Join us this Thursday at 7pm for our Ascension Day service. Ice cream social to follow immediately afterwards. “And then, while they beheld, He was taken up into the highest heavens”. The exalted man Jesus Christ. We must emphasize...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
A dead Christ cannot save the church. Neither could he bring the kingdom of God to completion. He must needs rise and ascend and receive the promise of the Holy Spirit. Wondrous evangel of Easter! Jesus is risen indeed! And he received that...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The question from the cross: “Why, Oh my God, why?”. Oh yes, the answer came. Objectively, for the light returned. Subjectively: “It is finished!” Here is your answer: For God’s sake: “Justice must be satisfied....[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The church is witness: she testifies that God is God. That is her calling. For this very purpose she was chosen and called out of the world. The fact that she is a witness implies that she hears and believes the word of God. She is the recipient...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
The supreme and, in a sense, the only task of the church in the world is to preach the word of God. If there is a word of God to be proclaimed by the church, however, it needs to be a word that God himself speaks, and that he speaks concerning...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Has christmas a fruit? ... To give knowledge of salvation unto His people by the remission of sins; to guide their feet into the way of peace! ... This is the result of the shining Dayspring from on High: He took all your sins away, never to...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
It is the covenant God of Israel who came to visit His people. Jesus is God, who came to do a wonder that transcends my comprehension. Lying there in the manger, He carries the load of the eternal wrath of God. And only God can exhaust the wrath...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
But, ah, we have here an act of the living God. The Holy Ghost overshadowed Mary. And the Holy Ghost takes the place of the human father. Was it not the Holy Ghost who brooded upon the face of the deep when the worlds were created? ...Bow your...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
Yes, that is first of all Jesus Christ, who was born in Bethlehem … the Branch is the Savior-King. … This Branch is no third party that came between the outraged God and the guilty sinner. Oh no. But it is the Party of the First...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
"In the progress of a life of sanctification, the things we leave behind are the things of sin, the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, the pride of life, the besetting sins, the peculiar sins of our personal character, our weaknesses and...[ abbreviated | read entire ]
