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02/06/2026

– The Long Road to Salvation –

As we turn the page of the calendar to February the days start to noticeably grow a little longer and signs of early spring start to come forth. Yet, we know that it is still a long way to spring. On the 15th of this month we recognize the Transfiguration of our Lord. The Transfiguration is a somewhat overlooked feast day of the Church year, as it comes on the eve of Ash Wednesday and Lent. Why is the Transfiguration so important? It is so because in that day we see the fulfillment of a great promise of the Old Testament to Moses and foreshadowing of the great promise to us, and both of salvation and a promised land.

This Lenten Season we will follow Moses from his birth and travails culminating in looking across the valley into the promised land, a place God told him he would go, but would have to wait. What was the delay of Moses going to the earthly promised land... it was due to Moses’ sin at Meribah (Numbers 20:10–13). Yet, years later the promise of Moses standing in the earthly promised land is fulfilled at the mount of Transfiguration.

That great moment of Moses and Elijah standing with Jesus as His glory is revealed both in cloud, light and the declaration of the Father — “This is my beloved Son, listen to Him!” That great moment of Moses and Elijah two Old Testament witnesses to the divine nature of Jesus Christ standing and continuing talking with Jesus, revealing how thin veil is between Heaven and earth. That coupled with the great news for us, that we will know all in Heaven, as Peter, James and John immediately knew exactly who Moses and Elijah were — without being told.

All of that is preparation for the march through Lent to Easter. This year’s midweek readings will follow the narration of the salvation of Israel by God, using Moses as his prophet in the books of Exodus and Deuteronomy. Each week will reveal a full portion of the movement and plan God had for salvation then, and how it couples with the life of Jesus to bring us salvation, not from simple earthly slavery, but slavery to sin – death and the power of the devil.

The readings are: Lent 1: Psalm 32; Genesis 15:12–16 and Exodus 2:1–11; Lent 2: Psalm 121; Genesis 32:22–32 and Exodus 3:1–9(a); Lent 3: Psalm 4; Exodus 12:1–20 and John 6:25–40; 47–57; Lent 4: Exodus 14:5–31 and Romans 6:1–11; and Lent 5: Deuteronomy 34:1–12 and Luke 9:28–36.

May God grant to us many wonderful days of contemplation and preparation throughout this coming Lenten season in preparation for a great and joyful Easter day to celebrate the Resurrection! God’s blessings to all, in Christ. Amen.

Soli Deo Gloria!
Pastor James Moshier

12/30/2025

In honor and memory of Dennis "Dennie" Gardner, laid to rest in the arms of the earth to await the Resurrection of all flesh in Christ. Soli Deo Gloria!!!

Grace, mercy and peace to you from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Our text for reflection today is from our readings, but as framed by these words of Psalm 23:

Surely goodness and mercy shall follow me all the days of my life: and I will dwell in the house of the LORD for ever.

Margie, Dana, Daniel, Darren, family, Christian family and gathered friends... on this chilly winter’s morning, we come together to remember, honor and most of all commend Dennis on to his heavenly home. We do so in a solemn quietness, but also in joyful hope, for we know that Dennis is not dead and gone for all time, but he is this day resting in the Lord awaiting the resurrection of all flesh in Jesus Christ. This journey for Dennis was not very long in this earthly world, only a short 79 years. However, in that time Dennis lived as God intended mankind to be, as a devoted farmer. Dennis lives and stands this day in the place made for him in Heaven by Jesus and we will see him again at the resurrection of all flesh.

Baptized into our Lord, Dennis walked in this life knowing that he was not perfect and that like all of us, that Satan would pursue him and tempt him to sin. Dennis knew his own sins, and confessed them seeking God’s love and forgiveness won on the cross for him and poured out for him in the body and blood of Jesus. He received that many times here at this very altar. The struggle of being a full sinner of the world and yet a saint in Christ was for Dennis a challenge at times, but it is no more in Heaven. For us the challenge is ongoing, but it makes Paul’s lesson to us today to cling to Christ and for a purpose even more important. Hear again some of Paul’s words: “But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who are asleep, that you may not grieve as others do who have no hope. For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep. For this we declare to you by a word from the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will not precede those who have fallen asleep... the dead in Christ will rise first. Then we who are alive, who are left, will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air, and so we will always be with the Lord. Therefore encourage one another with these words.” The death and resurrection of Jesus paid for our sins and washes them away, so that when we look at so called temporal death, we see not an end, but a simple change of passing through the doorway from this temporary life to the full revealed eternal life with the Lord that we have now in Christ, but do not fully see... but when we do, that is a joyful moment.

