Reformation Lutheran Church, Culpeper VA

Reformation Lutheran Church, Culpeper VA We believe & confess the Bible is God’s revealed Word to us, spoken in Law & Gospel. The Bible is our final authority in all matters of faith & life.

601 Madison Road, Culpeper Virginia 22701
(540) 825-1376 Church Office

Worship, Wednesday 12 noon

Worship, Wednesday 7 pm
Facebook Live, 7 pm

Praise Worship, Saturday Evening 6 pm
Facebook Live, 6pm

Spirited Traditional Worship, Sunday Morning 8 am
Facebook Live, 8am

Spirited Traditional Worship, Sunday Morning 10:30am

06/08/2026

Today's Morning Greeting.
Written by Dave Lambert

Good morning! Over the years I’ve prayed with many people, both individually and in groups and I’ve often heard people pray, “Lord, Please send us Your blessing.” Or, “Oh God, bless the work of this ministry!” And why not? We all want to live in the blessing of God. So where is that place…and how do we get to it? This morning, let’s take a few moments to explore this issue and see what the Bible has to say about it:

How wonderful it is, how pleasant, for God's people to live together in harmony! It is like the precious anointing oil running down from Aaron's head and beard, down to the collar of his robes. It is like the dew on Mount Hermon, falling on the hills of Zion. That is where the Lord has promised his blessing— life that never ends.

Psalm 133:1–3

I love the psalmist's closing phrase, “That is where the LORD has promised His blessing.” In fact, most translations say that “There, God has commanded the blessing.” It doesn’t just happen on its own - God commands it! In today’s passage we discover a great secret: the place of unity with God’s people is the place where God has promised His blessing. You know it’s true in your own experience, don’t you? Life flows out of unity, out of being together and sharing the life of Christ. The psalmist says this about unity: “It is like the precious anointing oil running down from Aaron's head and beard, down to the collar of his robes.” What a wonderful word-picture! It’s like the oil that was poured on the head of Aaron the High Priest. It flowed from the top of his head down to his beard and ran down to the collar of his robes. We do not have to chase it, we do not have to talk God into it; we just have to meet His conditions. As we seek to live in harmony with God’s people, we move into the experience of unity and blessing. Life lived together in God isn’t just happier though; it’s a way that you and I can live and experience the one blessing that can’t be experienced in any other relationship. That's knowing God; that's everlasting life...and that's very Good News!

06/07/2026

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06/06/2026

Conversion

06/05/2026

Today's Morning Greeting.

Good morning! When I was growing up, nearly everyone I knew was a member of some church. It was rare in those days to meet someone who had never heard the Gospel. Today though, we live in a society in which many adults have never even been inside a church. I sometimes hear people, even Christians, saying things like, "Religion is a private matter." Really? I don't think religion is a private matter at all. If we love Jesus we must let people know. If you and I want them to experience the saving grace of Jesus we have to tell them about it. They can't know if nobody tells them! This morning, let's consider together just two passages that can help us to see that religion isn't a private matter at all:

Jesus came and told his disciples, "I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit. Teach these new disciples to obey all the commands I have given you." Matt 28:18-20

Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Col. 3:23-24

Today's first passage is very familiar and is sometime called the Great Commission. Jesus tells His disciples to "Go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit." He says to go everywhere and tell everyone about Him so that they can become His disciples. That doesn't sound very "private" to me! In our second passage Paul writes to the congregation at Colossae, telling them to do everything "heartily, as for the Lord and not men." That's not private, either. When we go out into the world, you and I are to be public disciples of Jesus following and proclaiming Him in everything we do. Let me ask you this: If the people you met last week were asked if you were a follower of Jesus, how would they answer? Would they be surprised to learn that you were devoted to loving and serving Jesus with "whatever you do"?

06/04/2026

Today's Morning Greeting.

Good morning! Have you settled your eternal destiny with God? There is probably no question more imperative than that one. In Matthew's gospel account, Jesus makes two statements that reveal that the question must be answered and it must be answered before it's too late. This morning, let's look together at these two statements and consider what they have to say to us about our own future realities:

“Come, you who are blessed by my Father, inherit the Kingdom prepared for you from the creation of the world.” Matthew 25:34 NLT.

“Then the King will turn to those on the left and say, ‘Away with you, you cursed ones, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his demons’” Matthew 25:41 NLT

In our first passage, Jesus makes an amazing statement: God has been preparing a Kingdom for you and me since the creation of the world. We won't stay forever on a planet filled with sin and brokenness. We can choose to go to a place where we will be in God’s Presence forever. According to Jesus, that Kingdom is a real place. Our second passage is only a few verses later and that passage reveals that hell is also a real place. Jesus tells us that hell was prepared for the devil and his angels, creatures who rebelled against God. But He says that now it is also a reality for those who choose to reject God. I'll ask again: Have you settled your eternal destiny with God? If you have, rejoice! If you have not, today can be your day! Confess your sins to God, repent, and surrender your life to Him. Turn to Christ before it's too late. God wants you to live forever with Him in His heavenly Kingdom...and that's very Good News!

06/03/2026

New

06/03/2026

All - for clarity, the Morning Greeting daily devotional is written by Dave Lambert, not Pastor Brad, who continues to be in robust good health. Dave, not Pastor Brad, is the person who is recovering from double pneumonia.

06/03/2026

Today's Morning Greeting.

Good morning! One thing I like to stress in my conversations with people is Jesus' humility. The Old Testament tells us that the Messiah will be humble. The New Testament also shows us His humility. If anyone demonstrated humilty so that we might understand and follow it, it's Jesus. He stopped along the way to speak with lepers. He was often criticized by the religious leaders of His day for hanging out with the wrong kinds of people. Even though He was sinless, He obediently went to the cross. He served His disciples, washing their feet. He demonstrated humility in practical ways. Today's passage impressed me recently as a different demonstration of Jesus' humility. I've never thought about it that way until now so let's read it together:

And I will ask the Father, and he will give you another Helper, to be with you forever, even the Spirit of truth, whom the world cannot receive, because it neither sees him nor knows him. You know him, for he dwells with you and will be in you.

John 14:16-17 ESV

The Greek word for "Helper" that Jesus used in today's passage is "Paracletus", "meaning one called alongside to help". The Amplified version says, "Comforter, Advocate, Intercessor—Counselor, Strengthener, Standby". That's a lot for the Holy Spirit to do! One thing I like about today's passage in the ESV is that Jesus calls the Spirit, "another Helper", suggesting that Jesus also considered Himself a Helper. That's pretty humble for a person who actually is God, isn't it? Much of what passes for Christianity today isn't humble at all. We demand our rights. We seek political power. We treat others with disdain. We complain when we don't get our way. I think Christians today can learn a lot about humility from Jesus; I know I can. How about you? How are you demonstrating humility in your relationships and in your daily experience?

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