Dear Saints of the Lord, Jesus tells the story of the “Good Samaritan” in response to the young man’s question, “Who is my neighbor?” The young man wanted to justify himself. We know what the Law says: Love your neighbor. Our sinful flesh, though, wants to wiggle out of that by thinking we can be […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH NEWS Friday, August 20, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, What goes in our ears comes out of our mouths. When our ears are filled with junk, trash talking, arguments, gossip, insults, arguments and such things, guess what we’ll talk about and complain […]
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Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, I often hear the words, “I just don’t understand how other people ______.” Maybe it’s “can do that” or “live without God” or “think that” or whatever you say to fill in that blank. It’s inevitable that our Old Adam will compare us to others so that we look […]
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ZION LUTHERAN CHURCH Friday, August 6, 2021 Click to open this email in your browser Dear Holy Ones of the Lord, Sunday’s Gospel reading is a stark call to repentance: Jesus shows up: do we care? Jesus wept over Jerusalem because that was God’s own special people, chosen through the line of Abraham for generations. […]
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