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What do you do when it feels like God is sitting on his hands? The prophet Isaiah's passionate prayer helps us, especially as we look for Christ's return this Advent season.
The Countdown Continues to Timelessness with Jesus
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On the last Sunday of the church year, St. Paul encourages us to think about how we will be with the Lord forever when he returns.
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Pastor Wayne Shevey served as our guest preacher. Pastor Shevey serves as a campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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As we wait for the day of the Lord, St. Paul assures us that we know two important things -- both what's coming on that day and who we are in God's sight right now.
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Reformation Sunday is NOT about us boasting that we're Lutherans. It's not about elevating Martin Luther to the status of Jesus Christ (or even the prophets and apostles, for that matter). Reformation Sunday is about taking comfort in what God has declared each one of us not guilty of our sins because of Jesus Christ.
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Pastor Wayne Shevey served as our guest preacher. Pastor Shevey is a campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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You have been connected to Jesus Christ as closely as a branch is to a vine. But now what? What comes next? God the Father gets to pruning, and you'll be better for it.
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Holy Communion contains the true body and blood of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ under the bread and wine. So, it's an opportunity to spend time with Jesus himself.
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The world is a big and scary place. That's why VIP's have bodyguards. Each Christian is a very important person to God, and so he assures you that you have something on your side to guard you in all your ways.
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The gospel is good news because it has no limits to God's grace and forgiveness. That's true when it's applied to you. That's also true when you get to apply it to others, even those who repeatedly sin against you.
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Pastor Wayne Shevey was our guester preacher, and he serves as a pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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Those who know the gospel have nothing to fear about what others think of them. They also don't need to fear trying to win others back from sin and to the gospel.
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Because we're sinful, our concerns are not always the things that God wants us to be concerned about. So, what should be our chief concern? The cross of Christ and our own individual crosses. Our own crosses help us see more clearly the need for Christ. Jesus' cross helps us see how much he has fulfilled that need.
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Why does God bother to proclaim a name for himself that he's already given to Israel and to explain it when he had before? Because they needed to hear it again and take it to heart. So do we.
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In this sinful world with sinful humans, there are so many things that can keep us far away from God and divide us from each other. But in Christ Jesus, we who were once far away have been brought near both to God and to each other!
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When God's prophet says some embarrassing things, how does God respond? God responded not so much with a great show of power but with a gentle whisper and his gracious promises.
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Pastor Wayne Shevey served as our guest preacher. Pastor Shevey is a campus pastor serving at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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The Feeding of the Five Thousand shows the limitations that we sinful creatures have, but it also highlights the abundant amount of time, power, and compassion that Jesus shares with every single soul and body.
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Jesus assures you that you own treasure. His final parables in Matthew chapter 13 help us understand what kind of treasure, how we got it, and what we're to do with it.
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The old English idiom uses "green grass" as an analogy for a good, strong life. God's revelation through Isaiah tells us exactly where to find the greenest grass.
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In our pursuit of righteousness, we are encouraged by what Christ did for us in the past and what God promises to bring about in the future.
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Our guest preacher was Pastor Wayne Shevey, who serves as a campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College in Milwaukee.
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God wants his pure word preached persistently. Why? Because if physically you are what you eat, then spiritually you are what is preached to you and from your lips.
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Every Christian has been commissioned by Jesus Christ to go out into the world. But your Jesus does not send you out there empty. He gives you something for your journey.
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From the burning bush 1,400 years before Christ to Wind Lake two thousand years after Christ's ascension, you can be sure that the great I AM is sending ministers to you so that he himself can serve you and deliver you.
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The opening verses of Scripture give us the basics of God -- who he is, what he does, how he does them. While it all adds up to a high and holy mystery, this gives us a God we can believe in and have full confidence in.
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Pastor Wayne Shevey served as our guest preacher. He serves as a campus pastor at Wisconsin Lutheran College.
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The Day of Pentecost is sometimes called "the birthday of the Christian church." St. Paul assures you that as you're receiving some of those birthday gifts.
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When children become orphans, it's always because of tragic circumstances. Your Jesus promises you that no tragedy will tear you away from him.
