25 October 2020 Text: Matt 11:12-19 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. “From the days of John the Baptist until now, the kingdom of heaven...

20 October 2020 Text: Matt 15:1-20 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. The word “virtue-signaling” never appears in the Bible.   But the id...

18 October 2020 Text: Luke 10:1-9 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Today we honor St. Luke the Evangelist.  Tradition says that he was mar...

16 October 2020 Text: John 14:1-6 (Job 19:23-27a, Rom 14:7-9) In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Dear friends, peace be with you! Gretel was...

13 October 2020 Text: Matt 12:22-37 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Our Lord casts out a demon.   He shows His authority over the entir...

11 October 2020 Text: Matt 22:34-46 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Once more, the Pharisees, hearing that Jesus had “silenced” their o...

6 October 2020 Text: Deut 5:22-6:9 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Dr. Luther explains the First Commandment: “You shall have no other ...

4 October 2020 Text: Luke 14:1-11  In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Once again, our Lord has a confrontation with the Pharisees.  Everybody lo...

As a postscript to my earlier post , I want to comment further on a modern application of Magdeburg - focusing for the time being on the pol...

29 September 2019 Text: Matt 5:21-48 In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. “You have heard that it was said,” says Jesus.   You have heard th...

27 September 2020 Text: Matt 18:1-11 (Dan 10:10-14; 12:1-3, Rev 12:7-12) In the name of + Jesus.  Amen. Today we commemorate St. Michael the...

The Magdeburg Confession is a remarkable document.   This Lutheran confession lays out a theology of resistance to tyranny based on the Doc...