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The Heart of the Lutheran Reformation
Reformation Sunday October 30, 2016 Jeremiah 31:31-34 “The time is coming,” declares the LORD, “when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah. It will not be like the covenant I made with their forefathers when I took them by the hand to lead them out of Egypt, because they broke […]
As Disciples of Jesus— We Know Who We Are!
The Twenty-Third Sunday after Pentecost October 23, 2016 Luke 18:9-14 To some who were confident of their own righteousness and looked down on everybody else, Jesus told this parable: “Two men went up to the temple to pray, one a Pharisee and the other a tax collector. The Pharisee stood up and prayed about himself: ‘God, I thank you that […]
As Disciples of Jesus— We Pray Persistently!
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost October 16, 2016 Luke 18:1-8 Then Jesus told his disciples a parable to show them that they should always pray and not give up. He said: “In a certain town there was a judge who neither feared God nor cared about men. And there was a widow in that town who kept coming to him […]
As Disciples of Jesus — We Trust in Our Divine Healer
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost October 9, 2016 Luke 17:11-19 Now on his way to Jerusalem, Jesus traveled along the border between Samaria and Galilee. As he was going into a village, ten men who had leprosy met him. They stood at a distance and called out in a loud voice, “Jesus, Master, have pity on us!” When he saw […]
As Disciples of Jesus — We Cry, “Increase Our Faith!”
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 2, 2016 Luke 17:1-10 Jesus said to his disciples: “Things that cause people to sin are bound to come, but woe to that person through whom they come. It would be better for him to be thrown into the sea with a millstone tied around his neck than for him to cause one of […]