Luke 8:4–15

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In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. How we worship God reveals what we believe about Him and His Holy Word. It reveals what we believe about His seed that He faithfully and graciously scatters among us. If we gather around Him and His holy things with performance-focused gesture indecipherable from rock concerts, then we are revealing that we worship entertainment more than God; that in order to grab our attention and keep it, something, even God, must entertain us. Flipping TV channels and scrolling social media has only further turned us in on ourselvesRead More →

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✠ Psalmody: Psalm 44:23-24a, 25b-26a, 44:1a; Psalm 83:18, 13; Psalm 60:2, 4b, 5a; Psalm 17:5, 6b–7a; Psalm 43:4a ✠ Lection: Isaiah 55:10–13;2 Corinthians 11:19—12:9;Luke 8:4–15 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. As Christians, and especially as Lutherans, we should be familiar with the idea of Sola Scriptura, a Latin phrase translated as Scripture Alone. We measure all things seen and unseen by Scripture alone, by God’s Word alone, for it alone is His special revelation that endures forever. In our faithful confessional documents collected in the Book of Concord, the Reformers boldly state “We believe, teach,Read More →

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Sexagesima – Sunday 4 February A✠D 2024 ✠ Psalmody: Psalm 44:23, 25a, 26a;1–2, 7–8;83:18, 13;60:1–2, 5 ✠ Lection: Isaiah 55:10–13;2 Corinthians 11:19—12:9;St. Luke 8:4–15 In the Name of the Father and of the ✠ Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our dear Lord Jesus graciously tells His disciples and us that the seed that is sown in the parable is the Word of God. His parables do have meanings in them that are for our understanding, by the enlightenment of the Holy Spirit to understand spiritual things, but the same meanings are hidden from those who do not believe. This means that the parables are forRead More →