Pointing to the Rock of Ages Not the labor of my hands Can fulfill Thy Law’s demands; Could my zeal no respite know, Could my tears forever flow, All for sin could not atone; Thou must save, and Thou alone. (LSB 761:2) While the classic hymn “Rock of Ages” shows up in the Lutheran Service Book in the “Hope and Comfort” section, it can also teach us a valuable lesson about Christian stewardship. If that surprises you, stay with me on this one.  No Lutheran would ever dispute t

“Do not be conformed to this world, but be transformed by the renewing of your mind, that you may prove what is that good and acceptable and perfect will of God.” Romans 12:2 A number of years ago an article was published in Modern Reformation entitled Wanted: Thinking Christians. The writer argued that there is hardly a Christian mind at all today in the sense of a common way of thinking as Christian people. He says that we act and we react but do not consider nor contemplat

"Accept, I pray, the freewill offerings of my mouth, O LORD.” Psalm 119:108 In the Divine Service the Offertory was anciently a chant of...

" But grow in the grace and knowledge of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. To him be the glory both now and to the day of eternity....

" Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord,...

As the deer pants for the water brooks, So pants my soul for You, O God. My soul thirsts for God, for the living God. When shall I come...

He who descended is the one who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. - Ephesians 4:10 During this time...

I would have lost heart, unless I had believed That I would see the goodness of the LORD In the land of the living. Psalm 27:13 This has...

By the waters of Babylon, there we sat down and wept, when we remembered Zion…How shall we sing the LORD's song in a foreign land? If I...

The people who walked in darkness Have seen a great light; Those who dwelt in the land of the shadow of death, Upon them a light has...

“ Blessed is He who comes in the name of the LORD!" -Matthew 21:9 As I shared in a recent sermon, here we are at the beginning of another...

“Freely you have received, freely give!” Matthew 10:8. Freely receiving the disciples freely give back. These men are sent out by the...