Glory to God Lutheran Church

Glory to God Lutheran Church To God be the Glory!

As a family of believers, Glory to God Lutheran Church uses God's Word to proclaim Jesus' Christ's death and resurrection for all, to nurture members, to offer hope to the lost, and to support our community.

Beginning Sunday, June 21, our weekly worship service will be at 5:00 pm on Sundays. We are making this temporary change...
06/11/2026

Beginning Sunday, June 21, our weekly worship service will be at 5:00 pm on Sundays. We are making this temporary change so that we can help serve our brothers and sisters at Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete, IL, who will be without a pastor for about 6 weeks.

We pray that you are able to join us at this new time, and we ask that you keep Trinity and our ministry in your prayers during this period of transition!

The Lord gave to Isaiah a vision of the throneroom of heaven. Surrounding the throne were angels who sang the chorus: ho...
05/29/2026

The Lord gave to Isaiah a vision of the throneroom of heaven. Surrounding the throne were angels who sang the chorus: holy, holy, holy is the Lord Almighty. Sometimes, grand words are set aside so that we can declare simple truths. The Lord is holy. He is set apart from his creation, he is above and beyond in ways that our minds cannot comprehend.

These words are worth meditating on as we celebrate what has become known as "Trinity Sunday." On this day, we consider the mystery that was revealed to us in Scripture that God is Triune, that he is three Persons (Father, Son, and Spirit) and yet he is only one divine being. As Scripture unfolds this beautiful truth for us, we are reminded of the words of the angels that God is "holy, holy, holy." He is so far beyond us that we cannot understand him. He is so powerful and vast that we cannot hope to know him. And yet, he makes himself known to us. He wants us to know his Three-in-One nature, even if we can't comprehend it. He wants us to know of his eternal love for us. How great is our God, that though the whole earth is full of his glory, he would come to us in his Word that we might know him. The Lord Almighty is truly holy and worthy of praise.

Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after he rose from the dead (see Acts 1:3–9). The celebration of his ascension became...
05/15/2026

Jesus ascended into heaven 40 days after he rose from the dead (see Acts 1:3–9). The celebration of his ascension became one of the first and one of the most joyful celebrations in the life of the early church. At first glance, it might seem strange. Why celebrate that Jesus left? But that isn't really what happened. Yes, he was taken up into heaven, but there was far more to Ascension than Jesus no longer being visible on earth as he had been between his conception and ascension. No, Jesus went into heaven so that he could sit at the right hand of the Father and rule the world. In a profound and mysterious way, Jesus' Ascension was a descending. He went into heaven so that he could fill the whole earth with his presence, so that he could rule all things for the sake of his Bride, the Church.

So, the celebration of Ascension is not a celebration that Jesus left us, but rather that Jesus, our brother in the flesh and our Savior, has taken his place at the right hand of the Father and is with us all every day. Because of the Ascension, we are never without Jesus' presence and Jesus' promises. Feel like the world is chaotic? Jesus is in charge of all things. Feel like no one notices your pain? Jesus is beside you every day. Never will he leave us. Never will he forsake us. He is with us always to the very end of the age. That was his promise, and the Ascension is the proof that he rules for us. To Jesus Christ be all power, glory, praise, and honor, now and forever! Amen!

Jesus makes a claim that is both fully inclusive and fully exclusive. He tells the world that he is the way, the truth a...
05/01/2026

Jesus makes a claim that is both fully inclusive and fully exclusive. He tells the world that he is the way, the truth and life. His way, truth, and life are available for all people of all time! That is how inclusive Jesus is. There is no race, age, gender, or wage prerequisite. But, Jesus is also exclusive in the most serious of terms. There is no life, no truth, no way to heaven apart from Jesus. It isn't that he doesn't want us to save ourselves, it's that we cannot save ourselves, we cannot invent life, we cannot attain truth. We are simply too sinful. Without Christ, there is no path to heaven. But because of his death on the cross and his resurrection, Jesus has made a way for us all, a way to truth, a way to life.

This is both a warning and an encouragement. The warning is simple: you cannot get to the Father except through Christ and his work of redemption on our behalf. The encouragement is profound: Christ has cleared the way for us to heaven by his work on the cross, he has given us truth in his Word, and he has promised life for all who believe in him. May the Lord be praised for sending Jesus to be our way, for revealing him through the Word, and granting us the faith to believe!

