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St. Athanasius Lutheran Church: August 2015
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St Athanasius Lutheran Church. Recent Sermons and Weekly Devotional Helps. Sunday, August 23, 2015. 8220;A Tradition to Live By”. Text: Mark 7:1-13; Ephesians 5:22-33; Isaiah 29:11-19. Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Ah, the good ol’ days, when “Wives submit to your husbands”. Was the controversial thing about marriage! Small Catechism, Explanation to the Fourth Commandment). A word meaning “gift to God.” A tradition th...And yet you c...
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St. Athanasius Lutheran Church: July 2015
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St Athanasius Lutheran Church. Recent Sermons and Weekly Devotional Helps. Sunday, July 26, 2015. 8220;Our Always Saviour”. Text: Mark 6:45-56 (Genesis 9:8-17; Ephesians 3:14-21). Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Was different. And then the twelve baskets full of leftovers when there wasn’t even one basket full of food to begin with. They were in Jesus’ wheelhouse that day. It was great. At their back. When it was, they could practi...
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St. Athanasius Lutheran Church: November 2014
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St Athanasius Lutheran Church. Recent Sermons and Weekly Devotional Helps. Sunday, November 30, 2014. Text: Mark 11:1-10 (Isaiah 64:1-9; 1 Corinthians 1:3-9). Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Admit it - you’re not, are you? Because if you’re like most people, you really don’t want this world to end. As bad as it is and as bad as the news gets, it’s home, and the thought of it ending frightens you. For imagine finding just the right gift...
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St. Athanasius Lutheran Church: June 2015
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St Athanasius Lutheran Church. Recent Sermons and Weekly Devotional Helps. Monday, June 29, 2015. We were privileged to have one of our seminarians George Fields proclaim the Word of God to us this week before he leaves for his vicarage in Jackson, MS. AUDIO of sermon. Sunday, June 21, 2015. 8220;Always Someplace to Go”. Text: Mark 4:35-41 (Job 38:1-11; 2 Cor 6:1-13). Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Like what devastated New Jersey and ...
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St. Athanasius Lutheran Church: Pentecost 10 Sermon
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St Athanasius Lutheran Church. Recent Sermons and Weekly Devotional Helps. Sunday, August 2, 2015. 8220;What Are You Chasing? Text: John 6:22-35 (Exodus 16:2-15; Ephesians 4:1-16). Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father, and from our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ. Amen. Well apparently not. For when they find Jesus and try to figure out how and when He got there - since there was only. For just my teaching? You wouldn’t have, would you? Think about that . . . When we’re willing to ̶...
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The Sober Peasant: Marks of the Church
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Martin Luther once said: “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” These are the chronicles, thoughts, and questions of a Lutheran pastor just struggling to stay on his theological horse, and not fall off one side or the other. Tuesday, September 6, 2011. Marks of the Church. They are the "marks" of the church. Is the preaching pure, or pure enough? And what is pure enough. Does, you can never be sure. To work through these mea...
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The Sober Peasant: What Warms a Pastor's Heart II . . .
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Martin Luther once said: “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” These are the chronicles, thoughts, and questions of a Lutheran pastor just struggling to stay on his theological horse, and not fall off one side or the other. Sunday, December 11, 2011. What Warms a Pastor's Heart II . . . No upset or suspicion, just one member calling out: "We have to pass the budget to know what's in the budget! No, it wasn't MR. Pelosi!
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The Sober Peasant: March 2015
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Martin Luther once said: “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” These are the chronicles, thoughts, and questions of a Lutheran pastor just struggling to stay on his theological horse, and not fall off one side or the other. Tuesday, March 24, 2015. Athanasian in the News. A gentleman in my congregation suffered a massive heart attack some three (or maybe it was four! It's nice to get good news sometimes. :-). Compare that t...
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The Sober Peasant: Truth!
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Martin Luther once said: “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” These are the chronicles, thoughts, and questions of a Lutheran pastor just struggling to stay on his theological horse, and not fall off one side or the other. Monday, May 23, 2011. Do you want to know what true clericalism is? All the baptized have their own vocations to live in that are important and valuable and where God wants them to be His representatives...
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The Sober Peasant: Nyapalo, Kenya Lutheran Church
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Martin Luther once said: “The world is like a drunken peasant. If you lift him into the saddle on one side, he will fall off on the other side.” These are the chronicles, thoughts, and questions of a Lutheran pastor just struggling to stay on his theological horse, and not fall off one side or the other. Wednesday, August 5, 2015. Nyapalo, Kenya Lutheran Church. It was good to finally see a picture of the church we helped to build! Joseph Omollo is not a Bishop. He is a Reverend. Yes, that is correct....