Christians are now a minority in America. When I mentioned this somewhere else I was speaking, someone asked me afterwards, “Does this mean we’ve failed?”
What do you think? If you look at our statistics, the Missouri Synod is in decline, and doesn’t seem to be turning around. How’s the Ohio District doing? What about your own congregation? If the answer is, “Not great,” then does that mean you failed? Have we failed? …
Read MoreThe Son of Mary bears the Name JESUS, but the Name is given to you. The Name is God’s gift to you. You can use the Name.
We hurry through this world gathering money and stuff, but what we accumulate cannot save us. We call upon our parents for help, but in death they forsake us. Politicians promise but they cannot deliver.
But this Name, JESUS, is given to you, so that you can say, YHWH, save me! JESUS, help!
This name JESUS drives away demons. The name JESUS is light in our darkness. The name JESUS delivers us from death.
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