Who Baptizes?

Is baptism a work of God or a work of man? Evangelicals, Baptists, and just about everyone who denies baptist to children say: Baptism is a work of man. Here’s how the Baptist Faith and Message (2000) gives it to us: Christian baptism is the immersion of a believer in water in the name of [...]

Sermon: The Baby Names of Jesus

INJ Isaiah 9:6-7 ‘Baby Names’ Divine Service The First Sunday of Christmas | December 26th, 2010 Dear Saints, Merry Christmas! Our Christmas joy and feasting and gladness continues this morning. In fact, the joy that Christmas brings, the joy of having our God in our flesh and blood, in our place on the cross, and [...]

Christmas Eve Sermon: A Shocking Christmas

INJ Luke 2:1-14 ‘Christmas Surprises’ Candlelight Service Christmas Eve | December 24th, 2010 Dear Saints, Merry Christmas! Christ is born, the long-expected One, the Savior, the one who will save us from sin and death and the devil has come, and we are the recipients of His life and death, His mercy and forgiveness, and [...]

Goeglein on Temptation

Evan (who is a celebrity because of his work on Table Talk Radio) preached yesterday about Hope. His topic was suffering and spiritual warfare, and he pointed out two temptations that come with suffering. The first is despair that sounds like this, “I’m suffering because I’m a sinner.” The devil tempts us to think that [...]

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Sermon: The Good Confession of John the Baptist

Sermon audio is down over here (Hope Sermon Audio). INJ John 1:19-28 ‘The Good Confession of John’ Divine Service Rorate Colei, Advent 4 | December 19th, 2010 Dear Saints, Of all the names for death in the Bible, my favorite is seeing the face of Jesus (Revelation 22:4). How wonderful it will be, when we [...]

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A Picture of Law and Gospel

It’s from Lucas Cranach, and titled “Law and Grace,” and it’s beautiful. In fact, I printed about a dozen copies of this image on card stock, and I carry them around in my notebook in case I need to explain the distinction of law and Gospel to a stranger. So, here’s a game for the [...]

Baptismal Certificates: Awesome

I’m kind of excited about this. A long time ago I started working on a baptismal certificate design that would help teach the fantastic gifts of baptism. A very good friend of mine, Jason, who is a graphic designer, helped put it all together. (Really, he did all the work.) We’ve finished them up, and [...]

Prayer: Mystical or Militaristical?

I don’t think it’s a word, either… (Gary: Warning! This post is 123 words over your limit, and the last 45 words are the best ones!) As far as I’m concerned, Luther’s Large Catechism commentary on the Lord Prayer is the greatest writing on prayer ever penned outside the Scripture. Now this could be because [...]