Posts from June 2022

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Fourth Sunday after Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Christ Provides Ministers to Proclaim His Word Christ has not only given us his powerful Word. In his grace, he gives us ministers who proclaim that Word to us in whatever ways we need at the time: words of comfort, words of instruction, or even words of rebuke. They humbly assume […]

Third Sunday after Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: A Focused Savior Has Focused Followers There are different types of followers: the half-hearted versus the committed. Jesus is uninterested in half-hearted followers who shoehorn him into their lives only when their other pursuits provide time for the Christ. Jesus wants followers who are all-in… who love him above all things… […]

Second Sunday after Pentecost

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Through the Word, the Lord’s Reign Over Evil Advances Jesus still drives back Satan and his allies just as he drove out demons while he walked the earth. Even though we must wait for the day of Satan’s final banishment to the abyss, the gospel has the power to break Satan’s […]

First Sunday after Pentecost – Holy Trinity

by Jo Witt

Theme of the Day: Through the Word, the Triune God Blesses Us The revelation of the Triune God is never a dry, boring or abstract doctrinal treatise. God reveals himself as three-in-one and one-in-three in order to bless us. Our creeds and confessions summarize the revelation God gives from the first verse of Genesis to […]