Text: John 11:25-26, Jesus said, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in me, though he die, yet shall he live, and everyone who lives and believes in me shall never die.” The Fifth Sunday in Lent, Series A Based on today’s readings you could think that today was a Sunday during the…
The minute we die our bodies start to decay. According to scientists, a year after we die all that is left of our bodies is our bones. Embalming can slow the process so that a proper funeral can be held but the decay of our bodies is inevitable. Scripture tells us this is because of…
Thomas could have become the first true believer – to believe in Jesus’ resurrection from the dead without actually seeing it – but he blew it.
He did, however, become the very first confessor.
Matthew 27:55-56 tells us that there were a group of women watching Jesus’ crucifixion from a distance: “There were also many women there, looking on from a distance, who had followed Jesus from Galilee, ministering to him, among whom were Mary Magdalene, and Mary the mother of James and Joseph and the mother of the…
What is the number one qualification for someone who is going to take care of Jesus’ sheep? Find out in this study of the twenty first chapter of the Gospel of John, the last study in this series. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him…
In this study of the second half of the twentieth chapter of the Gospel of John, our risen Lord Jesus shares a message of peace with his disciples and overcomes the doubts of Thomas. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but…
Christ is risen, He is risen indeed, Alleluia! This study of the first part of John, chapter twenty, focuses on Jesus’ initial resurrection appearances. “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only Son, that whoever believes in him should not perish but have eternal life. [17] For God did not send his…
In a series of sermons based on the Apostle Paul’s letter to the Romans, Dr. David Schmitt, professor of homiletics at Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, observes that “Paul’s letter is filled with the power of the resurrecting Christ, bringing life and salvation to all people.” A focus on power is what one would expect when…
Jesus’ resurrection from the dead is the very foundation of the Christian faith. As Paul puts it in I Corinthians 15: “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have…
Jesus’ resurrection from the dead is the very foundation of the Christian faith. As Paul puts it in I Corinthians 15: “And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in Christ we have…
Mirror Neurons 