By Marc Engelhardt - (This post continues the recaps from Christ in Common, which is a discipleship discussion that takes place in my context. Christ in Common is a good example of how we purposefully approach the discipleship triad of Foundation, Worldview, and Practice. Remember, as recaps, these posts hit highlights of what the group … Continue reading The Sexual Revolution: How we got here
By Cindy Koch - He doesn’t know. You know the answer. You want him to know the answer. You know it will help. You know it’s the only thing that will help. We look around at this crumbling world and we see the hopelessness. Families are pasted together, trying to ignore the tears and scars … Continue reading Hopeless Answer
By Paul Koch - Prayer is an interesting thing. It is something that most people do, to some degree or another. Every time there is a massive tragedy on the national level or personal tragedy that only a few close friends know about, people will offer you or the victims their prayers. And it’s not … Continue reading Help My Unbelief
By Bob Hiller - Have you ever been to funeral where people got up and spoke negatively about the deceased? Almost never. When friends and family gather to mourn the loss of those they love, they always speak well of the person. As you leave most funerals, you’d almost think that there is no such … Continue reading Forgetting Sins at Funerals
By Paul Koch - Life in the church can be a strange thing. I mean, we gather together in this place every Sunday. You sit in your usual spots and have your favorite hymns and go through the typical routine. But when you stop to think about it, this place is sort of odd. It’s … Continue reading A Working Faith
By Paul Koch – Do you confess the Unaltered Augsburg Confession to be a true exposition of Holy Scripture and a correct exhibition of the doctrine of the Evangelical Lutheran Church? And do you confess that the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Small and Large Catechisms of Martin Luther, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise … Continue reading Confessional Freedom
By Hillary Asbury - This month’s illustration is based on Hebrews 4: 12-16. For the word of God is alive and active. Sharper than any double-edged sword, it penetrates even to dividing soul and spirit, joints and marrow; it judges the thoughts and attitudes of the heart. Nothing in all creation is hidden from God’s sight. Everything is uncovered and laid … Continue reading Illustration of the Month: “Double Edged Sword”
