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Send us Fan Mail Enjoy this sermon from our guest preacher, Paul Horn! If you are local, come on by! We'd love to meet you. We're located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79904.  Find out more about us online: trinityelpaso.org FB @trinitylutheranelpaso IG @trinitylutheraneptx YouTube @trinitylutheranchurch7224

Send us Fan Mail This Ash Wednesday we hear God name our sin honestly—our guilt is real, and we cannot fix it ourselves. But when no one could stand up for us, the Lord put on righteousness and came to fight for his people. In Isaiah 59 we see this promise fulfilled: the Redeemer comes for sinners, bringing forgiveness, freedom, and new life. Find out more about us online: trinityelpaso.org FB @tr...

Send us Fan Mail The glory of Christ revealed at his transfiguration is anchored in the light of his coming cross and resurrection. See his brilliance, hear his voice, and speak his saving glory—because the risen Lord who shone on the mountain now shines for you in grace, forgiveness, and hope. If you're local, come on by! We'd love to meet you! We're located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El...

Send us Fan Mail In love God has hand-picked you to receive his unconditional love and salvation. He hand-delivers you a new identity through faith. God grant that, as you live out who you now are, you bring the refreshingly different way to view self and the world -- through the lens of the indestructible love and comfort of Jesus Christ.  If you're local, come on by! We'd love to meet...

Send us Fan Mail Who’s a truly safe person—the kind you can be fully honest with and not be crushed by shame? Zephaniah shows us that real safety isn’t found in softening God or hiding from him, but in humbly running to the Lord who sees our sin completely and still shelters us in grace through Christ. In a harsh and judgmental world, God is the safest place to be—and he sends us out to reflect th...

Send us Fan Mail Jesus’ love is different from any other kind that we've seen -- and it's the only kind of love that will actually help! Hear how Jesus' unconditional love brings us out of darkness into light—and how that same love now flows through us to any brother or sister in need. If you're local, come on by! We're located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79904.  Find...

Send us Fan Mail John the Baptist points to Jesus and says, “Look, the Lamb of God." We look to Jesus as the one who loves us enough to take away our sin, and we behold him as our teacher and leader. Look to him: come, stay, listen, and learn from him. Look to the Lamb, follow him, and joyfully invite others to come and see. If you're local, come on by! We'd love to meet you. We&apo...

Send us Fan Mail  At Jesus’ baptism, heaven opens and God declares his approval—marking not just who Jesus is, but what he has come to do. Jesus steps into the water not for his own sins, but to fulfill righteousness for us and to be equipped for his saving mission. In your baptism, that same approval, love, and Spirit are given to you. They are with you wherever you go! If you're local, come...

Send us Fan Mail What if the fear of being “exposed” isn’t solved by trying harder, but by being clothed by God himself? In Isaiah 61–62, God promises to dress us in garments of salvation and a robe of Christ’s righteousness—covering our shame, securing our place with him, and giving us a new name. Dressed by grace and crowned with God’s favor, we’re freed to live visibly and confidently, letting...

Send us Fan Mail The turn of a New Year is a strange mix of reflection and goal-setting that can send us in a spiral of regret over our past and anxiety toward the future. Isaiah speaks into this mixed state with a call to listen and look—not inward, but back to the Lord's faithfulness. Through Isaiah, the Lord reminds us that our righteousness and salvation do not rest on our resolve, but on...

Send us Fan Mail After the decorations come down and life returns to “normal,” Isaiah reminds us not to rush past what truly matters. The prophet calls us to reflect on God’s enduring kindness—his compassion, empathy, and saving love shown throughout history and made unmistakably clear in Christ. Instead of moving on from the message of Christmas, we are invited to keep reliving it by remembering,...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us! Merry Christmas!  Is “Merry Christmas” really good news for hearts weighed down by grief, guilt, and pain? In Isaiah 52, God answers with something far deeper: “Your God reigns!” On Christmas Day, we shout with the watchmen that Jesus was born not to cover sorrow with cheer, but to redeem ruins, comfort the broken, and announce victory where all seemed lost....

