Dear friends in Christ, Imagine finding in your mailbox an anonymous greeting card (no return address recorded). It is addressed to you personally. You wonder who it is from. You open it up and read the beautiful and kind message–a message of love. And then, how thrilled you are to realize that it was […]
Sermons from 2015
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“We praise You, O God, and acknowledge You to be the Lord!”
Beloved in Christ, “We praise You, O God, and acknowledge You to be the Lord!” And that’s the theme statement of this year’s Vacation Bible School at Holy Trinity under the theme “TE DEUM.” The Te Deum Laudamus is an ancient canticle of the Matins prayer service in our hymnal. In our Vacation Bible School, the children and […]
If Christ returned today, are you confident that He would take you to be with Him in His heaven?
Beloved in Christ, I remember two Kennedy Evangelism questions (or the Evangelism Explosion version in the LCMS) from back in the 1980s. I’ve re-worked them to my preference here. 1.) If Christ returned today, are you confident that He would take you to be with Him in His heaven? 2.) What is your confidence that Jesus […]
“Be still and know that I am God….”
Beloved in Christ, The theme text chosen from Holy Scripture for our New England District – LCMS Convention (which meets this week in Springfield, MA, June 11th-13th) is from Psalm 46:10: “Be still and know that I am God….” While that text is always so timely and relevant in our daily lives as Christians, it is especially so […]
“Come to Me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take My yoke upon you, and learn from Me, for I am gentle and lowly in heart, and you will find rest for your souls” (Matthew 11:28-29 ESV)
Beloved in Christ, I was lost in my work yesterday and plum forgot to send this out yesterday. If someone promised you the best gift, would you accept it? If the offer was coming from a stranger, or a shady character, you might say “No.” But what if the gift was from someone you knew […]