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Keep My Word
Text: John 14:23-29 Last Sunday the Holy Spirit invited us into the upper room on the night before Jesus’ died for us all. We heard our Lord speak of something we are to wear in our lives that will tell the world that we are Jesus’ people. Not a cross or a tattoo. Not a Bible that we carry around. […]
Don’t you fear God?!
38 There was a written notice above him, which read: THIS IS THE KING OF THE JEWS. 39 One of the criminals who hung there hurled insults at him: “Aren’t you the Christ? Save yourself and us!” 40 But the other criminal rebuked him. “Don’t you fear God,” he said, “since you are under the same sentence? 41 We are […]
Forward in Christ article on Pastor Smith
Jeff Smith is, quite literally, a lifesaver. On Sept. 5, Smith, pastor at Living Word, Petaluma (WELS)/ Christ, Windsor (ELS), Calif., donated one of his kidneys to a stranger….. Read more…. http://www.wels.net/news-events/forward-in-christ/december-2012/let-your-light-shine?page=0,0
Blessed is the King who comes
Text: Luke 19: 28-40 Palm Sunday has special memories for some of us. You may have been confirmed on a Palm Sunday. That tradition goes way back. As a child I remember getting the palm leaf and carrying it around between church and Sunday School. It was something different, special in a way but I wasn’t quite sure what it […]
Patrick the Sinner… I Came to Ireland
Text: Romans 1:15, 16 Saint Patrick’s Day Credit goes to Pastor Armin Keibel for much of the research used. Today is the day when everyone seems to be Irish. We see lots of people wearing a bit of green. For green is the color of that beautiful land called Ireland. But there is of course another reason to celebrate […]