Send us Fan Mail In Matthew 1:18–25, we hear how God steps into a messy, uncertain moment to fulfill what he had spoken centuries earlier: the virgin would bear a son, and God would be with us. Jesus is given a name that declares his purpose—the Lord saves—and a promise that comforts sinners—God with us. Prepare to celebrate Jesus' birth; enjoy living by his name. If you're local, come o...

Send us Fan Mail We continue our look at the threefold offices of Jesus with this meditation on Hebrews 7:24-27, which describes how Jesus serves as our eternal high priest this way: 23 Now there have been many of those priests, since death prevented them from continuing in office; 24 but because Jesus lives forever, he has a permanent priesthood. 25 Therefore he is able to save completely those w...

Send us Fan Mail Our discussion of the threefold offices of Christ conclude with this meditation on Jesus’ own description of his role as King in the gospel of John: 33 Pilate then went back inside the palace, summoned Jesus and asked him, “Are you the king of the Jews?” 34 “Is that your own idea,” Jesus asked, “or did others talk to you about me?” 35 “Am I a Jew?” Pilate replied. “Your own people...

Send us Fan Mail Impatience with one another often flows from a deeper weariness of waiting for relief in a broken world. James doesn’t scold suffering believers with a cold “be patient,” but points them to a farmer who waits for what he cannot force—and then to a promise far more certain than rain. As we long for Christ’s return, our hope is not fragile or uncertain: God’s goodness is guaranteed...

Send us Fan Mail Trying to find the perfect gift for your loved one is challenging. You have to really know the person to understand their wants and needs. That's what makes God the perfect gift giver: he understands our needs better than we do! Through the gift of his Word, God gives you endurance, encouragement, and real hope in Christ. And he doesn’t stop there. He surrounds you with a fam...

Send us Fan Mail During the Church Season of Advent, we are focusing on the "Threefold Offices of Christ." That is, that Jesus is our 1. Prophet, 2. Priest, and 3. King. This week, we focus on the fact that Jesus was born to be our eternal Prophet, speaking his message of grace and love to us from his presence in the manger, his word "It is finished" upon the cross, and continu...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us! Advent begins with a wake-up call: the night is nearly over, and the light of Christ has already risen on us. In a world full of cheap escapes and quick fixes, God reminds us of the time we’re living in: a time of grace, a time of mercy, a time where our deepest needs are already met in Jesus. So we put aside the old darkness, clothe ourselves with Christ, a...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us! Happy Thanksgiving to you all.  Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good. His love endures forever. Ps 136:1

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us! Scripture calls God’s people “Daughter of Zion,” a tender name that reveals how deeply He cherishes, protects, restores, and pursues us. Though we wander, He still comes with forgiveness, rescue, and renewed glory. Come behold your King—the One who bears your sins, heals your wounds, wins your heart, and sends you out to love others as dearly as He has loved...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us! In a world that feels shaky and uncertain, Jesus speaks a steadying word. As the disciples marveled at the grandeur of the temple, Jesus reminded them—and us—that even the most impressive things won’t last. But he will. In Luke 21:5–19, Jesus prepares our hearts not to fear turmoil, but to trust his unshakable control and seize every moment as an opportunity...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us! We all want to believe we’re good people—empathetic, faithful, reliable. But when the evidence doesn’t line up, what then? In Micah 7:18–20, God shows us that while our reliability falters, His never does. He doesn’t just overlook our failures—He tramples them underfoot and hurls them into the depths of the sea. This week, discover the incomparable God who d...

Send us Fan Mail Hi! Thanks for joining us today! On this Reformation Sunday, we look to Galatians 5:1–6 to see the heart of Christian freedom. Jesus frees us from guilt and striving, into a relationship of unconditional love from God. The Holy Spirit reforms us from within—shaping us through faith to live lives of love motivated not by fear, but by the fact that God loved us first. Reformation Su...

Send us Fan Mail Thanks for joining us today! Jacob wrestled all night and discovered God wasn’t his opponent but his Savior. The Lord entered the struggle to bless him — and He still meets us the same way today. In Christ, God lets you win… and lets you in. If you're local, come on by! We'd love to meet you. We're located at 3800 Hondo Pass, El Paso, TX 79904. Find out more about u...