Discovering Peace in Bo Giertz’s The Hammer of God
Discover the true source of peace in this excerpt from Bo Giertz’s The Hammer of God
Test the Lord with These Words
Text: Exodus 17:7 And he [Moses] called the name of the place Massah and Meribah, because of the quarreling of the people of Israel, and because they tested the LORD by saying, “Is the LORD among us or not?” (ESV) The Third Sunday in Lent, Series A Intro. Our text for today tells us that…
50 Observations About Abortion – Observation 3
The topic of abortion is dominating the upcoming 2024 US presidential election and we are roughly 50 days from said election. Since I am strongly in favor of granting unborn children the same rights as those who are already born, these observations will all be from a pro-life viewpoint. Observation 3: Forgiveness for all After…
Holy Week Processions
No one does religious pomp and circumstance like the Roman Catholics. Below is a video from one of several religious processions in the city of Madrid on Good Friday, 2024. Even though temps were in the 40’s several people were walking barefoot and some had chains on their feet. As impressive as these acts of…
Easter Greetings from the book of Revelation
Happy John 3:16 Day
It’s one of the most well known verses in the Bible so it should have its own day. Today is March 16, aka 3/16, so why not celebrate this great verse today? Say it with me:“For God so loved the world that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believes in him shall not…
St Stephen Lutheran, Liberty, Missouri
It’s very common for churches to drape the cross in their sanctuaries with white cloth during the Easter season. It reminds us that when the women arrived at the tomb that first Easter morning the only thing they found were Jesus’ burial cloths. The angel told them that Jesus was not there because he had…
Amazing Couch Discovery
When it comes to cleaning out between the cushions of the couch one often finds interesting things like coins, keys, popcorn, other random stuff. But when family members of Aretha Franklin, the Queen of Soul, went through her couch, they found something much more interesting; they found a handwritten will. Since the will that was…
Rejoicing to See the Grace of God
June 11 is the day set aside in the church calendar to honor Barnabas, one who had experienced the grace of God in his own life and rejoiced to see God’s grace in the lives of others.
Rise and Enter the City, and You Will Be Told What To Do
It is hard to imagine how the course of Christianity would have been different if Jesus had not appeared to a man named Saul as he was traveling from Jerusalem to Damascus to find and persecute Christians. After Jesus appeared to Saul, who was later renamed Paul, Saul changed from being a persecutor of Christians…
