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Readings Genesis 3:1–21 Psalm 32:1–7 Romans 5:12–19 Matthew 4:1–11 Podcast Overcast Apple Podcasts Spotify

Readings Psalm 30 Psalm 22 Job 19:1–27 John 8:1–20 Formula of Concord: Epitome, III, 1–11 Podcast Overcast Apple Podcasts Spotify

Readings Psalm 42 Psalm 52 Job 18:1–21 John 7:32–53 Formula of Concord: Epitome, II, 7–19 Commemoration Today we commemorate Polycarp of Smyrna, Pastor and Martyr . A disciple of John, Polycarp was bishop of Smyrna for many years before he was arrested, tried, and executed for his faith in approximately AD 155. The Martyrdom of Polycarp , an eyewitness narrative, continues to encourage believers,...

Readings Joel 2:12–19 Psalm 51 2 Corinthians 5:20—6:10 Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 Podcast Overcast Apple Podcasts Spotify

Isaiah 42:14–21 Psalm 142 Ephesians 5:8–14 John 9:1–41 We are all born deaf and blind. Hearing, we do not hear; and seeing, we do not see. We know God’s Law, for it is written on our hearts — our consciences accuse us when we stray. We are all without excuse. We have become futile in our thinking, for we sin in thought; we have become futile in our speaking, for we sin in word; and we have become...

Exodus 17:1–7 Psalm 95:1–9 Romans 5:1–8 John 4:5–30, 39–42 Why do we test God? Has not our Father told us that He watches over and cares for us? And yet we doubt. At Meribah, the Jews grumbled against Moses because they did not trust God. In the words of Moses: “Why do you quarrel with me? Why do you test the Lord?” Why do we test the Lord? We test the Lord because we do not truly trust Him. We wo...

Genesis 12:1–9 Psalm 121 Romans 4:1–8,13–17 John 3:1–17 Abram was called forth from Ur of the Chaldeans; he was called to leave his country, his kindred, and his father’s house; he was called to sojourn in a land he would never own, except for a small plot of land with a cave — a cave in which he would bury his wife, and in which his children would later bury him. And what did he find in this land...

Genesis 3:1–21 Psalm 32:1–7 Romans 5:12–19 Matthew 4:1–11 Why do we baptize infants? We could say that it is the historical practice of the Church, that only a tiny — if vocal — minority oppose infant Baptism, and that Scripture commands it — ‘Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.’ — and commends it — &#821...

Exodus 24:8–18 Psalm 2:6–12 2 Peter 1:16–21 Matthew 17:1–9 Joel 2:12–19 Psalm 51:1–19 2 Corinthians 5:20b—6:10 Matthew 6:1–6, 16–21 Yesterday, with ashes imposed upon your foreheads, many of you were forced to confront your fallen, sinful state and the mortality that flows from the same: ‘For thou art dust, and to dust shalt thou return.’ Death is the end of all flesh, the end of the w...