What is the Office of the Keys? The Office of the Keys is the special authority which Christ has given to His Church on earth: to forgive the sins of the penitent sinners, but to retain the sins of the impenitent as long as they do not repent. Where is […]
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Easter Sunday 2009 (Sunrise Service)
Here is the Easter message from the 2009 Sunrise Service
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Read MoreANCIENT JESUS
Last week the sermon text was the feeding of the 5000. Especially as John recounted the events, it is clear what Jesus is NOT. He is not a bread-king, one sent to relieve all the sufferings that are in the world because of sin. Think about it, providing some sort […]
Read MoreWHAT’S WITH THE LATIN?
Do you have a favorite serial TV drama? Do you adjust your schedule to make sure you see it each week, or perhaps record it so you won’t miss an episode? That’s not unusual, because everything makes so much more sense when we understand the context. It is that way […]
Read MoreOUR LENTEN JOURNEY
Lent is from lencten, the Anglo-Saxon word for spring. Although Lent is celebrated as a time of repentance, the Sundays in Lent are always a celebration of Easter, though also touching on some aspect of repentance. Our texts this year are a treasury for us who seek to live as […]
Read MoreDIFFERENT PICTURES OF FAITH
The faith that Jesus talks about in today’s gospel lesson, the saving faith that the Bible talks about from Genesis through revelation, is far more than just intellectual confidence or agreement. The Bible says faith gives us a new nature – the nature that was lost when Adam and Eve […]
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