The Second Sunday of Advent December 5, 2021
The Second Sunday in Advent December 5, 2021 2 Peter 3:8-14 As the Advent Children of God— We Patiently Wait for Peace! But do not forget this one thing, dear friends: With the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day. The Lord is not slow in keeping his promise, as some understand slowness. He is patient with you, not wanting anyone to perish, but everyone to come to repentance. But…
First Sunday in Advent November 28, 2021
The First Sunday in Advent November 28, 2021 I Corinthians 1:3-9 As the Advent Children of God— We Eagerly Wait for Our Lord Jesus Christ to be Revealed! Grace and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. I always thank God for you because of his grace given you in Christ Jesus. For in him you have been enriched in every way—in all your speaking and in all your knowledge— because our testimony about…
Christ the King Sunday November 21, 2021
Christ the King Sunday November 21, 2021 Revelation 1:4b-8 Our King Is Our Faithful Witness! Grace and peace to you from him who is, and who was, and who is to come, and from the seven spirits before his throne, and from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn from the dead, and the ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his blood, and…
Saints Triumphant Sunday November 14, 2021
Saints Triumphant Sunday November 14, 2021 Daniel 12:1-3 The Triumph of the Saints— Shining Like the Stars! “At that time Michael, the great prince who protects your people, will arise. There will be a time of distress such as has not happened from the beginning of nations until then. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered. Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake: some to everlasting…
Sunday of Last Judgment November 7 2021
Sunday of Last Judgment November 7, 2021 Hebrews 9:24-28 Our God Remembers Our Sin No More! For Christ did not enter a man-made sanctuary that was only a copy of the true one; he entered heaven itself, now to appear for us in God’s presence. Nor did he enter heaven to offer himself again and again, the way the high priest enters the Most Holy Place every year with blood that is not his own. Then Christ would have…
Reformation Sunday October 31, 2021
Reformation Sunday October 31, 2021 Revelation 14:6-7 The Eternal Gospel! Then I saw another angel flying in midair, and he had the eternal gospel to proclaim to those who live on the earth—to every nation, tribe, language and people. He said in a loud voice, “Fear God and give him glory, because the hour of his judgment has come. Worship him who made the heavens, the earth, the sea and the springs of water. (NIV1984) Dear fellow…
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost October 24, 2021
The Twenty-Second Sunday after Pentecost October 24, 2021 Hebrews 4:9-16 There Remains a Sabbath-Rest for the People of God! There remains, then, a Sabbath-rest for the people of God; for anyone who enters God’s rest also rests from his own work, just as God did from his. Let us, therefore, make every effort to enter that rest, so that no one will fall by following their example of disobedience. For the word of God is living and active. …
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost October 17, 2021
The Twenty-First Sunday after Pentecost October 17, 2021 Hebrews 3:1-6 Fix Your Thoughts on Jesus! Therefore, holy brothers, who share in the heavenly calling, fix your thoughts on Jesus, the apostle and high priest whom we confess. He was faithful to the one who appointed him, just as Moses was faithful in all God’s house. Jesus has been found worthy of greater honor than Moses, just as the builder of a house has greater honor than the house itself. …
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 10, 2021
The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost October 10, 2021 Hebrews 2:9-11 But We See Jesus… But we see Jesus, who was made a little lower than the angels, now crowned with glory and honor because he suffered death, so that by the grace of God he might taste death for everyone. In bringing many sons to glory, it was fitting that God, for whom and through whom everything exists, should make the author of their salvation perfect through suffering. Both…
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 3, 2021
The Nineteenth Sunday after Pentecost October 3, 2021 Mark 9:38-50 Live Your Life— In Jesus’ Name! “Teacher,” said John, “we saw a man driving out demons in your name and we told him to stop, because he was not one of us.” “Do not stop him,” Jesus said. “No one who does a miracle in my name can in the next moment say anything bad about me, for whoever is not against us is for us. I tell you…