Wrestling with Theology

Then they said, “Come, let us build ourselves a city and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves, lest we be dispersed over the face of the whole earth.” Genesis 11:4   When Cain built the first city, it was to stand against the agrarian roots of his parents and siblings. A way to stand firm, even though God had banished him from their presence. When Noah’s descen...

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And as people migrated from the east, they found a plain in the land of Shinar and settled there. Genesis 11:2   As Cain and his descendants settled “east of Eden,” we have the peoples descending from Noah coming “from the east” to settle in Shinar. But where is “the land of Shinar”? Shinar is the valley between the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers. This is one of the most important regions in the Anci...

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. Genesis 11:1 Not only are their fifty major languages spoken. There are multiple dialects in each of these languages. Just think of the difference between speakers in Illinois, Wisconsin, Boston, Tennessee, and California. We may all be speaking English, but we use words in different ways. If only we would have “the same words” to spread the...

What is Confession? Confession has two parts. First, that we confess our sins, and Second, that we receive Absolution, that is, forgiveness, from the pastor as from God Himself, not doubting, but firmly believing that by it our sins are forgiven before God in Heaven. What sins should we confess? Before God we should plead guilty of all sins, even those we are not aware of, as we do in the Lord's P...

Now the whole earth had one language and the same words. Genesis 11:1 What would it be like if there were only one language spoken in the world? It’s mind boggling. We live in a world where there are over fifty major languages spoken. We can’t think of a world with only one language. In the beginning, there was only one language. There was no need to have multiple languages because everyone was pa...

Reading: Daniel 3 Hymn: LSB #442, "All Glory, Laud, and Honor" LSB #931, "All You Works of the Lord"

Reading: Zephaniah 3 Hymn: LSB #752, "Be Still My Soul" Psalm 85

Reading: Jonah 3 Hymn: LSB #544, "O Love, How Deep" Jonah 2:2-9

Reading: Job 19 Hymn: LSB #461, "I Know That My Redeemer Lives" Psalm 16

Reading: Ezekiel 37 Hymn: LSB #451, "Stricken, Smitten, and Afflicted" Psalm 51:8-15

Reading: Deuteronomy 31 Hymn: LSB #429, "We Sing the Praise of Him Who Died" LSB #926, "Song from Deuteronomy"

Reading: Ezekiel 36 Hymn: LSB #454, "Sing, My Tongue, the Glorious Battle" Psalm 96

Reading: Isaiah 55 Hymn: LSB #973, "Thy Word" Psalm 42

Reading: Exodus 14 Hymn: LSB #423, "Jesus Refuge of the Weary" LSB #925, "Song of Moses and Israel"

Reading: Genesis 6-9 Hymn: LSB #430, "My Song Is Love Unknown" Psalm 29

Reading: Genesis 1-3 Hymn: LSB #562, "All Mankind Fell in Adam's Fall" Psalm 33:1-11

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Drawn from the Four Gospels Part V: Calvary Liturgy: Responsive Prayer 2 (LSB p. 285)

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Drawn from the Four Gospels Part IV: The Praetorium Liturgy: Responsive Prayer 2 (LSB p. 285)

18 “And to the angel of the church in Thyatira write: ‘The words of the Son of God, who has eyes like a flame of fire, and whose feet are like burnished bronze. 19 “‘I know your works, your love and faith and service and patient endurance, and that your latter works exceed the first. 20 But I have this against you, that you tolerate that woman Jezebel, who calls herself a prophetess and is teachin...

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Drawn from the Four Gospels Part III: The High Priest's Palace Liturgy: Responsive Prayer 2 (LSB p. 285)

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The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Drawn from the Four Gospels Part II: Gethsemane Liturgy: Responsive Prayer 2 (LSB p. 285)

Our Baptism abides forever. Even though someone should fall from Baptism and sin, still we always have access to it. So we may subdue the old man again. But we do not need to be sprinkled with water again [Ezekiel 36:25-26; Hebrews 10:22]. Even if we were put under the water a hundred times, it would only be one Baptism, even though the work and sign continue and remain. Repentance, therefore, is...

The Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ Drawn from the Four Gospels Part I: The Lord's Supper Liturgy: Responsive Prayer 2 (LSB p. 285)