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Sam Barber preaches from 1 Timothy 1:8-11 on Law and Gospel on Sunday March 20th.

INJ Matthew 15:21-28 | “Persistent Prayer” Misericordias, Lent 2 | 24 February 2013 Dear Saints, This is the Sunday of persistent prayer, when the Holy Spirit would encourage us to not grow weary in our prayers, but to persist in our petitions to our heavenly Father. And the example set before us is…

To borrow a twentieth century phrase, the LORD called Jeremiah to speak truth to power. The LORD, the God of Israel “made [Jeremiah] a fortified city, an iron pillar and a bronze wall to stand against the whole land – against the kings of Judah, its officials, its priests and the people of the land.”…

Luther wasn’t right to hate God, but He was right to fear God’s wrath. If you’re not in Christ, then you’re under God’s wrath, and God’s wrath is a terrible thing. To fall into the hands of the living God is a dreadful thing, Hebrews says. Ananias and Sapphira dropped dead. The earth swallowed up Korah,…

The Augsburg Confession draws a line in the sand. In fact, all the Lutheran Confessions – the Augsburg Confession and its Defense, the Catechisms of Dr. Luther, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise on the Power and Primacy of the Pope, and the Formula of Concord – all the Lutheran confessions of faith…

Pastor Johnold J. Strey St. Mark’s Lutheran Church; Citrus Heights, CA Sermon on Isaiah 55:10-11 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost (readings from Pentecost 8, Year A) August 14 & 15, 2011 CHURCH GROWTH—GOD’S WAY God’s Word is the tool for growth God’s Word has the power for growth Introduction Have you heard…

Sunday, November 29, 2009 Advent 1 Text: Psalm 25:1-10 By: Kevin Sam Our righteousness through law and gospel In the original language of Hebrew, Psalm 25 was written as an acrostic psalm. (explain acrostic, e.g., “christmas”). There’s 22 letters in the Hebrew alphabet and there are exactly 22 verses…

The parable of the Good Samaritan is not about the Good Samaritan – it is about and expert of God’s laws. 1. An expert of the world can never be a Good Samaritan. a. Text not about a Good Samaritan but a bad one – the expert of the law. i. He was deceitful with God’s Word. ii. He was only interested…