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Jesus Guarantees the Results
In the Name of Jesus Christ, the Word made flesh.
One day as Jesus was standing by the Lake of Gennesaret, with the people crowding around him and listening to the word of God, he saw at the water’s edge two boats,...
The Cross and the Catechism – Lent/Easter at St. Mark
Lent wasn’t always mainly about commemorating the Passion of our Lord. It began as the last dash to confirmation for those preparing for Baptism. In later years, when Christianity became the...
c. Original sin (in human nature) is not just this entire absence of all good in spiritual, divine things. Original sin is more than the lost image of God in mankind; it is at the same time also a deep, wicked, horrible, fathomless, mysterious, and...
Jesus Brings You Back from the Edge
In the name of the Father, and of the + Son, and of the Holy Spirit.
Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ:
Can you imagine what happened in Nazareth happening at your doctor’s office? Your doctor says,...
Luther writes in the Large Catechism on the third petition:
“Such prayer, then, is to be our protection and defense now. It is to repel and put down all that the devil, pope, bishops, tyrants, and heretics can do against our Gospel. Let them all...
