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Desire gives birth to sin. Sin, when it is full grown, gives birth to death (James 1:15). We live as descendants of this family tree. In the weakness of original sin that we have inherited, we cannot help but fall: into sin, and down in sickness and death. Our Lord Jesus sees us in our weakness and sin, dying. He gets close to us and speaks Words which make us clean, that make us live. We pray that our eyes would be turned so as to always be on Him–turned away from things that harm us, and toward the things He gives that lead us to salvation.
We are back open, still following the advice and guidelines of the health department, doing our best to help keep each other healthy. If you aren’t feeling well, or if you’ve been advised to stay home for now, make sure you still catch the livestream on Facebook.
If you are following at home, here is the bulletin:
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God’s Word of Law crushes out hearts. He is really serious when He commands us to love Him with our whole heart, soul, strength, and mind AND your neighbor as yourself. We can negotiate it down in our conscience, and yet the demand remains, with eternal life at stake. If we would be honest with God and with ourselves, we must confess that we have not loved God with our whole heart, soul, strength, and mind, nor our neighbor as ourselves. So God sends His Son in compassion and mercy to rescue us from our bodies of death. He binds up our wounds. He carries us on His shoulders. He pays whatever it costs for our healing. He makes us strong so that we might be able to begin to love as He loves us.
We are back open, still following the advice and guidelines of the health department, doing our best to help keep each other healthy. If you aren’t feeling well, if you are in one of the at-risk groups, or if you still feel safer at home, make sure you still catch the livestream on Facebook.
If you are following at home, here is the bulletin:
2020-09-05.Trinity-13
Our Lord Jesus reaches out to us through His Sacraments, the waters of Baptism, and His Body and Blood truly given in the Sacrament of the Altar. He speaks to us through His life-giving Word. Our Lord draws near and opens our ears to truly hear, first from Him, and then from our neighbors. He loosens the cords that bind our tongues so that we can sing His praises and speak in truth and love to one another.
We are back open, still following the advice and guidelines of the health department, doing our best to help keep each other healthy. If you aren’t feeling well, if you are in one of the at-risk groups, or if you still feel safer at home, make sure you still catch the livestream on Facebook.
If you are following at home, here is the bulletin:
2020-08-30-Trinity-12
The Almighty God pours down His mercy through the love of Jesus Christ His Son. Before Him, it makes no sense to boast of our accomplishments. There is nothing we have that we have not received. Instead we pray, “Lord, have mercy on me, a sinner.” By faith in what has been won by Jesus’ death and merit, and in His power to forgive, He lets us depart in peace, going home justified, declared righteous, ready to live in the joy of all His good gifts.
We are back open, still following the advice and guidelines of the health department, doing our best to help keep each other healthy. If you aren’t feeling well, if you are in one of the at-risk groups, or if you still feel safer at home, make sure you still catch the livestream on Facebook.
If you are following at home, here is the bulletin:
2020-08-23-Trinity-11
Jesus visits us today. He is a conquering King come to take back His Father’s Kingdom and ransom His people. He sets before us the things that make for peace: His Word, His Holy Body, His Precious Blood. As we gather in the Lord’s house, let us recognize the hour of His visitation as He drives sin away from us, and cleanses our hearts for His own habitation.
We are back open, still following the advice and guidelines of the health department, doing our best to help keep each other healthy. If you aren’t feeling well, if you are in one of the at-risk groups, or if you still feel safer at home, make sure you still catch the livestream on Facebook.
If you are following at home, here is the bulletin:
2020-08-16-Trinity-10
How we use the gifts of creation reflects what we believe about the Creator. Our Creator is so good towards us that He has given His Son to pay our debt of sin. We live trusting in this mercy. This frees us to forgive freely as we are forgiven, and to bless our neighbor out of the gifts our God has given to us.
We are back open, still following the advice and guidelines of the health department, doing our best to help keep each other healthy. If you aren’t feeling well, if you are in one of the at-risk groups, or if you still feel safer at home, make sure you still catch the livestream on Facebook.
If you are following at home, here is the bulletin:
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