Confident.Faith

Readings Psalm 118 Jeremiah 1:1–19 Matthew 21:23–46 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIV:30–34 Feast Today we celebrate the Feast of All Saints’ Day. As Easter celebrates the resurrection of Christ, so All Saints’ Day celebrates the resurrection of all those who believe in Him. On this day, we contemplate the scope and scale of Christ’s work — winning for His Kingdom men, women, and children fr...

Readings Psalm 150 Psalm 147 Deuteronomy 34:1–12 Matthew 21:1–22 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIV:27–29 Feast Today we celebrate the Feast of All Souls’ Day. All Souls’ Day is the first of two days in the season of Allhallowtide (which began yesterday on Halloween). Where All Saints’ Day is a joyous celebration of the resurrection of all who believe in Christ, All Souls’ Day is a somber con...

Readings Psalm 46 Psalm 115 Deuteronomy 32:28–52 Matthew 20:17–34 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIV:22–26 Festival Today we celebrate the festival of Reformation Day and the beginning of the three-day season of Allhallowtide (also known as Halloween). On 31 October 1517, an Augustinian monk nailed ninety-five theses, points for discussion, to the door of Castle Church in Wittenberg. Dr. Mart...

Readings Psalm 90 Deuteronomy 31:30—32:27 Matthew 20:1–16 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIV:16–21

Readings Psalm 56 Psalm 58 Deuteronomy 31:1–29 Matthew 19:16–30 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIV:9–15

Readings Psalm 127 Psalm 132 Deuteronomy 30:1–20 Matthew 19:1–15 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIV:1–8

Readings Psalm 20 Psalm 25 Deuteronomy 29:1–29 Matthew 18:21–35 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:60–71

Readings Psalm 12 Psalm 9 Deuteronomy 28:1–68 Matthew 18:1–20 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:50–59 Commemoration Today we commemorate Philipp Nicolai, Johann Heermann, and Paul Gerhardt, Hymnwriters . Philipp Nicolai was a German pastor who lived through the Great Plague, which took the lives of thirteen hundred members of his parish. Despite hardships, he contributed hymns which the Chu...

Readings Psalm 93 Psalm 87 Deuteronomy 27:1–26 Matthew 17:14–27 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:40–49

Readings Psalm 99 Psalm 97 Deuteronomy 25:17—26:19 Matthew 17:1–13 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:28–39

Readings Psalm 107 Deuteronomy 24:10—25:10 Matthew 16:13–28 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:18–27

Readings Psalm 62 Psalm 119:137–144 Deuteronomy 21:1–23 Matthew 16:1–12 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:7–17

Readings Psalm 142 Psalm 91 Deuteronomy 20:1–20 Matthew 15:21–39 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXIII:1–6

Readings Psalm 138 Psalm 140 Deuteronomy 19:1–21 Matthew 15:1–20 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXII:9–17

Readings Psalm 80 Deuteronomy 18:1–22 Matthew 14:22–36 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXII:1–8

Readings Psalm 75 Psalm 77 Deuteronomy 17:1–20 Matthew 14:1–21 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXI:38–44 Festival Today we celebrate the Festival of St. Luke, Evangelist. A traveling companion of St. Paul, St. Luke was a Greek physician, who would author one of the four Gospels and the Book of Acts. It is Luke who gives us details of Christ’s birth and many other events. Taken together, The Gos...

Readings Psalm 39 Psalm 38 Deuteronomy 15:19—16:22 Matthew 13:44–58 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXI:31–37 Commemoration Today we commemorate Ignatius of Antioch, Pastor and Martyr . Serving as bishop of Antioch in the beginning of the second century AD, Ignatius was a proponent of orthodox Christian doctrine. Arrested under Emperor Trajan, Ignatius, like Paul, was taken in chains to Rome, w...

Readings Psalm 37 Deuteronomy 14:1—15:15 Matthew 13:24–43 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXI:21–30

Readings Psalm 119:33–40 Psalm 34 Deuteronomy 13:1–18 Matthew 13:1–23 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXI:14–20

Readings Psalm 114 Psalm 124 Deuteronomy 12:13–32 Matthew 12:38–50 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XXI:1–13

Readings Psalm 111 Psalm 115 Deuteronomy 11:26—12:12 Matthew 12:22–37 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XX:86–92

Readings Psalm 119:97–104 Psalm 146 Deuteronomy 11:1–25 Matthew 12:1–21 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XX:78–85

Readings Psalm 23 Psalm 114 Deuteronomy 9:23—10:22 Matthew 11:20–30 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XVIII:67–76, XIX:77 Commemoration Today we commemorate Philip the Deacon. One of the seven men appointed to help the Apostles handle the work of the rapidly expanding Early Church by overseeing the distribution of food to the poor, Philip would go on to work as an evangelist in Samaria. Pursuant...

Readings Psalm 106 Deuteronomy 9:1–22 Matthew 11:1–19 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XVI:61–65, XVII:66

Readings Psalm 103 Deuteronomy 8:1–20 Matthew 10:24–42 Apology of the Augsburg Confession XVI:53–60 Commemoration Today we commemorate Abraham. Selected from among the nations and called by God to become the father of a great nation, Abraham left his home and all that he had ever known, at the age of seventy-five, and moved to the land of Canaan, which God promised to Abraham and to his descendant...