For those of you who spent time with Dennis, you know that he was a hard worker and how disappointed he was when his body started failing him and he could no longer do what he loved most and that was farming. Even though he would slowly patrol the town and country, as if he were checking cows or crops, it was not the same for him and you could see how it worked on him, and not in a good way. But you also know how much he loved to share of his time and love with others and especially with you his family. He reveled in you his family and loved to talk about all of your successes and the many things you were doing. Soon, as you gather in the fellowship hall after the resurrection site service you will begin to talk, reminisce and laugh as you remember in peace and joy those days with Dennis that make you smile and look forward to the new and brighter day when you see him again in heaven and at the resurrection.

For today we gather to recognize that Dennis has been released from this world of sorrows, pains, and illness and has joined the whole host of Heaven... just as Christ promised Dennis that He would do for him. Today, Dennis is rejoicing talking with countless numbers of the gathered saints in Heaven, and reclining at the great banquet feast of life with His Lord and Savior. That too for all Christians is the place we want to be and sometimes it is hard to be patient for Jesus’ return or for our day to be with the Lord, but it will come. In the mean time, we take comfort from the gifts of God and the promises God ties to those gifts. Isaiah reminds us today that “On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine, of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined. And He will swallow up on this mountain the covering that is cast over all peoples, the veil that is spread over all nations. He will swallow up death forever; and the LORD God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of His people He will take away from all the earth, for the LORD has spoken. It will be said on that day, “Behold, this is our God; we have waited for Him, that He might save us. This is the LORD, we have waited for Him; let us be glad and rejoice in His salvation.” On this very day, the Lord has fulfilled these promises for Dennis and for us in the work of Jesus Christ.

Clinging to the promise of life in Christ is truly why the lesson from Luke today is important, as all of us have had the perfect seed of faith planted in us and as we contemplate Jesus’ parable, we look to being the good soil in being nurtured in the faith, growing a life of fervent love for God and love for our neighbor. As Jesus said, to us as His children, “To you it has been given to know the secrets of the kingdom of God, but for others they are in parables, so that ‘seeing they may not see, and hearing they may not understand’.” We know, just as Dennis knows where to hear the Word of God let Him continue to make us “the good soil,” ... as in “hearing the word, [that we] hold it fast [to it] in an honest and good heart, and bear fruit with patience.”

My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, this day as we remember and think of Dennis, we cannot dwell on what appears to many to be an end, but we must declare and rejoice in the victory of Jesus over sin, death and the power of the devil. We, with King David and Dennis cry out to the world that “The Lord is [indeed our] Shepherd; [we] shall not want. He maketh [us] to lie down in green pastures: He leadeth [us] beside the still waters. He restoreth [our] soul[s]: He leadeth [us] in the paths of righteousness for His Name’s sake. Yea, though [we] walk through the valley of the shadow of death, [we] fear no evil: for thou art with [us]; thy rod and thy staff they comfort [us]. Thou preparest a Table before [us] in the presence of [our] enemies: Thou anointest [our] head with oil; [our] cup runneth over. Surely goodness and mercy shall follow [us] all the days of [our] life: and [we, as does Dennis this day] will dwell in the house of the LORD forever. To this prayerful Psalm, we say “Amen.” Therefore, in this joyful prayer of psalm, we look in joy and anticipation to the new day, the victorious day, the day of life when we will see the Lord return with Dennis and the host of Heaven and on that day that we shall sing a new song, a song of life and victory in Jesus. To God be all the glory and honor, in Jesus’ Name, Amen.

