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5-28-23 Pentecost

May 28, 2023
“Peace I leave with you. My peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give to you. Let not your heart be troubled. Neither let it be afraid.” These words of the Lord are not a concession that the world gives us some peace, but Jesus gives us more. It is not that the world gives you your bodily peace, your health, your financial security, a nice place to live, but…
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Passage: John 14:23-31
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5-21-23 Exaudi

May 21, 2023
On Thursday we celebrated Jesus’ Ascension into heaven, and next Sunday we celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost. During the ten days between Ascension and Pentecost, the apostles, the faithful women, and Jesus’ mother and brothers were in Jerusalem, and they “all continued with one accord in prayer and supplication” (Ac. 1:14). What did they ask for in prayer? Likely many things, but one thing specifically. Jesus had promised to send the…
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Passage: John 15:26-16:4
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5-14-23 Rogate (Confirmation)

May 14, 2023
There was a woman in Luther’s time who read the words of our Gospel: “Whatever you ask the Father in my name, He will give to you,” and decided that she was going to call bread down from heaven, like Moses did. Jesus said “Whatever you ask…” and she was going to ask big. So she invited her friends over for supper. And when it came time to eat, she sat them down at a…
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Passage: John 16:23-33
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5-7-23 Cantate

May 7, 2023
Jesus describes the Holy Spirit’s work in the Kingdom of the Church by comparing it to other kingdoms of this world. He says, “When the Holy Spirit comes he will convict the world of sin, of righteousness, and of judgment.” This is what the governments of the world do, or should do. God commands three things from worldly governments. The first is to convict of sin, to punish evil. A good government puts bad guys…
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Passage: John 16:5-15
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4-30-23 Jubilate

April 30, 2023
Alleluia! Christ is risen! A year ago I went to a pastors’ conference in Uinta County and on the way we stopped at a dive in Rock Springs to eat lunch. It was a dive, so I ordered a burger. My two pastor friends ordered the ribeye – cost like 40 dollars, and they were expecting a beautiful, thick, medium rare steak. They got something that looked like a charred flat pork chop. They shouldn’t…
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Passage: John 16:16-22
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4-23-23 Misericordias Domini

April 23, 2023
This Sunday our Easter joy continues. Jesus has “abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel” (2 Tim. 1:10). The reading fits well with this resurrection theme, because Jesus reveals to us the nature of His life and His relation to death. Jesus says, “I am the good shepherd. The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep.” The good shepherd lays down His life for the sheep. This is…
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Passage: John 10:11-16
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4-16-23 Quasimodo Geniti

April 16, 2023
Alleluia! Christ is risen! As soon as He rises from the dead Jesus offers the forgiveness of sins. He could offer anything. I suppose more people would come to Him if He offered something else. They ran after Him when He healed diseases or fed them with bread and fish. And Lord now over everything – that’s what He says about Himself, “All authority in heaven and on earth has been given to Me,” think…
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Passage: John 20:19-31
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4-9-23 The Resurrection of Our Lord

April 9, 2023
Alleluia! Christ is risen. Our Lord Jesus compares the Kingdom of heaven to a man who finds a precious treasure in a field, and he goes and he sells all he has to buy that field, because everything else has suddenly become nothing in comparison with that treasure. So St. Paul when he was traveling to Damascus and the risen Lord Jesus appeared to him on the road, he found such a treasure. He wasn’t…
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Passage: John 20:1-18
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4-7-23 Good Friday

April 7, 2023
“For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.” Thus the Lord spoke through the prophet Isaiah. “For the transgressions of My people He was stricken.” For your transgressions Jesus was stricken. Think of that. Atoning for sin was no light matter. Satisfying the wrath of God was no light matter. The Father in heaven is not overreacting when He drives the crown of thorns into His Son’s head, when He flogs His Son repeatedly…
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Passage: John 18:1-19:42

4-6-23 Maundy Thursday

April 6, 2023
Paul’s passionate defense of the Gospel ends with a passionate appeal to love one another. Bear one another’s burdens and so fulfill the law of Christ. Do good to all, especially those of the household of faith. There were those who accused Paul of preaching against good works, against love, because he insisted that our good works and our love don’t save us. It happens every time you faithfully preach the Gospel. It happened to…
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Passage: Galatians 6:1-18
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