In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit             Seeing Jesus raise a paralytic from his bed is a big deal. It’s not every day that a man who cannot walk rises and walks home. The bigger deal behind the miracle is that THE SON OF MAN […]

Henry Thomas Busse is baptized this weekend. In the Name of the Father and of the + Son and of the Holy Spirit “I baptize you in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” “I forgive you all your sins in the Name of the Father and of […]

C.F.W. Walther focuses on the connection between Jesus forgiving the palsied man’s sins and private absolution. Here is a quote. ============================== Private absolution has a very special comfort for us sinners. It is true that private absolution is not the only means whereby God announces forgiveness. God already does this by the general preaching of […]

When people do not wish to accept Christ’s Word and discount it, it is Christ’s custom to go elsewhere. If you do not wish to have Him dwell in your heart or to receive His words in your heart, He will withdraw His grace. When in prayer we bring our need before Christ, we should […]

THE NINETEENTH SUNDAY AFTER TRINITY With this Sunday we enter upon the final cycle of the Sundays after Trinity. The end of the Church Year is approaching. Progressively the Kingdom of Righteousness has been presented, its declaration and its founding. It has been described to us, and we have learned the life demanded to be […]