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Romans 4:1-8, 13-17 (ESV) Abraham Justified by Faith4 What then shall we say was gained by Abraham, our forefather according to the flesh? 2 For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not before God. 3 For what does the Scripture say? “Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him as righteousness.” 4 Now to the one who…
1 John 3:4-6 (ESV)4 Everyone who makes a practice of sinning also practices lawlessness; sin is lawlessness. 5 You know that he appeared in order to take away sins, and in him there is no sin. 6 No one who abides in him keeps on sinning; no one who keeps on sinning has either seen him or known him. Dear Friends in Christ, “So,…
Exodus 24:8-18 (ESV)8 And Moses took the blood and threw it on the people and said, “Behold the blood of the covenant that the Lord has made with you in accordance with all these words.”9 Then Moses and Aaron, Nadab, and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel went up, 10 and they saw the God of Israel. There was under his feet…
Ephesians 4:28 (ESV)28 Let the thief no longer steal, but rather let him labor, doing honest work with his own hands, so that he may have something to share with anyone in need. Dear Friends in Christ, A church is supposed to be a safe place, isn’t it? In fact, we often refer to the inside of a church…
Matthew 5:13-16 (ESV) Salt and Light13 “You are the salt of the earth, but if salt has lost its taste, how shall its saltiness be restored? It is no longer good for anything except to be thrown out and trampled under people’s feet.14 “You are the light of the world. A city set on a hill cannot be hidden. 15 Nor…
Exodus 20:15 (ESV)15 “You shall not steal. As best as I can recall, it happened to me the first time during my 3rd year of college. I was living in a dorm at that time attending Concordia Senior College in Fort Wayne, IN, a Lutheran college that was geared primarily toward the training of future pastors.…
John 1:16 (ESV)16 For from his fullness we have all received, grace upon grace. {Prayer} We all prefer things to be “full.” It’s a good feeling to pull out of the driveway in the morning and see that you have a full tank of gas. We are thankful for that full feeling which comes at the end…
Ephesians 5:21 (ESV)21 submitting to one another out of reverence for Christ. Dear Friends in Christ, Some years ago the Saturday Evening Post ran an article entitled “The Seven Ages of the Married Cold.” It revealed a series of reactions that a husband gave to his wife’s colds during the first 7 years of…
Matthew 3:13-17 (ESV)The Baptism of Jesus13 Then Jesus came from Galilee to the Jordan to John, to be baptized by him. 14 John would have prevented him, saying, “I need to be baptized by you, and do you come to me?” 15 But Jesus answered him, “Let it be so now, for thus it is fitting for us to fulfill all righteousness.” Then he…
Matthew 2:1-12 (ESV)The Visit of the Wise Men2 Now after Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judea in the days of Herod the king, behold, wise men from the east came to Jerusalem, 2 saying, “Where is he who has been born king of the Jews? For we saw his star when it rose and have come to worship him.” 3 When Herod the king heard this, he was troubled,…