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Read more about the article Priority of the Word: A Bleeding Woman and a Dying Daughter

Priority of the Word: A Bleeding Woman and a Dying Daughter

  • Post author:twinstonewarden
  • Post published:June 26, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Means of Grace/Word of God

Text: Mark 5:21-43 As with other events in the ministry of Jesus, this text shows the priority of the Word of God. Before we have the Word, we might have…

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The Word and Faith

  • Post author:twinstonewarden
  • Post published:January 29, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Means of Grace/Word of God

Faith does not spring from nature, nor from our own reason, strength, or will. The Holy Spirit creates faith by the Word and Sacraments. When God said, “Let there be…

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The Blessed Begats

  • Post author:twinstonewarden
  • Post published:January 28, 2021
  • Post category:Death/Faith/Resurrection

“The begats” is a listing of generations from Adam to Noah. It was repetitious and boring. In each generation, it says someone was born, had kids, lived awhile longer and…

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Read more about the article The Bright and Shining Sin of Good Works and the Service of God

The Bright and Shining Sin of Good Works and the Service of God

  • Post author:twinstonewarden
  • Post published:January 28, 2021
  • Post category:Faith/Good Works/Moralism

A sermon of Martin Luther on Luke 2:21-40 is loaded with so many gems it is difficult to select one for consideration here. Two are how Simeon is a preacher…

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Read more about the article When God Takes Christ from You

When God Takes Christ from You

  • Post author:twinstonewarden
  • Post published:January 28, 2021
  • Post category:Baptism/Faith/Theology of the Cross/Trial

The Gospel text for January 4 is Luke 2:41-52. After God gives Jesus to Mary, He seems to take him away from her. When she loses him on the return…

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Read more about the article We Must Receive an Eye: Glory or Cross, Nature or Faith

We Must Receive an Eye: Glory or Cross, Nature or Faith

  • Post author:twinstonewarden
  • Post published:January 28, 2021
  • Post category:Epiphany/Faith/Theology of the Cross

In the Treasury of Daily Prayer for January 8, the text from Romans talks about a natural knowledge of God from the glory of creation. This knowledge should exist, but because of…

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