The Ninth Sunday after Trinity6 August, Anno Domini 2023St. Luke 16:1-13 Beloved stewards of God’s kingdom, As the Baptized, you have been given all things in Christ. The God who made and sustains all things in heaven and on earth … Continued
What are stewards charged with? They are charged with the management and care of someone else’s things. That means that the steward is to use those things according to the will of the true owner. The steward is not free … Continued
Those who would teach in Christ’s Church have a solemn duty to know and teach only that which Christ has taught. They are to diligently study the Scriptures and carefully speak so as not to lead anyone away from the … Continued
Food is essential to our life. We may be able to go without it for a while but eventually our body needs nourishment or we die. This is a need that God made you to have and it is a … Continued
The Sixth Sunday after Trinity16 July, Anno Domini 2023St. Matthew 5:17-26 Beloved Reconciled of the Lord, We do well to take seriously our Lord’s warning about the bitter consequences of our anger, and in today’s Gospel, Christ is specifically speaking … Continued
It is hard to imagine people who strove so mightily (outwardly) to be righteous as the Jews. They knew the Law of God and believed that they had to make themselves righteous by keeping the Law. But Jesus issues a … Continued
The Fifth Sunday after Trinity9 July, Anno Domini 2023St. Luke 5:1-11 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Beloved in the Lord, I imagine that looking around you’ve probably … Continued
“Man does not live by bread alone but by every word that proceeds out of the mouth of the Lord.” We can work and strain as much as we want but unless the Lord blesses our efforts, we are striving … Continued
The Festival of the Visitation of Our Lord2 July, Anno Domini 2023St. Luke 1:39-56 Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and from our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Blessed of the Lord, When you listen carefully … Continued
To the one looking for God’s kingdom of mercy and righteousness, the coming of the Savior, even when He was still in the womb of His mother, Mary, is a joyous occasion beyond description. Where the Savior is, there is … Continued