November 7, 2009
Sermon from last Sunday, November 1, 2009. Text: Matthew 5:1-12 Death puts everything into perspective. Death reveals that all of our accumulated treasures on earth are worthless, all of our medicine cannot heal, everything done outside of God’s Word and will was a waste. All Saints Day is about the dead. It is about the [...]
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May 29, 2009
I’ve been struggling to fully understand the Gospel reading for this coming Sunday, Pentecost (John 14:23-31), particularly these words of Jesus: “My Father is greater than I.” Francis Pieper, in his Christian Dogmatics (II:62), says the following: The statement of John 14:28: “My Father is greater than I,” describes Christ according to His human nature [...]
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