https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/23/health/new-york-abortion-measures-trnd/index.html This article, written by a CNN by Tony Marco, reports the decision made this past week concerning the state of New York's decision to allow women to have an abortion up to the moment of birth. This decision...
Yesterday, I was blessed to be taught in our bible study by Pastor Daniels. It is rare that I get to sit and listen and be fed the Gospel during the study hour. As we were walking through Romans 7 and discussing the baptismal life, the conversation came up at the end of the study about why...
Have you ever asked yourself, "Who am I?" What I mean to say is, have you ever looked at yourself as a baptized child of God and wondered why you keep doing the same dumb things. Why do I keep loosing my cool with people, even though I have the gift of the Holy Spirit who is patient? Why do I...
Do you have doubts about your forgiveness? Do you ever wonder, "Man, if God knew what I am really thinking, feeling, and desiring, He would never forgive me?" Do you ever think, "If Jesus knew how bad I was going to be, He would have never died on the cross for me?" Well, most of us don't have...
Today is the 501st anniversary of the Lutheran Reformation. In the Treasury this morning, we are blessed by one of Luther's writings, taken from his sermons on the Gospel according to St. John, in which Luther preached saying, "Furthermore, what is a beggar's filth or stench compared with the...
We have great comfort when we know how to find a place. It's a terrible feeling when you are lost and have no clue where you're going. It's a terrible time trying to figure our where to find something in a new store, a new school, a new town, and a new job. When you don't know where something...
The Psalmist prays, "How long, O Lord? Will you forget me forever? How long will you hide your face from me? 2 How long must I take counsel in my soul and have sorrow in my heart all the day? How long shall my enemy be exalted over me?" (Psalm...
St. Paul, inspired by the Holy Spirit, wrote to the churches in Ephesus saying, " Let no corrupting talk come out of your mouths, but only such as is good for building up, as fits the occasion, that it may give grace to those who hear. 30 And do not grieve the Holy...
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 for today is John 1:43-51 The next day Jesus decided to go to Galilee. He found Philip and said to him, “Follow Me.” Now Philip was from Bethsaida, the city of Andrew and Peter. Philip found Nathanael and said to him, ‘We have found Him of Whom Moses in...