23-33 (Easter 6: Series C)

When you are not experiencing this kind of tribulation, the promise of “you will” hardly seems comforting. But when you are in the midst of it—when the pressure of this world is bearing down on you—it is comforting to know it has not caught God unawares.
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