John 3:1-17 Script Props: You will need three images for this children’s sermon, printed out on paper. The first is an image of Jesus, the second, an image of a…
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John 15:26-27; 16:4b-15 Script Pastor: Good morning boys and girls! Welcome! Let’s say good morning to our friend Sammy and see if she is there. Ready? One, two, three: Good…
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While visiting another Lutheran church in the area as the gathered worshipped the LORD through the prayers and praised God through the songs, across the pews I saw a man,…
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When I think of Baltimore, I often think of my early childhood home with a large magnolia tree in the front yard and a tall, hemlock pine in the back,…
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Pr. Jeff Morlock Ananias (not Sapphira's husband, but the other Ananias) is an obscure figure in the New Testament. He appears only twice, for a total of eight verses. Yet…
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It has, for decades, been an incredibly unfair reality faced by smaller rural and inner-city congregations. In a denomination that has traditionally insisted that viable, healthy congregations must be led…
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IT SHOULD NOT SURPRISE ANYONE It should not surprise anyone that a movement is developing to get the ELCA to commit a massive breach of trust and to eliminate any…
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Not too far from our home – in the Sonoran Desert outside Phoenix – is the Southwest Wildlife Conservation Center. This wonderful facility cares for many desert animals that have…
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ENCUENTRO 2020 TO FORTIFY LUTHERAN HISPANIC-LATINO MINISTRIES Many Lutheran church buildings feature cornerstones with dates and historic references chiseled in languages other than English. In cities, towns and open country…
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Therefore go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, and teaching them to obey everything I have…
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