Jesus Wants One-ness
Jesus prayed, “I ask not only on behalf of these, but also on behalf of those who will believe in me through their word, that they may all be one.” (John 17:20) This week we are diverging from our planned summer series. The reason is simple. We had an incredible team ...
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Jesus – The great high priest who knows you best
“For we do not have a high priest who is unable to sympathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who in every respect has been tested as we are, yet without sin.” (Hebrews 4:15) Ever feel like life is throwing one curve ball after another at you? It can seem ...
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Jesus is one of us.
“Therefore he (Jesus) had to become like his brothers and sisters[f] in every respect, so that he might be a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make a sacrifice of atonement for the sins of the people.” (Hebrews 2:17) We often need to remember that there ...
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God has spoken to us
Long ago God spoke to our ancestors in many and various ways by the prophets, but in these last days he has spoken to us by a Son… (Hebrews 1:1-2a) Since the beginning of time people have sensed that there must be something beyond our experience. People believed that there must ...
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What do you want?
You shall not covet your neighbor’s house; you shall not covet your neighbor’s wife, or male or female slave, or ox, or donkey, or anything that belongs to your neighbor. (Exodus 20:17) Our cultures have changed so the list above may seem a bit foreign to many of our ...
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Are You an Extra Mile Person?
“You shall not…” (Exodus 20:13a) As we look at the commandments, one thing that jumps out at us is that many of them prohibit something. It includes, lying, adultery, killing, stealing. None of these are good and God’s people are told they “shall not” do any of them. For Christians, ...
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Weekend Update Master
Sunday we begin our Fall schedule. We’ve got a great year planned with lots of chances to grow deeper in faith, worship God, and spend time in community with sisters and brothers in Christ. If you’ve been traveling and outside this summer, Fall is a great time to renew ...
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Do You Look Like God?
You shall not make for yourself an idol, whether in the form of anything that is in heaven above, or that is on the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth. (Exodus 20:4) Our Jewish sisters and brothers are very focused on something from Genesis that ...
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God Goes First
Then God spoke all these words: “I am the Lord your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of slavery;” (Exodus 20:1-2) It is not our favorite thing to admit, but we have no control over who our God is. God is who God is ...
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Rejoice (Always)
“Rejoice in the Lord always; again I will say, Rejoice.” (Philippians 4:4) Depending where you are in life, you may hear this and say, “You have to be kidding! Do you know what has happened to me in the last week? How can you tell me to rejoice always?” We tend ...
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Working Out Your Salvation…
Work out your own salvation with fear and trembling; for it is God who is at work in you, enabling you both to will and to work for his good pleasure. (Philippians 2:12-13) In general, Lutherans have heard a phrase like “work out your own salvation…” as heretical. It is our ...
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We Need Each Other
I thank my God every time I remember you… It is right for me to think this way about all of you, because you hold me in your heart, for all of you share in God’s grace with me, both in my imprisonment and in the defense and confirmation of the ...
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