Aug 31, 2022 | News, Newsletter: District Connections, Newsletter: Earthen Vessels, Newsletter: IN-KY Lutheran Schools, President
So Abraham called the name of that place, “The LORD will provide.” Genesis 22:14a To All God’s People Throughout the Indiana District: As I depart the office of the District President I have been asked to write a “farewell”. The more I have considered this word,...Aug 31, 2022 | News, Newsletter: Earthen Vessels, President
“By this we know love, that he laid down his life for us.” (1 John 3:16a) (Devotion Drawn from the Old Testament) When they spoke or wrote in Greek, the Jews referred to their burnt offering as a holocaust sacrifice. In the Greek holocaust means totally...Aug 24, 2022 | News, Newsletter: Earthen Vessels, President
“For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” (2 Corinthians 5:21) (Devotion Drawn from the Old Testament) For the Jewish feast called the Day of Atonement, God required two identical goats....Aug 17, 2022 | News, Newsletter: Earthen Vessels, President
“But when Christ had offered for all time a single sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.” (Hebrews 10:12) (Devotion Drawn from the Old Testament) On the Jewish Day of Atonement the high priest would sacrifice the superlative Jewish sin...Aug 10, 2022 | News, Newsletter: Earthen Vessels, President
“If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just to forgive us our sins and to cleanse us from all unrighteousness.” (1 John 1:9) (Devotion Drawn from the Old Testament) Non-Christians—and often Christians—have the misconception that only evil and...