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...