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...
Anxiety is a lovely partner in life. It makes you worry about worrying, fear things that will probably never happen, doubt yourself, and hear everything with a critical ear. Anxiety makes your heart race, your palms sweat, and your body ache. Anxiety is a beast that takes your happiness, your...
Today is the feast day of St. Robert Barnes. Barnes was born in the 1490s and was a devout Christian in England. He was blessed to hear and read the teaching of the Gospel as taught by Dr. Martin Luther. Barnes spent time in Germany, being himself a house guest of the Luther's at the Black...
The Scripture reading for today is John 2:13-22 The Passover of the Jews was at hand, and Jesus went up to Jerusalem. 14 In the temple he found those who were selling oxen and sheep and pigeons, and the money-changers sitting there. 15 And making a whip of cords, he...
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...
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...