This Week Rules for a reset Isn’t it nice to have an opportunity to reset? This might come with a new house, new job, or new school. For Noah and his family, it came with a new world. After the flood, everything went through Noah. His family established the beginning of culture and civilization. God…

This Week But God remembered Noah Have you ever felt as though God had forgotten you? Maybe a relationship wasn’t working out as you had planned. Maybe your health took a sudden turn for the worse. Maybe the job you thought you’d keep for a long time is going away. God, where are you? The opening…

This Week Flood lessons Do you stand by the microwave and tap your fingers? Is your finger ready on the horn if the car ahead of you doesn’t move on green? Most of us aren’t very patient. God is. Genesis 6 – 9 not only leads us to a deeper understanding of God’s covenant of…

This Week A righteous man “Righteous” is a word that usually has either a theological connotation or “self-” in front of it. Genesis 6 describes Noah as righteous and blameless. Read the chapter and see his actions. He didn’t say a word, but he acted. But these actions showed his righteousness; they didn’t establish it. Like ours,…

This Week Covenant of Grace The book of Genesis isn’t just about what happened, it’s also about what is happening. This weekend, we begin a fall series on the Covenant of Grace described in Genesis 6 – 9. Our day is more like Noah’s than we realize. We have cars and power tools, but hearts…

This Week Farewell to Romans Finishing a book of the Bible is a big deal. It’s been God’s source of truth and inspiration for us for all of 2024. We’ll miss you, Romans. But not really. We still have and we still need the message of Jesus we find in Romans. It’s not going anywhere,…

This Week Why read the Roman phone book? After Paul plumbed the depths of the knowledge of God for 15 chapters of Romans, he concluded by naming 29 church members and 6 groups of church members in the final chapter. Why? The Spirit wants us to know God’s Word matters, and the Spirit wants us…

This Week Unbounded gospel “Let the gospel predominate” is an old Lutheran preacher’s maxim. As sinners, all of us (not just preachers) have ways of binding up the gospel of Jesus. We hide it. We water it down. We empty it of its comfort. The end of Romans 15 is one part of Scripture that…

This Week Change in the church Teachers, parents, and even returning students are often surprised by changes that have occurred over the summer. Some examples from the past week: “You got new furniture in the atrium!!” And, “You must have grown six inches over the summer!” And, “You got glasses! I love them.” Those kinds…

This Week Your acceptance Read the first 13 verses of Romans 15 and you will see a theme of acceptance. Acceptance is a word and a concept with a positive connotation in most contexts, but what does God’s Word say? How and why have you been accepted? Whom should you accept? How and why? Join…