Immanuel Lutheran Church invites parents of confirmation age children to learn and grow with their kids in the Christian faith. To encourage that continual learning and growth, each week of class we post a reading from the Large Catechism or other portions of our Lutheran Confession of the faith here especially for the mothers and fathers. These readings are directly … Continue reading Parents in the Household of Faith: Week Four (10.4-10.18)
Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
We pray: "Almighty and merciful God, of Your bountiful goodness keep from us all things that may hurt us, that we being ready in both body and soul, may cheerfully accomplish whatever You would have us do, through Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God now … Continue reading Readings for the Nineteenth Sunday after Trinity
Parents in the Household of Faith: Week Three (9.27-10.3.2018)
Immanuel Lutheran Church invites parents of confirmation age children to learn and grow with their kids in the Christian faith. To encourage that continual learning and growth, each week of class we post a reading from the Large Catechism or other portions of our Lutheran Confession of the faith here especially for the mothers and … Continue reading Parents in the Household of Faith: Week Three (9.27-10.3.2018)
Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (9.30.18)
We pray: "O God, because without You we are not able to please You, mercifully grant that Your Holy Spirit may in all things direct and rule our hearts, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, Who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever." Amen. Deuteronomy 10:12-21 (ESV) … Continue reading Readings for the Eighteenth Sunday after Trinity (9.30.18)
Parents in the Household of Faith: Week Two (9.20-26.18)
Immanuel Lutheran Church invites parents of confirmation age children to learn and grow with their kids in the Christian faith. To encourage that continual learning and growth, each week of class we post a reading from the Large Catechism or other portions of our Lutheran Confession of the faith here especially for the mothers and … Continue reading Parents in the Household of Faith: Week Two (9.20-26.18)
Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity (9.23.2018)
"Lord, we implore You, grant Your people grace to withstand the temptations of the devil and with pure hearts follow You, the only God, through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever." Amen. Here are the Readings for this coming Seventeenth … Continue reading Readings for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity (9.23.2018)
From Luther’s sermon on Eph. 3:13-21
"We admit we are not all strong, but it is also true that were there no weakness in our ranks, we would have no need of prayer, perseverance, exhortation and daily preaching. In condemning the Gospel because of our admitted weakness, something we ourselves confess, our enemies are themselves judged before God by their judging … Continue reading From Luther’s sermon on Eph. 3:13-21
Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (9.16.2018)
"O Lord, we pray that Your grace may always go before and follow after us, that we may continually be given to all good works; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever." Amen. Here are the readings for the Sixteenth … Continue reading Readings for the Sixteenth Sunday after Trinity (9.16.2018)
Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
We pray: "O Lord, we implore You, let Your continual pity cleanse and defend Your Church; and because she cannot continue in safety without Your aid, preserve her evermore by Your help and goodness; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and … Continue reading Readings for the Fifteenth Sunday after Trinity
An Excerpt from “The Ten Lepers” by Martin Luther
From Luther’s 1521 sermon on Luke 17:11-19“34. Thus we see here that the lepers began to believe, and expected help from Christ, who then further awakens their faith and tries it, does not immediately make them well, but speaks a word to them, to show themselves to the priests. If there had been no faith … Continue reading An Excerpt from “The Ten Lepers” by Martin Luther
Isaiah 50:4 Blues 