September 26, 2021
In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Open, please, your Catechisms to p. 74. There you will find, in the “Explanation” section of the Catechism, the 3rd Commandment. And please your Bibles to: Exodus 20:8-11 When you had to memorize the commandment about keeping the Sabbath… Read More »
September 19, 2021
As we Gather If it be asked: How do you understand the Second Commandment, or what is meant by taking in vain, or misusing God’s name? answer briefly thus: It is misusing God’s name when we call upon the Lord God, no matter in what way, for purposes of falsehood or wrong of any kind.… Read More »
September 12, 2021
As we Gather It is the intent of this commandment to require true faith and trust of the heart which settles upon the only true God, and clings to Him alone. That is as much as to say: “See to it that you let Me alone be your God, and never seek another,” Whatever you… Read More »
September 5, 2021
Grace to you and peace in Jesus’ name. Amen. God Cares for You. How do we know that? How do we know, what we know, about God? The God who saved us. The God who died for us. The God who suffered for us. Where do we learn who God is? The Bible says: The… Read More »
August 29, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our risen Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. In the Gospel readings Jesus is continuing a conversation with the Scribes and Pharisees. Now if there was anybody who looked spiritually clean it was the Scribes and Pharisees. They were all about the show;… Read More »
August 22, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you in Jesus’ name. Amen. With the second onset of COVID looming we are again witnessing the actions of people struggling to cope. Struggling to cope with loss. Struggling to cope with fear. Struggling to cope with uncertainty. Struggling to cope with death. Though generally not on such a scale,… Read More »
August 15, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen. Eating is not just about eating. If it were dinner at home would be the same as a dinner at McDonalds®, and dinner at McDonalds® would be the same as dinner at the Old Mill restaurant.… Read More »
August 8, 2021
As we Gather Most food we make, purchase, and use has a shelf life. Some longer, some shorter, but at some point, we know goods expire. This is especially true with bread. When not used in a timely manner, bread dries out, hardens, and even molds. How different is the bread Jesus teaches of, the… Read More »
August 1, 2021
In the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. The Ten Commandments, we have come to call them, are a bit of a phenomenon in the Bible. For starters if you read through Exodus 20, or Deuteronomy 5, and you try to count the “Commandments” you’d be hard… Read More »
July 25, 2021
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Risen Lord Jesus. Amen. It had been a long day. Jesus had just fed over 5,000 men, and their families, with five loaves of bread and two fish. Just before that He had taught, with authority, with those words no one else… Read More »
