Even though God answers prayer according to his holy will and bestows gifts and talents meant to deliver good outcomes, it doesn’t mean people will ultimately act in ways that deliver good outcomes. If God did in fact give Solomon a wise discerning mind, how...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, July 30, 2023 Ninth Sunday after Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE CONFESSION and FORGIVENESS Page 56 ENTRANCE HYMN Father, We Praise You #267 APOSTOLIC GREETING Page 57 KYRIE and HYMN OF PRAISE Pages...
I don’t like today’s parable. It uses labels like good and evil. It seeks to blame evil on one source, an enemy. And it suggests that people fall into categories of the same: good, evil, or the enemy. It also suggests the ultimate solution of...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, July 23, 2023 Eighth Sunday after Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE CONFESSION and FORGIVENESS Page 56 ENTRANCE HYMN God Himself Is Present #249 APOSTOLIC GREETING Page 57 KYRIE and HYMN OF PRAISE Pages...
Jesus went out of the house by himself and sat beside the sea. Was he looking for a few moments of solitude or did he know in advance that by making himself visible, he would draw a crowd? When the crowds did in fact gather...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, July 16, 2023 Seventh Sunday after Pentecost ANNOUNCEMNTS PRELUDE CONFESSION and FORGIVENESS Page 56 ENTRANCE HYMN Open Now Thy Gates of Beauty #250 APOSTOLIC GREETING Page 57 KYRIE and HYMN OF PRAISE ...
Let’s back up a bit. Chapter 11 began by saying, “When Jesus had finished instructing his twelve disciples, he went on from there to teach and preach in their cities.” Then when John was in prison, he sent his disciples to ask Jesus if he...
WELCOME to MESSIAH & ST. PETER LUTHERAN CHURCHES Reverend Nancy Brody, Pastor Greta Wright, Music Director Sunday, July 9, 2023 Sixth Sunday after Pentecost ANNOUNCEMENTS PRELUDE CONFESSION and FORGIVENESS Page 56 ENTRANCE HYMN My Faith Looks Up to Thee #479 APOSTOLIC GREETING Page 57 KYRIE and HYMN OF PRAISE ...
"Whoever welcomes you, welcomes me.” If a person does right by you, Jesus will consider they’ve done right by him and who sent him. Although it sounds like the same code sanctioned by prisoners, gangs and crime syndicates, the idea of caring for your own,...
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