Wrestling with Theology

Liturgical Date: Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost Calendar Date: October 23, 2022 Order of Service: Matins Hymns: #572, "In the Shattered Bliss of Eden" #745, "In God, My Faithful God" #433, "Glory Be to Jesus" Sermon Theme: Brotherly Love Sermon Text: Genesis 4:1-15 Other Lectionary Readings:  Psalm 5 2 Timothy 4:6-8, 16-18 Luke 18:9-17

You shall not give false testimony against your neighbor. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not tell lies about our neighbor, betray him, slander him, or hurt his reputation, but defend him, speak well of him, and explain everything in the kindest way. Subscribe on Google Podcasts (https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy82ZmViOWM4L3BvZGNhc3QvcnN...

"If You, O LORD, should mark iniquities, O Lord, who could stand? But with You there is forgiveness, that You may be feared." (Psalm 130:3-4) "But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child with its mother; like a weaned child is my soul within me." (Psalm 131:2) "For the LORD has chosen Zion; He has desired it for His dwelling place: 'This is My resting place forever; here I will dwel...

Contract Extension: Chris Candido Television Title Match: Black Bart © vs T.D. Steele Bugsy McGraw vs Buzz Sawyer Brew City Heavyweight Title Match: Col. DeBeers © vs Blackjack Mulligan Terry Gordy vs Bart Gunn Michael Hayes vs Billy Gunn MCW Heavyweight Title Match: Kevin Nash © vs Chris Sabin Non-Title Match: Honky Tonk Man vs Jesse James Armstrong Bubba Ray Dudley vs Sting World Heavyweight Tit...

You shall not steal. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not take our neighbor's money or possessions, or get them in any dishonest way, but help him to improve and protect his possessions and income. Subscribe on Podcast Addict (https://www.podcastaddict.com/podcast/2285812) or your favorite podcast app.

Genesis 8:1 But God remembered Noah and all the beasts and all the livestock that were with him in the ark. God remembers His creation “for good” (Nehemiah 13:31). When God “remembers” someone, He has some blessing prepared for them. Ten generations after Noah, “God remembered Abraham and sent Lot out of the midst of the overthrow” of Sodom and Gomorrah (Genesis 19:29). A couple generations later,...

Genesis 7:24 And the waters prevailed on the earth 150 days. We tend to think only of the rain when we talk about the Flood. But the rain is only the beginning of the Flood’s work. For another 150 days—five months—the water stands on the earth. What is important about this point? From this time, all the remains of the people and animals killed in the Flood sink to the bottom. Sediment deposits cov...

Songs of Ascent II (Psalms 125-129) "Those who trust in the LORD are like Mount Zion, which cannot be moved, but abides forever." (Psalm 125:1) "He who goes out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, bringing His sheaves with Him." (Psalm 126:6) "Unless the LORD builds the house, those who build it labor in vain. Unless the LORD watches over the city, the watchma...

Genesis 7:21-23 And all flesh died that moved on the earth, birds, livestock, beasts, all swarming creatures that swarm on the earth, and all mankind. Everything on the dry land in whose nostrils was the breath of life died. He blotted out every living thing that was on the face of the ground, man and animals and creeping things and birds of the heavens. They were blotted out from the earth. Only...

Television Title Match: Bugsy McGraw © vs Black Bart Michael Hayes vs Bart Gunn ‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert vs T.D. Steele Iceman King Parsons vs Cactus Jack Chris Candido vs ‘Gentleman’ Chris Adams Terry Gordy vs Billy Gunn Bubba Ray Dudley & Stone Cold vs Great Muta & Sting

Genesis 7:19-20 And the waters prevailed so mightily on the earth that all the high mountains under the whole heaven were covered. The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep. Was there a safe place for people outside the Ark? No. “The waters prevailed above the mountains, covering them fifteen cubits deep.” How tall was the water? Fifteen cubits is about 270 inches...

The Sixth Commandment You shall not commit adultery. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do lead a sexually pure and decent life in what we say and do, and husband and wife love and honor each other. Subscribe on Audible (https://www.audible.com/pd/Wrestling-with-Theology-Podcast/B08JJMW83M) or your favorite podcast app.

Genesis 7:16 And those that entered, male and female of all flesh, went in as God had commanded him. And the LORD shut him in. After Noah and his family and all the animals were inside the Ark, God closed the door. The great door Noah had put in the side of the Ark was closed and kept closed by God’s almighty power. God closes the door as both judgment and mercy. No one outside the Ark could open...

