Service Folder (.pdf) Service Folder (.docx) The LORD God has prepared a feast of Salvation. (Isaiah 25:6-9) By means of the Gospel the Spirit invites all to believe it and to receive the LORD’s saving gifts in the Holy Supper. Many make excuses and reject this invitation, even as the Jews did in the days of Jesus, yet the Master’s house will…
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“For by grace you have been saved through
faith, and that not of yourselves; it is the gift of God”— Ephesians 2:8, 9
Sermons on Isaiah
Service Folder “The Singing Church” is captured by Psalm 98:1, “Oh, sing to the Lord a new song! For he has done marvelous things.” The marvelous things of which the Church sings Sunday after Sunday are Jesus’ Good Friday and Easter triumph over our spiritual enemies.
Service Folder (doc) Service Folder (pdf) Jesus foretells His own betrayal, death, and resurrection in today’s text (Mark 8:31–9:1). This shows us that the way of salvation comes only through the path the cross. It also means Jesus’ followers, baptized into Him, also have crosses. Our crosses don’t save us. Jesus’ cross does. Our crosses lead us back to our baptisms, where…
Service Folder.docx Service Folder.pdf Theme: Light Shines in the Darkness The Feast of the Epiphany centers in the visit of the Magi from the East. In that respect, it is a “Thirteenth Day” of Christmas; and yet, it also marks the beginning of a new liturgical season. While Christmas has focused on the Incarnation of our Lord—that is, on God becoming flesh—the…
Service Folder The first major festival of the Church Year is the glorious celebration of the birth of our Lord and Savior. At Christmas we focus on those words of the Creed, “Born of the Virgin Mary,” and ponder the miracle that God and man are united in the person of Jesus Christ to be our Savior.
Service Folder We decorate in preparation for Christmas. Our decoration preparation includes the use of lights—from candles to string lights. These luminous decorations also help us prepare for the advent (or coming) of Jesus during Advent, a season of preparation. Tomorrow we will consider how lights point us to the coming of Christ and the glory He brings.
Service Folder Today is the Last Sunday in the Church Year. On this Sunday we look for Jesus to return and bring the Church, purchased with his blood and nurtured by Word and Sacrament, home. In the gospel for the day, Jesus is pictured as a Bridegroom and the Church as 10 Virgins waiting for him to bring us to the joyous…