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Recently in Bible Class, a question was asked about the canon of the Holy Scriptures. We will spend one week on how the canon was formed and how we came to have the books in the Holy Bible that are declared to be our Scriptures and the Word of God.

Jesus is the Good Shepherd. He gave His life for the sheep. Risen from the dead, He continues to lead us to the green pastures of His Word and the living waters of Baptism and Holy Communion. He leads us through the valley of the shadow of death, to eternal life. All we like sheep have gone astray, but now we have returned to the Shepherd and Ruler of our souls.

In this sermon we follow the accounts in Mark 16 of the women who went to the tomb very early in the morning. What did they see and hear, and what does it mean for us today?

In this sermon we learn the meaning of the word “cemetery,” and why, because of Jesus’ death and resurrection, the graves of all saints are glorious.

In this sermon we enter the Garden of Gethsemane and consider the great sufferings our Lord underwent. The Lord is faithful to the end.

In this sermon Pr. Seifferlein uses the Lord’s Prayer to reflect on the happenings of Holy Week

In this sermon we enter the Upper Room where Jesus washed the disciples’ feet. What is the meaning of this act, and does it continue today?

In bible class today, Pr. Seifferlein reflected on the purpose and hope of the Christian Funeral

On Palm Sunday we welcome Jesus as He comes among us. We cheer Him on with great rejoicing. Our Savior has arrived to save us from sin, death, and hell through His triumphant victory on the cross. Jesus arrives to give His life as a sacrifice for many. “The hour has come for the Son of Man to be glorified. Truly, truly, I say to you, unless a grain of wheat falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it bears much fruit. Whoever loves his life loses it, and whoever hates his life in this world will keep it for eternal life.” John 12:23-25 Jesus is willing and glad to give His life to us. Hosanna in the Highest! Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord. The King of Israel has arrived!

Join us for our Midweek Lenten Services where this year we consider the theme, “I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body.” This evening we will conclude our study of Paul’s preaching in 1 Corinthians 15 as we consider, “The Final Trumpet.”

Solomon concludes the book of Ecclesiastes (12:9-14) with comments on his life’s work of collecting wisdom as well as a final admonition of the ultimate purpose of our lives here.

Jesus prays for deliverance from His Father even as conflict with the Jewish religious leaders increases. The crosses are veiled, and the Gloria Patri is not sung signifying a deepening of the season of Lent. There is nothing stopping the inevitable. We are headed to the cross.

Join us for our Midweek Lenten Services where this year we consider the theme, “I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body.” We will study Paul’s preaching in 1 Corinthians 15. This week we will consider, “What the resurrected body will be like – Part 2.”

We will conclude our study of the book of Ecclesiastes. Solomon will speak of the joys of youth and the challenges of old age. Then he will give his final advice as to what the true meaning of life is here on earth.

In the middle of the wilderness the Lord provides food to hungry thousands. In the middle of Lent we are given an oasis of joy to see the bread of life that our Lord gives to us. Moses gave the manna in the wilderness and the people died. Jesus gives the bread, by which a man eats of it, he will live forever. The bread Jesus gives is His flesh, which He gives for the life of the world.

We will gather to study Ecclesiastes 11. Solomon wraps up the book with two final chapters on random lessons about wisdom.

Jesus casts out demons but is accused of operating in league with Satan. Skepticism abounds, but Christ patiently teaches. He comes to overthrow the devil’s kingdom and all his lies, not work with him. He brings His Word so that the houses of our bodies might have no room for Satan and his demonic activity. Another Sunday in Lent gathers us around the theme of Satan, his deceits, and Christ’s battle to defeat him.

The Second Sunday of Lent is known as Remember Sunday (This title comes from the Latin word reminiscere and is drawn from the first word of the Introit, the first psalm of the day, Psalm 25:6). On this Sunday we pray for the Lord to remember us. We pray this though, not on account of any merit or worthiness in us, but according to His mercy. God answers our pleas by giving us His Son Jesus, assuring us that His help is for us and that He remembers us even when we are spiritually and physically destitute. As we are in the season of Lent, we think also of the thief on the cross who asked the Lord to remember him too. Though he had nothing to offer Jesus but faith, Jesus said to this man who had ruined everything in his life and was suffering from capital punishment, “Today you will be with Me in Paradise.” God rejoices in those who come bringing nothing and desiring everything from Him.

70. 60. 50. 40. The countdown to Easter has begun! On this Sunday known as “Sexagesima” (60 Sunday) we are reminded that in two months we will be there. The suffering of this present age that is caused by our sin will one day come to an end as the joy of everlasting life with Christ and the resurrection of the dead will commence. This Sunday we join the multitudes with Jesus as He tells the parable of the Sower & the Seed. We will learn about the enemies to our faith and how the devil wishes to snatch the Word about Christ from our hearts.

We welcome The Rev. Joseph Ochola Omolo with us today, presiding bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Kenya (ELCK). The ELCK has 520 congregations and 100,000 baptized members, with 121 active pastors and 200 evangelists. We pray the Lord’s blessings on his work. “Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth.” 2 Tim. 2:15

On Septuagesima Sunday we recount our Lord’s parable the workers in the vineyard. Though life called to the Lord’s work is full of toil and labor in this world of sin and trouble, we also live under a good and gracious master who will give us either what He has promised or more. Though we cannot always understand His ways of operation, we know that He will do whatever is right because He loves us dearly.