It has been a wonderful couple of months in the hearts of Christians.  We have enjoyed the Christmas carols, hymns, recitations and Christmas greetings. You entered stores and shopping malls and heard the Christmas anthems over their speakers.  However, everyone you saw was not an enthralled with Christmas as you have been.  For some the…

There are so many sad Christmas movies.  It’s a Wonderful Life!  Home Alone 2.  How The Grinch Stole Christmas, Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.  You know how it goes.  Someone runs into a hardship.  They lose their jobs, get stuck away from their family, or get rejected by their peers.  Why such sad stories at…

When you read one of the letters written by St Paul, Peter or John they would begin the letter with their signature.  So, Paul started his Letter to the Romans like this: “Paul, a servant of Christ Jesus, called to be an apostle” (Rom 1:1).  There is something that stands out in Paul’s introduction to…

Have we got it right?  We are convinced our religion is right.  We are convinced that by losing our sinful life, God graciously grants us eternal life.  This evening we hear of the death of John the Baptist.  We want to be assured that even in his death he had it right, for even in…

It was about 20 years ago when I won, but really I lost.  You see, it was time to pour the concrete for the foundation of our church.  I had been camping out in the Shepherd’s Shed watching every detail of the construction and didn’t want to miss it.  Then I found out I had…

You have prepared for big events in your life.  Maybe it was a graduation party, or a birthday or how about preparing for a wedding!  How are you going to get ready?  Matter of fact, we have a big day just right around the corner.  Are you ready for the big day?  You will want…

There are very important questions floating around that need answers.  Many people are asking if our educational methods are right and whether we can depend on them to train up our children to be well-educated in history, reading, math and science to be good citizens of our country.   Some people are questioning our economic system…

Quite a contrast to last Sunday when we celebrated Christ the King in all his glory!  Today we see him riding on a donkey!  So, what picture comes to mind when you think of Jesus?  I like to picture Jesus dressed in a long white robe with a fine looking beard and long flowing hair…

Compared to the history of the world, the United States is not really all that old of a country.  Yet, we all have our favorite presidents from over the years.  Maybe you like Washington, Lincoln, JFK, Obama, Reagan, Trump or Biden.  As you think about rulers of the world who would you pick to be…

Just who do you think you are?  Well, there are lots of ways to find out the answer to this question.  If our district president wants to know something about a pastor he can go to the WELS web site where the pastors have filled out a self-assessment about themselves.  You could speak with my…