thinking-out-loud

1 min read 2021-11-21 21:00:00

Fix Your Eyes on Jesus in His Word of the Gospel

“Be on the alert!” Pay attention to what you see happening in the world around you, in both the church and the state, among your neighbors, in

1 min read 2021-11-14 21:00:00

Blessed are those who have set their hearts on the pilgrims’ way. But how shall you endure to the end of that way? How shall you be saved?

1 min read 2021-11-07 21:00:00

Why did she do it? Why would this poor widow contribute everything she owned, everything she had to live on, to the Temple treasury? I would

1 min read 2021-11-02 05:00:00

Christ is risen! He is risen indeed! Alleluia!Blessed are you in Christ Jesus. You are righteous and holy before God in Him, and the Kingdom of

1 min read 2021-10-31 20:00:00

Most of you have known at least some of those dear Christians we will name before the Lord’s Altar on this day, who have gone before us in the

1 min read 2021-10-24 20:00:00

Do you look for the Resurrection of the dead and the Life of the world to come? Is that what you wait for, long for, and pray for? — The Life of

1 min read 2021-10-17 20:00:00

Remember the Sabbath Day by keeping it holy. That is to say, not that you simply recall and think about the Old Testament Sabbath (which has been

1 min read 2021-10-10 20:00:00

What is it that you trust and rely on? What is it that you cling to for dear life? What do you look to in yourself and in your life for safety

1 min read 2021-10-03 20:00:00

There is finally one Marriage, one Husband and one Wife. There is the one Man, Jesus Christ — and there is the one Woman, His Holy Christian

1 min read 2021-09-30 05:00:00

Woe to those who live on earth in the midst of sin and death, subjected to the devil’s great wrath. Be on your guard, constantly vigilant, sober

1 min read 2021-09-26 20:00:00

Your life and health and strength and salvation are found in the Name of the Lord. You do not live by your own works, for they will perish with

1 min read 2021-09-19 20:00:00

The heartbeat of the Christian faith and life is the Cross and Passion of our Lord Jesus Christ. It is likewise His Cross which His disciples are

1 min read 2021-09-12 20:00:00

Words matter. Indeed, words make all the difference, because God does everything by His Word.You already have at least some awareness of this

1 min read 2021-08-29 20:00:00

If you think back to Genesis and the story of the Fall into sin, there in the Garden of Eden, it might well strike you as odd for Jesus to say, here

1 min read 2021-08-22 20:00:00

For the past few weeks, we’ve been hearing the preaching of Jesus following His Feeding of the Five Thousand, in which He declares Himself to be