A shepherd watches over his sheep. A good shepherd cares for his sheep like they are his own children. A shepherd will f...
04/24/2026

A shepherd watches over his sheep. A good shepherd cares for his sheep like they are his own children. A shepherd will find food and water for his sheep. A good shepherd will find the best food and the calmest waters to feed his sheep. A shepherd will protect his sheep. A good shepherd will defend his sheep with his life. Jesus is not just a shepherd, he is our good shepherd. He came into the world and laid down his life for you and me, his sheep. We know him. He sent his apostles to teach the world about him. We know him from the words that the Holy Spirit has accompanied and preserved for the past 2,000 years, with the promise to preserve that Word beyond the end of the world. He is the shepherd that will come after us when we stray, who sends under-shepherds into the fields to care for us and provide for our needs, who sends his Word into the world to gain more and more sheep for himself. He is our good shepherd.

As we reflect on Jesus as our Good Shepherd, we pray that the Lord grant us a humble spirit which is willing, able, and excited to be sheep in the flock of the Good Shepherd. There is no better place to be, there is no better shepherd. He knows you, and because of the Word, you know him.

I've always wanted to listen into the conversation that Jesus had with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. For the ...
04/17/2026

I've always wanted to listen into the conversation that Jesus had with the two disciples on the road to Emmaus. For the whole story, read Luke 24:13–35. Luke summarizes almost the entire content of what Jesus said to them with these words: And beginning with Moses and all the Prophets, he explained to them what was said in all the Scriptures concerning himself. (Lk 24:27) It was a sermon on the whole OId Testament, preached by Jesus, about why he had to suffer and rise again on the third day. How cool would that sermon be!? The disciples, who for some reason didn't realize that it was Jesus talking to them, only heard the words of Scripture and the Spirit worked in them an understanding that they didn't have before.

It would be nice to hear that sermon, but Luke doesn't record it because we don't need it. We have Moses and all the Prophets—the Spirit has preserved them for us. We have the teachings of the Apostles in the New Testament that explain to us how all Scripture points us to Christ. What this means for me and you is that our hearts can burn within us as well as we hear the Word explained to us, as the scriptures are opened to us and the Spirit works an understanding of the Word in our hearts. This is why reading our Bibles is so important, and this is why weekly worship is so important. It is in these places where the Lord comes to us and reveals himself, where the Spirit enriches our hearts and gives us a true and living hope.

Hundreds would see Jesus in the flesh after his resurrection, but he wasn't going to stick around forever. Soon after hi...
04/10/2026

Hundreds would see Jesus in the flesh after his resurrection, but he wasn't going to stick around forever. Soon after his resurrection, Jesus would ascend into heaven to take his place at the right hand of God from where he judges the living and the dead. Yet, Jesus did not leave his disciples without a purpose or without proof of his resurrection. He left his Word, and his Word has been powerful enough to convince billions of his resurrection who never got to see him in the flesh. Through the Word, through the work of the apostles who were eye-witensses of the resurrection, many have believed.

Jesus assures us in these words that we don't have to see him with our eyes today in order to believe. In the next verses, John explains, "Jesus performed many other signs in the presence of his disciples, which are not recorded in this book. But these are written that you may believe that Jesus is the Messiah, the Son of God, and that by believing you may have life in his name." (Jn 20:30–31) Jesus left the disciples to write down, to teach, to proclaim the Good News of the resurrection, a good news that you and I know and believe because of the power of the Word accompanied by the Holy Spirit. We truly are blessed that we could believe such a life-saving, life-giving truth!

The moment had arrived. Everyone was anticipating what it would look like for the Son of Man to be glorified. God had is...
03/27/2026

The moment had arrived. Everyone was anticipating what it would look like for the Son of Man to be glorified. God had issued 10 plagues in Egypt when it was time for his people to leave there. God parted the Red Sea for them on their way out of Egypt, then parted the Jordan River when they were to enter the Promised Land under the leadership of Joshua. But now the greater prophet had arrived, the Son of Man, the one that all the Scriptures spoke about. What would his glory look like? It would certainly be much more magnificent than anything that had happened, right?

On Palm Sunday, they thought they understood. The crowds gathered around as Jesus entered Jerusalem to shouts of "Hosanna" in the streets. He was riding on a donkey, and that was the same animal that David rode into Jerusalem when he was the victorious king. Sure, there was no army. But that would come soon, right? This was Great David's greater son, afterall.

What the disciples so often needed reminding of is that Jesus' glory is not in the things of this world. His greatest glory was the cross and the tomb. For it was on the cross that he defeated humanity's greatest enemy: sin. It was in the tomb where he defeated humanity's greatest fear: death. He does not rejoice in the suffering of the wicked, but he glories in the victory that he was able to win for you. The hour has now arrived. It is almost Holy Week. Let us fix our eyes on the cross, on the tomb, on the debt paid, on the victory won.

Holy Week is just around the corner!
03/26/2026

Holy Week is just around the corner!

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