It was 3:37 pm on a Saturday afternoon, the day before last Easter. I was running down the sidewalk to the pharmacy to get a Covid test at 3:45PM, the last test of the day before it closed. I had scheduled the test about 10 minutes before when I found out I would need it, […]
Download Life Guide Christians, Be Careful! (1 Corinthians 10:1-13) For I do not want you to be ignorant of the fact, brothers and sisters, that our ancestors were all under the cloud and that they all passed through the sea. 2 They were all baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea. 3 They all […]
In the name of Jesus, the pioneer and perfecter of our faith. Would you want to know when you’re going to die? It’s the kind of question that brings all kinds of different responses. I ran across an online poll of 29 people who were asked this question. 16 said “Yes I would want to […]
Jesus knows I. He knows what we’re going through II. He knows how to help Therefore, since we have a great high priest who has ascended into heaven, Jesus the Son of God, let us hold firmly to the faith we profess. For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize […]
As Satan Sifts, Jesus Confronts, Forgives, and Strengthens Lent is not the most wonderful time of year. There’s no Christmas trees and lights and carols. We even put the Church’s most jubilant songs, the Alleluia’s and Gloria’s away for the season. Instead, there’s purple and black, there’s minor keys and haunting lyrics, and there’s time […]
2 Corinthians 3:7–18 7Now if the ministry that brought death, which was engraved in letters on stone, came with glory, so that the Israelites could not look steadily at the face of Moses because of its glory, transitory though it was, 8will not the ministry of the Spirit be even more glorious? 9If the ministry […]
Christian, Love Your Enemies I. What does that mean? II. How is that possible? 27 “But to you who are listening I say: Love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, 28 bless those who curse you, pray for those who mistreat you. 29 If someone slaps you on one cheek, turn to them the other also. If […]
Life Guide Jeremiah 17:5–8 (NIV) 5 This is what the Lord says: “Cursed is the one who trusts in man, who draws strength from mere flesh and whose heart turns away from the Lord. 6 That person will be like a bush in the wastelands; they will not see prosperity when it comes. They will […]
Life Guide The renowned radio television and radio evangelist, Billy Graham, not a man from our church body, but a man who preached to millions of people, was jealous of our comparatively small little WELS Christian education system. He once sat in a WELS church just like this one, down near the Seminary in Mequon. […]
Life Guide Christians, Preach the Word! I. Consider the Source of the Word II. Appreciate the Power of the Word. III. Remember the Purpose for the Word 14 But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have become convinced of, because you know those from whom you learned it, 15 and how from infancy you have […]