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09/06/2026

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Jeremiah 17:13-14 ▪ Galatians 5:16-24 ▪ ✞ Luke 17:11-19

Theme: Thanksgiving
There is an interesting connection between Sunday's lessons. In Luke 17:10-18 ten lepers asked Jesus to have mercy on them. Jesus healed them by means of his Word. In Galatians 5:16-24, we learn that we inherited the leprous sinful self from Adam. The Holy Spirit cleansed us of the sinful self in the blood of Jesus by means of the Word joined to water, baptism, creating us anew in Christ Jesus. A fruit of this cleansing power of the Word is returning thanks to God.

09/02/2026

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08/30/2026

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Leviticus 18:1-5 ▪ Galatians 3:15-22 ▪ ✞ Luke 10:23-37

The Law cannot help us or give us life. Rather, it confines everyone under sin as wounded and naked before God (Gal. 3:15–22). So it is that two figures of the Law, the priest and the Levite, passed by the injured man on the side of the road (Luke 10:23–37). Only the promised Seed of Abraham can rescue us and make us righteous before God. Only the Samaritan, our Lord Jesus, had compassion. He came down to us in our lost and dying condition, pouring on the oil and wine of the Sacraments. He placed us on His own animal, bearing our sin and brokenness in His body on the cross to restore us. Jesus brought us to the inn, that is, the Church, and gave the innkeeper two denarii, that His double forgiveness might continue to be ministered to us. In this way the Lord, by whose Law we are torn and stricken, heals us and revives us by His Gospel and raises us up with Himself.

08/26/2026

08/23/2026

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Isaiah 29:18-19 ▪ 2 Corinthians 3:4-11 ▪ ✞ Mark 7:31-38

A man who was deaf and therefore also had an impediment in his speech was brought to Jesus (Mark 7:31–37). Jesus put His fingers into the man’s ears, spat and touched his tongue; and sighed “Ephphatha” opening the man’s ears, and loosening his tongue to speak plainly as Isaiah prophesied of the Messiah, “In that day the deaf shall hear the words of a book” (Is. 29:18–24) Even so in Holy Baptism, water sanctified by the words of Jesus’ mouth is applied to us; and the finger of God, that is, the life–giving Holy Spirit (2 Cor. 3:4–11) is put into our ears in the hearing of the baptismal Gospel.

08/19/2026

Our continuing series on the 12 Disciples. Today we learn about Thomas.

08/16/2026

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Theme: Humility - Pharisee and Publican
✞ Luke 18:9-14 ▪ ✞ Matthew 9:9-13

The lowly tax collector who prayed, “God, be merciful to me, a sinner!” was the one who went down to his house justified before God, not the respectable, outwardly righteous Pharisee who trusted in himself and his own good living (Luke 18:9–14). The one who penitently despairs of his own righteousness and relies completely on the atoning mercy of God in Christ is the one who is declared righteous. A real life example of that is the Pharisees' reaction to Jesus calling the tax collector, Matthew, to follow Him. (Matthew 9:9-13)

08/15/2026

Our continuing series on the 12 Disciples. Today we learn about John.