The account of the fall in Genesis 3 is part of the seamless narrative not only of the Book of Genesis but of the whole Torah delivered by Yahweh through Moses. This text sets the stage for the rest of Scripture, revealing the need for redemption and promising that redemption. Link to Service video on Vimeo Link to service bulletin
Transfiguration Sunday brings the Epiphany season to a close. It capstones the revelation that Jesus is the Son of God from eternity. That serves as transition from Epiphany to Lent. Epiphany manifested the glory of Christ; Lent will be a penitential season calling us to repentance and faith. Faith looks to its only hope: Jesus Christ alone. Confidence in this is grounded…
We will have a chili dinner at 6pm, followed by worship at 7pm.
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Epiphany is wrapping up, and the Lenten journey to the cross will soon begin. Because we rehearse these events every year, we can feel we already know this story. However, if we think we know it, we do not know it as we ought. When it comes to God’s Word, we can be so arrogant and so forgetful. Let us turn to…
Like every season of the church year, Epiphany is about the cross. God has manifested His saving work in “Jesus Christ and Him crucified” (Epistle, 1 Cor 2:2). The particular focus of this week is the difference between the unregenerate and the regenerate, between those who are only “natural” and the “spiritual” who have been enlightened by the Spirit through the message…
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The season of Epiphany is, of course, the revealing, the epiphany, of Jesus—God’s now-incarnate eternal Son revealed as Christ and Lord of all. But this Sunday the propers might seem to be focusing on man: how the blessed man is poor in spirit, meek, merciful (the Beatitudes, Gospel, Mt 5:1–12. Old Testament Reading, Micah 6:8). In fact, the man of God does…