by St Michael Lutheran Church | Dec 23, 2025 | Blogs, Home Page
Luke 2:7-20; Isaiah 9:2-7; Psalm 96; Titus 2:11-14THE INCARANTION—GREATEST OF WONDERSThink about all the great wonders and miracles of our most omnipotent God. Maybe we would start with creation. The vastness and order among seemingly random chaos boggles the mind of...
by St Michael Lutheran Church | Dec 17, 2025 | Blogs, Home Page
The readings for the third Sunday of Advent present a unified vision: Christ the Victor has come, is coming, and will come again. Isaiah proclaims the triumph that transforms all creation. James calls us to patient endurance as we live between Christ’s victory...
by St Michael Lutheran Church | Dec 7, 2025 | Blogs, Home Page
Isaiah 11:1-10 The line of kings of Israel has collapsed. King David’s dynasty is no more. But a shoot from a dead tree stump will emerge. God gives us the shoot from Jesse, David’s father, to fulfill the prophecy that the Messiah would come from the line of David...
by St Michael Lutheran Church | Dec 2, 2025 | Blogs
In Matthew 24, Jesus strongly encourages His followers to be aware of His returning to this Earth; that is His second coming. 42 “Therefore, be on the alert, for you do not know which day your Lord is coming. There will be signs, precursors of His...
by St Michael Lutheran Church | Nov 25, 2025 | Blogs
The readings this week present what appears as a stunning paradox: the King who reigns from a tree, the Shepherd who saves by dying, the Lord of glory crowned with thorns. From Jeremiah’s indictment of faithless shepherds to Paul’s exaltation of...