12/23/2025

24 Hours of Christmas Music from now until Sunday, December 28. Have a Blessed Christmas.

11/30/2025

– The Incarnation of the King and the Return of the King! –

As we now enter the final month of the calendar year, many people’s thoughts turn to traveling home, visiting family and just being together for Christmas. All those are wonderful goals and desires, as we connect with those we care about. But why do we become nostalgic at this time of the year and seek that which is comforting and comfortable? It is because even subconsciously we seek the ultimate family and comfort when we gather in our true home with our true family – the Church.

That sentiment is captured in the first verse of LSB hymn 332 Savior of the Nations, Come which is “Savior of the nations come, Virgin’s Son, make here Your home! Marvel now, O hea’vn and earth, that the Lord chose such a birth.” In that verse, we find a great prayer to God, in Christ Jesus, to indeed bring us home and also to come to our homes bringing not transient gifts, but His great gift – Himself – the embodiment of eternal life and salvation. Just how do we become a part of Christ’s family and an heir of the Kingdom of God and welcome at His table? Simply through Water and God’s all powerful Word in Baptism.

In the Small Catechism Dr. Martin Luther gives us such a wonderful explanation of just what the purpose and value of Baptism truly is, and that is bringing us life from death. In the Large Catechism, Luther wrote: “Here you see again how highly and preciously we should value Baptism, because in it we receive such an unspeakable treasure. For mere water could not do such a thing, but the Word does it and ...so does the fact that God’s Name is included in Baptism. Where God’s Name is, there must also be life and salvation (Psalm 54:1). Below is a review of the Small Catechism explanation of Baptism.

The Sacrament of Holy Baptism
As the head of the family should teach it in a simple way to his household.
First: What is Baptism?
–Answer: Baptism is not simple water only, but it is the water comprehended in God’s command and connected with God’s Word.

Which is that word of God?
–Answer: Christ, our Lord, says in the last chapter of Matthew : Go into all the world and teach all nations, baptizing them in the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit.

Second: What does Baptism give?
–Answer: It works forgiveness of sins, delivers from death and the devil, and gives eternal salvation to all who believe this, as the words and promises of God declare.

Which are such words and promises of God?
–Answer: Christ, our Lord, says in the last chapter of Mark: “Whoever believes and is baptized shall be saved; but he does not believe well be condemned.” (Mark 16:16)

Third: How can water do such great things?
–Answer: It is not the water indeed that does them, but the word of God which is in and with the water, and faith, which trusts such word of God in the water. For without the Word of God the water is simple water and no baptism. But with the Word of God it is a baptism, that is, a gracious water of life and a washing of regeneration in the Holy Spirit, as St. Paul says, Titus, chapter three: By the washing of regeneration and renewing of the Holy Spirit, which He shed on us abundantly through Jesus Christ, our Savior, that, being justified by His grace, we should be made heirs according to the hope of eternal life. This is a faithful saying.

Four: What does such baptizing with water signify?
–Answer: It signifies that the old Adam in us should, by daily contrition and repentance, be drowned and die with all sins and evil lusts, and, again, a new man daily come forth and arise; who shall live before God in righteousness and purity forever.

Where is this written?
–Answer: St. Paul says Romans, Chapter 6:4 “We were therefore buried with Him by Baptism into death, in order that, just as He was raised up from the dead by the glory of the Father, we too should walk in newness of life.”

As we gather throughout Advent and the Christmas Season, let us remember that we are a part of God’s true family, a family of life because God gives us life in simple water combined with His Almighty Word! I pray everyone has a joyful, family filled and wonderful Advent and Christmas. In Jesus, Name... Amen.

Soli Deo Gloria!
Pastor James Moshier

11/14/2025

KAGR 92.1FM is back up and transmitting in the Arapahoe, NE Area! :-)

11/14/2025

KAGR 92.1FM in the Arapahoe Area is temporarily off air due to a technical issue. We hope to return to normal broadcasting tomorrow. The Facebook feed should be available as normal.

