Christian Worship Lectionary May 2022
May 1: Exodus 32:15-35; Luke 6:39-49 May 2: Exodus 33:1-23; Luke 7:1-17 May 3: Exodus 34:1-28; Luke 7:18-35 May 4: Exodus 34:29–35:21; Luke 7:36-50 May 5: Exodus 38:21–39:8,22,23, 27-31; Luke…
Christian Worship Lectionary April 2022
April 1: Genesis 47:1-31; Mark 13:24-37 April 2: Genesis 49:29–50:7,14-26; Mark 14:1-11 April 3: Exodus 1:1-22; Mark 14:12-31 April 4: Exodus 2:1-22; Mark 14:32-52 April 5: Exodus 2:23–3:22; Mark 14:53-72…
Christian Worship Lectionary March 2022
March 2: Genesis 1:1-19; Mark 1:1-13 March 3: Gen. 1:20–2:3; Mark 1:14-28 March 4: Gen. 2:4-25; Mark 1:29-45 March 5: Gen. 3:1-24; Mark 2:1-17 March 6: Gen. 4:1-26; Mark 2:18-28…
The book of James: Waiting for Christ’s return
Christ is coming! That was the Old Testament believers’ great hope. He did come to lowly crib and cross to save the world. Christ is coming! That is the New…
My Christian life: Holding up the prophets’ hands
How one woman turned her mission zeal into a lifetime of service "holding up the prophet's hands". For almost 60 years Delores Griepentrog has been writing letters of encouragement and…
Bible study: Precious grace
The German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer wrote about “cheap grace.” By cheap grace, he meant that too many preach forgiveness without repentance and grace without the cross. In other words, people…
The book of James: Active in using prayer
From Jesus comes an example of how to pray. On the mountaintops and in the Garden of Gethsemane, he prayed for strength to do his Father’s will. From Jesus also…
What it means to be truly Lutheran: Public ministers of the gospel are called to serve
Priests in the Middle Ages had two primary tasks: Correctly perform the sacraments of the church to earn God’s grace on behalf of the people and listen to confession. The…
What it means to be truly Lutheran: The church is believers in Jesus
In Luther’s days, there were differing views about what the church looked like. The Roman Catholic Church considered the one holy church to be the church of Rome. Others, like…