Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. “Then Jesus told his disciples, ‘If anyone would come after me, let him deny himself and take up his cross and follow me. For whoever would save his life will lose it, but whoever loses his life for […]
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Who is Jesus? That is the question people have been trying to answer in Matthew’s Gospel ever since chapter 11, when John the Baptist sent a message to Jesus from jail asking, “Are you the one who is […]
Focus: God’s holy angels watch over and protect us.
Function: That they would not be afraid.
Structure: Text-Application
Locus: “Let your holy angel be with me that the evil foe may have no power over me” (SC, Luther’s Morning and Evening Prayers).
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ. Amen. “Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.” That statement comes from the liturgy of the Anglican Church, and it encapsulates the essence of the Gospel. All three elements belong together: Christ’s death, resurrection, and […]