As we work our way through some of the Epistles this year, we see the sacred writers dealing with issues that arise in the churches. In Galatians, it was those who wanted to make salvation dependent upon keeping certain laws. The Letter to the Colossians provides our texts for today […]
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Pastors Are Bound To The Gospel
(Regarding Galatians 2:11-21) In this part of his letter to the Galatian churches Paul is doing at least two things. First, he continues with the point we looked at last week that this gospel is something that is NOT of human origin, but of divine origin. Because of that, as […]
Read MoreJesus Raises Us from Death to Life
St. Paul’s apostolic office was not a self-chosen pursuit, but a divine call to preach the Son of God “among the Gentiles” (Gal. 1:15–16). What he preached was “not man’s gospel” (Gal. 1:11), but the revelation of Christ Jesus. The Old Testament prophets also preached the same Lord Jesus in […]
Read MoreRescued From This Present Evil Age
This Sunday we begin a series of six lessons from the Epistle of Paul to the Galatians. The Galatian churches were those to whom Paul had brought the saving gospel of Christ during his second missionary journey. These were the cities like Pisidian Antioch, Iconium, Lystra, and Derbe. Paul had […]
Read MoreThe Good Shepherd Cares for His Sheep
Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came from the Father and became flesh among us in order to rescue us, His sheep. He laid down His life for us and took it up again in order to give us eternal life. By the preaching of His Gospel, He calls His […]
Read MoreELS Summer Honor Choir Camp
Honor Choir Camp will be held on June 20 – 24, 2010 at Bethany Lutheran College in Mankato, MN. This program is a week of vocal music study, performance and recreation for musicians who are currently in grades 9 – 12. Tuition is $195 and includes instructional fees as well […]
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