Mark 10:32-45 Whoever would be great among you must be your servant, and whoever would be first among you must be slave of all. For even the Son of Man came not to be served but to serve, and to give his life as a ransom for many If we cannot make sense of these … Read more
Recently, the catechesis students looked over the rite of Confirmation. Take a look at the words used at Confirmation (page 272 in the hymnal) and in Baptism (page 268 in the hymnal). Do any of them look similar?
“Man ate from a living tree and death came. Man eats from the fruit of a dead tree, the cross, and life comes.” -Pastor Will Weedon Romans 6:23 states, “For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.” Sin and death ultimately entered … Read more
It’s hard to think about what I was doing a year ago, March 11, 2020. That was the day WHO officially declared Covid 19 a pandemic. I was determining the menu for our child’s 1st birthday party. I was debating what to do for cake. I failed three times at making cupcakes and was leaning … Read more
Any Concordia folks who would like to take on a needy mission project in the area this spring and summer, the Men’s Group is hosting Mr. Rik Hagarty as a speaker on Saturday April 17 at 1 PM in the fellowship hall. He is founder and VP of Operations for Servants at Work (SAWS), a … Read more
The Confirmation students talked about if we can trust the New Testament eye witnesses. If the writers of the New Testament were liars, many could refute the claims at the time of speaking and writing. They would also be giving up their lives for a lie. Seems like they were pretty certain in what they … Read more
Jesus was baptized for our sake so that we may be connected to Him in our baptism. We notice Satan didn’t leave Jesus alone after His baptism. Satan doesn’t leave us alone after our baptism either. We can still be tempted, sin, and have terrible things happen to us. Yet, God gives us wonderful gifts … Read more
Psalm 16 comes up in our lectionary on Easter Day. Also noteworthy is that St. Peter quotes it in Acts 2, telling the Jews that though they put Jesus to death, God would not allow his Holy One to be bound by death. We know that Jesus’ resurrection is a resurrection promised to all his … Read more
Deny Yourself and follow the Christ. That was the theme of our readings. We heard it first in the 10 commandments God gave to his people from the Book of Exodus. Far from being arbitrary rules we must follow, a set of hoops to hop through to prove our faith , the commandments are a … Read more
Can miracles exist outside of God? Was Jesus only stunned? These are topics the Confirmation students talked about based on the Case for Faith and Case for Christ (student edition) books. Miracles defy the laws of science, so something greater than science would need to intervene was one talking point. With everything Jesus went through … Read more