Month: January 2022
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Fourth Sunday after the Epiphany
Text: Psalm 96 1 Oh sing to the Lord a new song; sing to the Lord, all the earth! 2 Sing to the Lord, bless his name; tell of his salvation from day to day. 3 Declare his glory among the nations, his marvelous works…
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Third Sunday after the Epiphany
Readings: 2 Kings 5:1–15a | Romans 12:16–21 | Matthew 8:1–13 Text: Matthew 8:1-13 “Our Father, who art in heaven” – The Small Catechism tells us, “With these words, God tenderly invites us to believe that He is our true Father, and that we are His true children, so that with all boldness and confidence, we…
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Second Sunday after the Epiphany
Readings: Amos 9:11–15 | Romans 12:6–16 | John 2:1–11 Text: John 2:1-11 Today, we’ll start with the end of the lesson: “This, the first of his signs, Jesus did at Cana in Galilee, and manifested his glory. And his disciples believed in him.” The Wedding at Cana is not primarily about marriage, or whether drinking…
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The Baptism of Our Lord
Readings: Joshua 3:1–3, 7–8, 13–17 | 1 Corinthians 1:26–31 | Matthew 3:13–17 Text: Matthew 3:13-17 You’ll meet people who are skeptical about God and consider confident Christians arrogant for saying they know so much about knowing what God’s will is or what’s right and wrong. This plays out in two main ways. The first is…
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Second Sunday after Christmas
Text: Matthew 2:13-23 The life of Christ has a twofold purpose. First and foremost, it is substitutionary. Everything that He did and suffered happened in our place, for our own good. As a result, we are saved from our sins, reconciled to God, and have true righteousness before God. We are saved by God’s grace…