Liturgical Date: Eighteenth Sunday after Pentecost Calendar Date: October 9, 2022 Order of Service: Service of Prayer & Preaching Hymns: #398, "Hail to the Lord's Anointed" #846, "Your Hand, O Lord, in Days of Old" #855, "For All the Faithful Women" (with verse 7) #845, "Where Charity and Love Prevail" Sermon Theme: The Moabite Queen Sermon Text: Ruth 1:1-19 Other Lectionary Readings:  Ps...

Genesis 7:11 In the six hundredth year of Noah's life, in the second month, on the seventeenth day of the month, on that day all the fountains of the great deep burst forth, and the windows of the heavens were opened. When God sent forth the Flood, it was not only rain from the sky that fell. “The fountains of the great deep burst forth.” The reservoirs beneath the earth burst forth. Very likely,...

Liturgical Date: Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost Calendar Date: October 2, 2022 Order of Service: Divine Service 1 Hymns: #614, "'As Surely As I Live,' God Said" #850, "God of Grace and God of Glory" #637, "Draw Near and Take the Body of the Lord" #629, "What Is This Bread" #630, "Now, My Tongue, the Mystery Telling" #720, "We Walk by Faith" Sermon Theme: Unworthy Servants Sermon Text: Luke 17:...

"In my distress I called to the LORD, and He answered me." (Psalm 120:1) "I lift up my eyes to the hills. From where does my help come?" (Psalm 121:1) "I was glad when they said to me, 'Let us go to the house of the LORD!'" (Psalm 122:1) "Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their master, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God,...

Renaissance Coliseum Contract Signing: Sting (5/31/23) Trade: Jimmy Golden for ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams (HCW) [7/19/23] Television Title Match: Bugsy McGraw © vs Buzz Sawyer Non-Title Match: ‘Nightmare’ Ken Wayne & Italian Stallion vs Blackjacks T.D. Steele & Jimmy Wang Yang vs Rough  & Ready ‘Dr. Death’ Steve Williams vs Gino Hernandez Badd Company vs Cowboy Ron Bass & Blac...

You shall not murder. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not hurt or harm our neighbor in his body, but help and support him in every physical need. Subscribe on RadioPublic (https://radiopublic.com/wrestling-with-theology-6Na4AJ) or your favorite podcast app.

"Long have I known from Your testimonies that You have founded them forever." (Psalm 119:152) "Plead my cause and redeem me; give me life according to Your promise!" (Psalm 119:154) "Seven times a day I praise You for Your righteous rules." (Psalm 119:164) "My tongue will sing of Your Word, for all Your commandments are right." (Psalm 119:172) Subscribe on Overcast (https://overcast.fm/itunes14374...

State Farm Center Contract Extension: Billy Gunn (7/12/23) Television Title Match: Bugsy McGraw © vs Bart Gunn Jimmy Wang Yang vs Cowboy Ron Bass Iceman King Parsons vs Tully Blanchard Jesse James Armstrong vs ‘Hot Stuff’ Eddie Gilbert Cactus Jack vs Gino Hernandez ‘Gentleman’ Chris Adams vs Chris Candido Illinois Heavyweight Title Match: Honky Tonk Man © vs Billy Gunn American Heavyweight Title M...

Honor your father and your mother. What does this mean? We should fear and love God so that we do not despise or anger our parents and other authorities, but honor them, serve and obey them, love and cherish them. Subscribe on Pocket Casts (https://pca.st/h74P) or your favorite podcast app.

Liturgical Date: Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost Calendar Date: September 25, 2022 Order of Service: Matins Hymns: #798, "The God of Abraham Praise" #708, "Lord, Thee I Love with All My Heart" #673, "Jerusalem, My Happy Home" Sermon Theme: No Second Chances after Death Sermon Text: Luke 16:19-31 Other Lectionary Readings:  Psalm 146 Amos 6:1-7 1 Timothy 3:1-13

"All the wicked of the earth You discard like dross, therefore I love Your testimonies." (Psalm 119:119) "My eyes long for Your salvation and for the fulfillment of Your righteous promise." (Psalm 119:123) "Make Your face shine upon Your servant, and teach me Your statutes." (Psalm 119:135) "Your testimonies are righteous forever; give me understanding that I may live." (Psalm 119:144) Subscribe o...

BMO Harris Bank Center Trade: 'Ravishing' Rick Rude for Great Muta (MCW) Contract Signing: Stone Cold Steve Austin Contract Extension: 'Gentleman' Chris Adams Television Title Match: Bugsy McGraw (c) vs Buzz Sawyer ~~~~ AMERICAN HEAVYWEIGHT TITLE TOURNAMENT Terry Gordy vs Stone Cold Steve Austin Bubba Ray Dudley vs Gino Hernandez ~~~~ American Tag Team Titles Match: 'Nightmare' Ken Wayne & Ita...