Epiphany Lutheran Church

02/15/2015

Readings: Genesis 21:1-7; 22:1-18; Hebrews 11:17-19; Matthew 3:16-17 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. This reading has been a horror for people the world over...

02/09/2015

God the Father is no man that He should lie. He is no human father that He should fail you. He is no absentee-father who has abandoned your mother, the Church. He is not a monstrous abuser like some “fathers.” He is the Father from whom all true fatherhood is named. He is your loving parent who places His name on you so that as dear children we might call upon our dear Father.

Readings: Genesis 17:1-5, 10-11, 15-22; 18:1-15; Galatians 3:16-18; Luke 1:34-38 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. No one on earth is righteous in the eyes of...

02/02/2015

Jesus, the eternal king of peace and righteousness, comes to you this day with the w**e of salvation and the bread of life for your hungry soul.

Readings: Genesis 14:8-23; Hebrews 7:1-10; John 8:53-58 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Today we hear of Abram, leader of a crack commando unit, who in the...

02/02/2015

Abram's doubt was reasonable. Logical. Rock solid. Who can argue against it? Only the God whose word breaks the rocks into pieces. For faith does not flow from reason but from God’s promises.

Readings: Genesis 12:1-20; 15:1-6; Hebrews 11:8-10; Luke 1:54-55, 68, 72-75 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Abram believed God and God charged it to his...

01/19/2015

After Babel and before Abraham was Job. He believed in Jesus Christ His Lord, though it was utterly irrational.

Readings: Job 1:1-2:10; 19:23-27; 2 Timothy 2:11-13; Matthew 16:24-26 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Suffering. It is easy to believe in a gracious God when...

01/12/2015

God, come down to earth, has torn down the dividing wall of hostility between all peoples and languages by giving us the same words of salvation—the word about Jesus Christ.

Readings: Genesis 11:1-9; Acts 2:1-8, 14, 16-17, 21; John 14:23-27 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Noah and his sons emerged from the ark. God repeated His...

01/04/2015

A rainbow wrapped present of promise.

Readings: Genesis 8:1-9:17; 1 Peter 3:20-21; Luke 17:21-22, 26-27 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. A sigh of relief! The Flood is over. Last week we held our...

12/28/2014

Water, Word, promise, God = salvation.

Readings: Genesis 6:5-7:24; 2 Corinthians 5:16-17; Matthew 24:36-39 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Noah found favour with God. (Gen. 6:8) Without any merit or...

12/28/2014

Joy to the world!

Readings: Psalm 2 (Exodus 40:17-21, 34-38; Titus 3:4-7; John 1:1-14) In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. Joy to the World the Lord is come, let earth receive her...

12/22/2014

First birth, first death. It's about faith, not fruit.

Readings: Genesis 4:1-16, 25-26; Hebrews 11:4; 12:1-2, 22, 24; Luke 11:47-51 In the name of the Father and of the +Son and of the Holy Spirit, Amen. If Jesus Christ is the same yesterday, today, and...