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10/24/21 Traditional Service

“The Perfect High Priest” Hebrews 7:23–28

October 24, 2021

In the first stanza of the hymn “Amazing Grace” we confess, “I once was lost but now am found, Was blind but now I see!” (LSB 744). When we say we were lost, we may think of the parable of the prodigal son. We mean that apart from God, like the rest of the world, we do not truly know our real spiritual need. Likewise, the blindness we confess is our condition apart from the enlightenment of God’s word and deliverance. Blind Bartimaeus in today’s Gospel, by the enlightenment of God’s Word, believed that Jesus as the “son of David” is the divine agent, the Son of God come to save. He had heard through Isaiah the prophet that one of the first things the Messiah will do would be to open blind eyes (Isaiah 35:5). With this blind man, we come today with the heartfelt prayer “have mercy on me” and discover more. Our eyes are enlightened to see God’s mercy as we join this man and Jesus’ disciples following Him in the way, on the road to Jerusalem. There we discover the mercy and gracious reign and rule of God in the mighty suffering, death, and resurrection of our Lord of life.

03/24/24 Praise Service

March 24, 2024

AS WE GATHER  Our past is behind us. God’s grace is before us. A new beginning awaits us. That’s the message for Israel in Exodus 34. And that’s God’s message for us as well on this Palm Sunday weekend!  

03/24/24 Traditional Service

March 24, 2024

AS WE GATHER  Our past is behind us. God’s grace is before us. A new beginning awaits us. That’s the message for Israel in Exodus 34. And that’s God’s message for us as well on this Palm Sunday weekend!  

03/17/24 Praise Service

March 17, 2024

AS WE GATHER  Today’s Epistle speaks of Jesus, our High Priest. High priests are called to offer sacrifices for the sins of the people as well as themselves. Jesus is a different sort of high priest who offers Himself as sacrifice, once for all, that we might be forgiven and granted eternal salvation. In the Gospel, Jesus proclaims that He came not to be served, but to serve. He came to offer His life as a ransom for us. As we follow Jesus, we are called to reflect His actions and attitude of service and sacrifice. May we likewise go to serve and sacrifice for others.