TOPIC INDEXPentecost (35)

  1. Old Testament: Exodus 19:2-8 (Pentecost 3: Series A)

    book
    06/18/23
    19 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    We can use this avian imagery to help us talk about how God pictures His salvation for Israel at Mount Sinai and then, by extension, to see the greater salvation God has given us in Jesus at Mount Calvary.

  2. Old Testament: Hosea 5:15-6:6 (Pentecost 2: Series A)

    book
    06/11/23
    21 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    Hosea portrays God in a very intimate and husbandly way, reaching out to the one He loves when love is abused and lost.

  3. Old Testament: Numbers 11:24-30 (Pentecost Sunday: Series A)

    book
    05/28/23
    14 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    Through Christ we have the full outpouring of the Holy Spirit rather than the limited pouring out we see with Moses in our text.

  4. Old Testament: Malachi 3:13-18 (The Last Sunday of the Church Year: Series C)

    book
    11/12/22
    22 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    We look forward to the return of Christ, which fills us with hope that there really is an end to this marathon called life.

  5. Old Testament: Malachi 4:1-6 (Pentecost 23: Series C)

    book
    11/05/22
    18 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    Only by faith can we believe the mystery that salvation in all it various forms comes through Jesus, the Son of Righteousness.

  6. Old Testament: Exodus 3:1-15 (Pentecost 22: Series C)

    book
    10/30/22
    17 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    The name of God invites us on a journey to see how God will remain present with his people, listen to their cries for salvation, know their sufferings in such an intimate way so as to incarnate them in Christ.

  7. Old Testament: Isaiah 1:10-18 (Pentecost 21: Series C)

    book
    10/23/22
    19 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    No efforts to create worship as a delectable dish to attract people to our services will ever work, because it is only what God gives to us in His Word and Sacrament that can satisfy the hungry and thirsty soul.

  8. Old Testament: Genesis 4:1-15 (Pentecost 20: Series C)

    book
    10/16/22
    19 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    Jesus is the only one who is His brothers’ keeper on behalf of all of humanity and the only one who answered the rhetorical question fully and correctly for you.

  9. Old Testament: Genesis 32:22-30 (Pentecost 19: Series C)

    book
    10/09/22
    15 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    The true masterpiece of the Bible’s narrative is that we are blessed not in the way we want but in the way God gives freely on account of Christ alone.

  10. Old Testament: Ruth 1:1-19a (Pentecost 18: Series C)

    book
    10/02/22
    20 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    The book of Ruth wants us to know the wisdom of waiting on the Lord and to trust that the Lord will provide redemption through an heir who will bring salvation.

  11. Old Testament: Amos 6:1-7 (Pentecost 16: Series C)

    book
    09/18/22
    18 mins
    By Bob Sundquist
    God did what we could never do. He made a promise that endures forever and is eternally significant.