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01/14/26

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Welcome to My House

Bringing your family to church to receive “the one thing needful” (Luke 10:42) in Word and Sacrament honors and pleases God.

Bradley Gray

01/13/26

The God Who Gives Us All We Need

His provision always flows downward, furnishing and filling us with his grace and truth right where we are.

Christian Self-Defense Isn’t a Dirty Word

Scott Keith

01/12/26

Christian Self-Defense Isn’t a Dirty Word

There’s a difference between refusing revenge and refusing responsibility.

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Donavon Riley

02/02/21

A Christian is Pulled Between Two Extremes

Our anxiety about the future is a consequence of our old self’s attempts to achieve freedom for himself apart from Christ Jesus.

Sarah Crowder

01/18/21

Receiving a New Name: Honoring Martin Luther King, Jr.

Freedom and reconciliation were significant themes for both of the Martin Luthers.

Gretchen Ronnevik

01/14/21

The Secret to Growing Your Faith

In our transactional view of our faith - “If I don’t… then God won’t.” “I need to, so God can” - we are seriously underestimating who we are dealing with.

Bror Erickson

01/08/21

When Salt Loses it's Taste

Good works do not give us a righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees. Rather, good works result from righteousness given by the good work of the Righteous One on the cross.

Martin Luther

01/01/21

Our Sufficiency is From God

Any good work we perform among you; any doctrine we write upon your heart – that is God’s own work.

Bruce Hillman

12/30/20

Inspiration from Mr. Rogers about Coping with a Pandemic

Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.

Robert Kolb

12/27/20

Silvester and Year’s End in Pandemic

As we close out an old year, Saint Silvester can remind us God is the Lord of history and He has used and is using even people whose lives sink largely or totally into obscurity to keep the confession of our faith in Jesus Christ alive.

John T. Pless

12/20/20

It’s Beginning to Sound a Lot Like Christmas: Revisiting Martin Luther’s Christmas Book

Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.

Andrew Foss

11/23/20

You Are Forgiven

Where there’s more sin, there’s more grace! Are you comfortable with that? That the greater the sin, the greater the grace? Could it be that easy?

Katie Koplin

11/19/20

Resilient Kids

Life will not go as planned nor as we would hope, but "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."

Donavon Riley

11/11/20

The Gift of Marriage

Unlike human marriage, which is marred by sin, Jesus never seeks to divorce us due to irreconcilable differences.

Rick Ritchie

11/04/20

What is God's Will for the Election?

Whoever your president is, you have a King. A King who elected you.

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