Monthly Archives: November 2017

In case you can’t get to church to give thanks to God for his many blessings this past year, here are some thoughts: Tomorrow is not a church holiday. It’s a national one. In Canada, they celebrated over a month … Continue reading →

For many years (500 + 21 days), Rome has been telling the Lutherans that if we want to be church, we must submit to the authority which Christ has instituted in the papacy as the successor of Saint Peter. We … Continue reading →

Whose money is it anyway? My Trinity 23 sermon that tries to cut through all the hoopla, and offer biblical answers centered in the cross. The Pharisees, even in their wickedness and hypocrisy, must admit that Jesus is impartial and … Continue reading →

A couple of days late, but if you’re still pondering the Gospel reading from Sunday, here are a few thoughts: God’s intended work is not punishment. It is not retribution. It is mercy. God wishes to show mercy to all. … Continue reading →

Our Second Wednesday Divine Service coincided with the commemoration of Johannes von Staupitz this year. Appropriate for Reformation 500… Today we commemorate a rather obscure saint – but a very significant one. When Luther was a monk, he didn’t have … Continue reading →

This past week, there were a number of memes that mocked Lutherans as heretics, and mocked the Romanists as followers of the anti-Christ. All in good fun, of course. Reformation Day is when we remember the Reformation. All Saints day … Continue reading →