Dedication
Upon the dedication of Shepherd of the Valley Lutheran Church, Weslaco, Texas A church building be it a humble chapel or a grand cathedral is simply a building of …
Close Communion
What used to be common practice in the Lutheran Church in years past has become a practice that is now a doctrine, which confessional Lutherans have to defend. With …
This Do In Remembrance Of Me
When our Lord instituted the Sacrament He declared that in, with ,and under the bread and wine the communicant receives the real body and blood of the Lord Jesus …
The Lord’s Supper
The Lord’s Supper, so called because our Lord instituted it, is also known as the Sacrament of the Altar because it is received at the altar. It is also …
Two Christmases
As you read this it is just a few weeks until Christmas. You have been, or will be busy, increasingly so, preparing for Christmas. So how is your preparation …
The End Of The Church Year
The Sunday after Thanksgiving introduces the season of Advent, a season of preparation for the celebration of the birth in the flesh of our Lord Jesus Christ. As we …
Patrick Hamilton:
“LORD, GIVE US SUCH A FAITH AS THIS!” The work and teaching of Martin Luther did not meet with universal appreciation. Indeed many rejected the teaching set forth in …
Martin Luther:
As we come to the celebration of the Reformation, we hear much of Martin Luther. Martin Luther was God’s “tool” in the Reformation of the Church. There had been …
The Blessings Of Baptism
Last week we spe of the institution of baptism and why we baptize infants. We saw from Scripture also that adults are instructed before they are baptized. There is …
Baptism
This Sacrament, or sacred act, instituted by our Lord Himself (Matthew 28:19,20) is described in the inspired Word of God as ” a washing of regeneration and renewing of …