The Scripture reading for today is John 2:23-25 which says, " Now when he was in Jerusalem at the Passover Feast, many believed in his name when they saw the signs that he was doing. 24 But Jesus on his part did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all...
The Scripture reading is John 2:1-12 On the third day there was a wedding at Cana in Galilee, and the mother of Jesus was there. 2 Jesus also was invited to the wedding with his disciples. 3 When the wine ran out, the mother of Jesus said to him, “They...
The Scripture reading for today is John 1:35-42 5 The next day again John was standing with two of his disciples, 36 and he looked at Jesus as he walked by and said, “Behold, the Lamb of God!”37 The two disciples heard him say this, and they followed...
The Scripture reading for today is John 1:19-33 19 And this is the testimony of John, when the Jews sent priests and Levites from Jerusalem to ask him, “Who are you?” 20 He confessed, and did not deny, but confessed, “I am not the...
John 1:1-18 reads In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. 2 He was in the beginning with God. 3 All things were made through him, and without him was not any thing made that was made. 4 In him was life...
Yesterday in bible study, I commented that the reason the LCMS is losing her identity as a faithful Lutheran Church is because the preachers and hearers are, with each generation, becoming more ignorant. It seems like every decade, the church becomes more and more uninformed and uneducated...
This past week we witnessed again the consequence of the fall into sin. We watched the news and saw that a young man entered into his school inn Santa Fe, Texas, and killed 10 fellow classmates and teachers. Christians around the nation and the globe immediately sent out messages that they were...
This morning, Pastor Daniels and I were speaking about crosses that many people bear. What comes to mind immediately is the story of St. Paul Gergardt. He was a pastor in Germany in the early 17th century. He had to bury his own wife, many of his children, a majority of his congregation, and was...
My daughter was born at the end of last year, Prior to that, I thought a little bit about how women see themselves in our society today. However, it didn't become a full and stressed filled reality until little Avy bug was born. When her life began in the womb, and when she was brought into this...
Psalm 103 is the psalm for the Treasury today which prays, "He does not deal with us according to our sins, nor repay us according to our iniquities. For as high as the heavens are above the earth, so great is His steadfast love toward those who fear Him. as far as the east is from the west, so...