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Full Text Link As with so much else in America, if you want to cut to the soul or the bone of a matter you need to listen to Lincoln. (And Silent Cal Coolidge, but he didn’t live in exciting times, but his Autobiography and letters are deeply full of wisdom and heart.) But . . . → Read More: The Civic Religion and the Sure Hope This story by Australian Theologian Ben Myers is nifty. And I have to admit I hear the law in it slightly, I am convicted, but not where he is aiming. Prof. Myers is part of one of those “uniting” churches. That is the same thing the founders of the LCMS were running to America away . . . → Read More: Man does not live by bread alone… Full Text The core metaphor of the gospel in the text for the day (Rom 8:12-17) was adoption. We have been adopted and made heirs of God. And that is important. We sang Children of the Heavenly Father as the opening and the hymns carried that message throughout the service. But, that doesn’t seem . . . → Read More: Witness of the Spirit From Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan (via WSJ) Recognizing the cancerous effect of this corruption, voters of the first State, acting through referendum, enact several campaign finance measures previously approved by this Court. They cap campaign contributions; require disclosure of substantial donations; and create an optional public financing program that gives candidates a fixed . . . → Read More: More on ‘not reading Romans 7′ Full Text I’ve done two things in this sermon that I don’t usually like doing. I’m not sure either of them really worked, but I had reasons for them. Also, the Thursday Bible study got a preview of this sermon subject. I’m pretty sure it played better there. I’m also pretty sure the reason . . . → Read More: The law in my members… Full Text What does the law of Moses mean to a Christian? I think that is what Paul is trying to answer in Romans 7. And the text for today talked about the ditch to the right side of the road and the ditch to the left side of the road. On the right, you . . . → Read More: I fought the law and the law won… Full Text Two choices with any Special Day sermons, preach the day or preach the text. Preaching the day is by far the more popular. People expect it. It is actually easier (maybe why it is more popular) – no translations to do, find some simple stories preferably cute about the people involved. But . . . → Read More: Reformation Day Sermons  Comments are closed  Romans, Sermons, Word  absent god, gospel, kids, law, law and gospel, Luther, Reformation, revealed god, romans, sermons, Word If you haven’t seen Rabbi Shmuley, you haven’t seen TV in a bit. He’s an orthodox Rabbi that had his own show called Shalom in the Home. If you can imagine such a thing, he’s your wise and caring downhome uncle Rebbe. This is an interesting article that probably catches many religious people’s views on . . . → Read More: Rabbi Shmuley says… From The Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant (Library of America edition, p 42) on the American annexation of Texas the resultant Mexican War… To us it was an empire and of incalculable value; but it might have been obtained by other means. The Southern rebellion was largely the outgrowth of the Mexican War. Nations, . . . → Read More: Sentences to Ponder Full Text Text: Luke 17:1-10 Luke 14:1 – 17:10 in my reading is one long extended teaching on being a disciple. The text for this sermon is the summary or conclusion of that section. I drew that boundary because in Luke 17:11 Jesus is no longer ping-ponging back and forth between disciples and Pharisees, . . . → Read More: The Disciple’s Life of Repentance Comments are closed cross, grace, Luke, Repentance, Sermons discipleship, freedom of the gospel, gospel, grace, law, Luke, Repentance, sin |
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