Take and Eat

When we stop to think about what is happening at this unique meal, set aside for the people of God, we have to be bowled over and blown away by the splendor of the sacrifice that made the feast possible.

Robert Kolb

The Soul Care of the Preacher (Part Three): You Are Not the Savior

I wrote a sentence in the front of my Prayer Book, a line I still return to often: There is only one Savior of the universe, and you are not it.

Jacob Smith

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Helps For This Sunday

Old Testament

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
15 mins read | 03/22/26

Old Testament: Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Lent 5: Series A)

Even if the only thing remaining of you is your bones, even if you are dead in sins and trespasses (like Ezekiel’s hearers and...

Epistle

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
18 mins read | 03/22/26

Epistle: Romans 8:1-11 (Lent 5: Series A)

Location determines reality, and when you are in Christ, you do not have less condemnation, or delayed condemnation. You just...

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
10 mins read | 03/22/26

Gospel: John 11:1-45 (Lent 5: Series A)

For those who are in Christ, death no longer has the final say.

Videos For This Sunday

Old Testament

Adam Stetson Adam Stetson
1 min read | 03/22/26

Can These Bones Live?

Old Testament: Ezekiel 37:1-14 (Lent 5: Series A)

Epistle

Dan Chrismer Dan Chrismer
1 min read | 03/22/26

Free in Christ!

Epistle: Romans 8:1-11 (Lent 5: Series A)

Gospel

Paul Koch Paul Koch
1 min read | 03/22/26

The Resurrection and the Life!

Gospel: John 11:1-45 (Lent 5: Series A)

Helps For Next Sunday

Old Testament

Old Testament: Isaiah 50:4-9a (Palm Sunday: Series A)

Bob Sundquist Bob Sundquist
20 mins read | 03/29/26
What does it mean to listen to Jesus? What does it mean to follow Him as He suffers?

Epistle

Epistle: Philippians 2:5-11 (Palm Sunday: Series A)

CJ Armstrong CJ Armstrong
20 mins read | 03/29/26
He chooses to become least, to go down, to become nothing, to empty Himself, to humble Himself, to become obedient even to the...

Gospel

Gospel: John 12:12-19 (Palm Sunday: Series A)

Paul Koch Paul Koch
8 mins read | 03/29/26
Of all Sundays, this one does not stand on its own. Use this Sunday as a launching point for the week that looms ahead.

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