We were treated this past week to a very fine rendering of Handel’s Messiah. If my memory serves me, this is the first time for our church to attempt such a feat, at least in more recent years. And what a feat it was. As our friends in England would say, “It was ...
“When the angels went away from them into heaven, the shepherds said to one another, ‘Let us go over to Bethlehem and see this thing that has happened which the Lord has made known to us…”
-Luke 2:15, 20
Now in our fourth and final week of Advent, we are ...
A Sermon by Martin Luther - Part 2
Here is another portion of Martin Luther’s Sermon from Christmas Day, December 25, 1530:
In my sin, my death, I must take leave of all created things. No, sun, moon, stars, all creatures, physicians, emperors, kings, wise men and potentates cannot ...
It’s that time of year. Giving and receiving takes center stage. And what we experienced these last few weeks was a most significant expression of giving. This is in reference to our Mission Faith Promise giving. Many of us remember that the goal set for 2011 was ...
A Sermon by Martin Luther - Part 1
This week I share with you a portion of Martin Luther’s Christmas Day Sermon (December 25, 1530) from Luke 2:1-14. Let us be reminded of the importance of Mary’s son:
“This is our theology, which we preach in order that we ...
Church planting has accompanied the advance of the gospel throughout the past twenty centuries. Whenever missionaries have carried the good news of Jesus Christ into new cultures and communities, and people have responded in faith, new churches have been planted. We listened to Al ...
Last week I shared a section from George Whitefield’s Sermon entitled Contemplating Christmas. Here is more from that sermon:
Let me now conclude, my dear brethren, with a few words of exhortation, beseeching you to think of the love of the Lord Jesus Christ. Did Jesus come into ...
“And a Redeemer will come to Zion, to those in Jacob who turn from transgression,” declares the Lord.” -Isaiah 59:20
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel is probably the oldest Christmas carol still sung today. The hymn dates back to the ...