Pastor's Corner

God’s salvation is physical. Jesus, the incarnate Son of God and the eternal second person of the Trinity, became flesh and blood. His death on the cross was a deeply physical suffering for our sin. Consider His thorns, His scourging, His nail-pierced hands. Through His death, God’s judgment against sin is satisfied. By the bloody sweat of Jesus’ brow and the back-breaking weight of carrying His cross, Jesus has undone Adam’s curse. By His physical resurrection, Jesus promise

If you’re of average weight, in 24 hours: Your heart beats 103,680 times You breathe 23,040 cubic feet of air You drink 2.9 pints of liquid You perspire 1.43 pints You generate in energy 450 foot-tons You speak 4,800 words Your nails grow .000046 inches You exercise 7,000,000 brain cells Your blood travels 168,000 miles You eat 3 ¼ pounds of food You lose in weight 7.8 pounds of waste You give off in heat 85.6 degrees, F You turn in your sleep 25 to 35 times You move 750 majo

How does the Holy Spirit accomplish the great work of “calling, gathering, enlightening, and sanctifying the whole Christian Church on earth and keeping it with Jesus Christ in the one true faith?” God could by a mere act of His will impart His Holy Spirit and change our hearts. However, He doesn’t. Rather, God chooses to use definite means in generating and nourishing the “new” life within us through what is called the means of grace, namely the Word of God, Baptism, and t

I have a question for you… which of the following happens every Sunday? You watch a football game on TV. You sleep a little later than on a school day. You celebrate Easter. You hunt for Easter eggs. Well, you know as well as I know football season doesn’t include every Sunday of the year. So that can’t be the right answer. You may or may not get to sleep later. (If you do, I hope you get up early enough to go to church.) So that must not be the right answer either. If you hu

If a deaf person has to go to court, is it still called “a hearing”? No other labor-saving device beats a wastebasket! The irony of life is that, by the time you’re old enough to know your way around, you’re not going anywhere. A woman was trying to get the ketchup out of the jar. During her struggle the phone rang so she asked her 4-year old daughter to answer the phone. “Mommy can’t come to the phone to talk to you right now. She’s hitting the bottle.”

Some people would have you believe that the Lutheran Church and her teachings aren't relevant in today's world. Some people would have you believe that the historic Christian faith is no longer powerful or meaningful as it once was. Some people would have you believe that the crucified and risen Lord Jesus is out-of-step with our lives. To all these people, I say: "NOT SO FAST!" The fact is, the Lutheran Church and all her teachings and doctrines are ALIVE and WELL! The histo