Thank you for your patience and God's blessings to each of you.
Pr. M

10/30/2025

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10/24/2025

– In This World You Will Have Trouble –

As we move into October the nights cool and the harvest ramps up, both signaling the change of the season clearly has come. So too is it with the world. Last month we saw much evil perpetrated and the horrors of the evil one rampaging across the globe and here at home. As our Lord Jesus told us, that when the end was near, things would be worse. Granted no one knows the day or the time of our Lord’s return, but clearly, it is nearer now than ever before. One great temptation of these latter days is to credit Satan with any chance of fully destroying God’s people, God’s church on earth and of course nullifying the work of Jesus Christ on the cross. That is why it is dangerous when teachings such as putting Satan on equal footing with God in some so called cosmic battle of good versus evil. But that is not how it is, as Satan is never equal to God and the battle is already won by God.

In September, we examined the first part of the Small Catechism, the 10 Commandments that God gave to mankind as a curb, mirror and guide. These laws of God, a part of His great full council to us from the Scriptures, give us not a hammer to beat ourselves or others, but a picture of what the Godly should aspire to and look to for guidance. Truly, there is a fear for all who simply ignore the Commandments of God and live apart from the mercy and peace of God. Which is why Dr. Martin Luther placed the Apostle’s Creed immediately following the Commandments as the second part of the Catechism. In the Creed, we find application of the 10 Commandments in our life and why we follow our Savior Jesus Christ.

In the Apostle’s Creed we have sure, clear and simple teachings from the Apostolic Fathers about the truths of God and the composition of the Trinity. So, what do we confess about God the Father? “I believe in God, the Father Almighty, maker of Heaven and earth.” Simple, bold and confident that God, not mankind, not random events, but God created all things, including each of us and all that we had, have or ever will have. The greatest of these is Jesus Christ our Lord, who was begotten of the Father before the foundation of the world was laid and then incarnate through Holy Spirit and the Virgin Mary. He is the Savior of the world and through His work in life, in His bitter sufferings and death, in His resurrection and ascension, we have forgiveness, life and salvation.

So, what do we confess about God the Son? “I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord, who was conceived by the Holy Spirit, born of the virgin Mary, suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified, died and was buried. He descended into hell. The third day He rose again from the dead. He ascended into Heaven and sits at the right hand of God the Father Almighty. From thence He will come to judge the living and the dead.” In Christ, in our Baptismal grace, we have put on Jesus Christ and therefore have the salvation Jesus won for us in all that He did, and we have it – now. In our Baptismal grace, we have eternal life – now. In Christ we have all things, and all the things He promises to us. How do we receive those gifts of God in Christ? Through the work of the Holy Spirit.

So, What do we confess about the Holy Spirit? “I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy Christian church, the communion of saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting.” In this short summary of the work of the Holy Spirit, we find the delivery of everything we need in life from God coming to us in the work of the Holy Spirit, which is of course most tangibly visible in the work of the Church. In Baptism, we find new, eternal and abundant life. In the repetition of the liturgy, we find the confidence of the Word of God and God’s forgiveness granted to us boldly and clearly. In Confession and Absolution, we find our hurting hearts and consciences lifted up in God’s merciful forgiving heart. In the Lord’s Supper we find the living Body and Blood of Christ poured out for is to feast on and join in with all the saints that have gone before us in the eternal, ongoing and never ending feast of life.

In each of the Small Catechism’s explanations of the Creed, we find confidence and strength to meet each new day, knowing it is God’s world. Even though we see, hear and read about all kinds of evil, meanness and horror, we do not lose heart or fear, because Christ is our champion. We know that in God’s world Jesus IS the triumphant and victorious Savior and He gives that victory to us His adopted children that victory out of His love for His creation, again – our champion. That is why each section of the Creed’s explanation in the Catechism ends with the wonderful words “This is most certainly true.” For they are the truth and the truth that brings life.

Let us pray that we continue to cling to the truths of the Trinity expressed in the Creed. For God’s help to continue to look to our Catechisms as the wonderful summary it is of the Scriptures and hold fast to God’s abundant forgiveness and love for us. And let us ever be bold to confess our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ as our triumphant and ever loving champion. May God grant this for our sake in the Name of Jesus Christ our Lord who lives and reigns with the Father and the Holy Spirit, one God now and forever. Amen.

In Christ Jesus Precious Name

Pastor James Moshier
Soli Deo Gloria

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