In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             Nothing beats a clean house. In my house, we do everything possible to clean up the place before we go out of town. After a few days of living out of a suitcase, it’s nice to come home […]

Let us also listen, with holy fear, to what our Savior tells us with regard to our invisible enemies. They are so powerful and crafty, that our resistance would be useless, unless we had God on our side, and His holy angels, who watch over us and join us in the great combat. It is […]

We need to know that Christ’s work of driving out the devil never ceases but continues to go on in the Christian world until the Last Day. Wherever Christ’s kingdom is, his wondrous work continues, causing the dumb to speak, the blind to see, and the deaf to hear. When Christ came in to the […]

(Jesus’) parabolic retort (“Every kingdom divided against itself is laid waste, etc.”) seems at first to be saying little more than, “If the devil is behind this , how come he’s fighting against himself?” But what Jesus really seems to be getting at, once again, is the inability of the world to straighten itself up […]

In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             I have a riddle for you. Out of the eater came something to eat. Out of the strong came something sweet. I’ll give you a hint. Look at the bulletin cover and you’ll see the context for the […]