God Hates Visionary Dreaming
False Prophets have Visions God hates visionary dreaming; it makes the dreamer proud and pretentious. The man who fashions a visionary ideal of community demands that it be realized by God, by others,...
View ArticleLuther’s Advice when Dealing with False Teaching: Chase the Dog, Console the...
This is Martin Luther’s rule for dealing with false teachers and the falsely taught. The false teachers are dealt with severity while the falsely taught are dealt with compassion. Here’s Luther on...
View ArticleThe Conversation of the Heavenly Council Brought to Earth
In Baptism Jesus Bring His Cross to Us In your Baptism your Lord Jesus today calls you His friends and His brothers and sisters. He gives you the new birth of water and the Spirit, and makes you heirs...
View ArticleThe Sin of Boredom The Sin of Boredom The Sin of Boredom
Your words were found, and I ate them, and your words became to me a joy and the delight of my heart, for I am called by your name, O Lord, God of hosts. (Jeremiah 15:16) The devil tempts us to...
View ArticleIt’s that time of year again: Holy Week and Resurrection Chronologies
Holy Week Chronology: www.hope-aurora.org/docs/HolyWeekChronology.pdf Resurrection Chronology: www.hope-aurora.org/docs/Resurrection_Chronology.pdf
View ArticleThe Lord’s Prayer Teaches Us What an Abundant Life Is
Jesus says, “I have come that you may have life and have it abundantly,” (John 10:10). The Abundance of the Lord’s Prayer What makes life abundant? Our biology textbooks tell us what you need to live:...
View ArticleSomething’s Gone Wrong, The Four Things Your Conscience Knows
Everyone has a conscience, and this conscience tells us, “Things are not like they are supposed to be.” “Something’s wrong here!” That’s the voice of your conscience. It is a voice that accuses or...
View ArticleWhere is God in Disaster and Catastrophe?
This article was originally published in 2005 in the wake of Hurricane Katrina. Recent events in the Aurora movie theater draw us again to the Lord’s Word for wisdom and comfort. A pdf article in...
View ArticleTwo Sermons
Aurora, Colorado is still reeling from the recent shootings. I have been wondering what I and the people of Hope Lutheran can do to help, but the only thing I know to do is to pray and preach. Below...
View ArticleBible Cards: Comfort
Here is the first installment of Bible Cards. The theme is comfort. Please use and share in any way you find helpful for the Gospel. Bible Cards: Comfort
View ArticleGrace Alone is Jesus Alone, and None of Yourself. A Sermon
Dear A, You are baptized, and of all the joys that the Lord has already given you in this life, and of all the joys to come, this is the greatest, that Jesus puts His name on you, and the name of the...
View ArticleHumility and Hope of Faith Alone
For the last 100 years or so we have had this little Lutheran slogan, you’ve probably seen it on stained-glass windows and church seals if you were paying attention: “Grace alone. Faith alone....
View ArticlePersistent Prayer
INJ Matthew 15:21-28 | “Persistent Prayer” Misericordias, Lent 2 | 24 February 2013 Dear Saints, This is the Sunday of persistent prayer, when the Holy Spirit would encourage us to not grow weary in...
View ArticleA Temple Made with Hands (An Anniversary Sermon on Hebrews 9:11-15)
Hebrews 9:11-15 | “The Temple Made with Hands” | Judica Sunday | 17 March 2013 (The 60th Anniversary of Hope Lutheran Church) Dear Saints, The first verses of the Epistle, Hebrews 9:11-12: But when...
View ArticleA Temple Made with Hands
Hebrews 9:11-15 | “The Temple Made with Hands” | Judica Sunday Dear Saints, The first verses of the Epistle, Hebrews 9:11-12: But when Christ appeared as a high priest of the good things that have...
View ArticleRide on to Die, A Few Palm Sunday Thoughts
The Donkey delivering Jesus to Destruction. Most of us, on a very basic level, are trying to stay alive. We are trying to not be dead, and this motivates just about everything we do. Not Jesus. He...
View ArticleMarch 24, 2013 at 09:38PM
Ha! The commercial on Hulu before “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead” is for Jimmy Dean sausage.
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The beginning of strife is like letting out water, so quit before the quarrel breaks out. (Proverbs 17:14) From this morning’s Men’s Bible Study.
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The newest Table Talk Radio: Show #240: Two Pastors, Two Seminarians, One Bad Show http://bit.ly/10d6OHB
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