Shepherd of the Hills Lutheran Church is having two services celebrating the Resurrection of our Lord. Both are on Easter Sunday, April 24th. The first service is at 7:00 AM; the second is at 10:30. Between both services, we will be having an Easter breakfast. Come and be fed in Word and Sacrament as our […]
Palm Sunday: Philippians 4:4-9
April 17, 2011 by
Lent is now ending. And so we start to lay our Lenten meditations aside, and walk with our Lord through the last week of His earthly life. For this is the week of weeks. And in this week, our Lord is especially calling you to fix your eyes on Him. As we enter Holy Week, […]
Holy Week Services
April 14, 2011 by
Come join us for our Holy Week services. Palm Sunday: In this service, we celebrate the joy of Jesus, our King, not only being near us, but even coming to us in Word and Sacrament that He may also be in us. The Palm Sunday service is on Sunday, April 17th, at 9:30 AM. Maundy […]
Jesus’ Glory Hidden in His Powerful Word: Luke 23:32-43
April 13, 2011 by
We have finally followed Jesus up to the hill called Golgotha, the place of the skull. At the beginning of Lent, Jesus called us to follow Him there, not so we could help Him, but that He would show us His true glory hidden in the cross. But, oh, how deep is the humiliation […]
Lent 5: Genesis 22:1-14
April 10, 2011 by
God asked Abraham to do the unthinkable: “Take your son, your only son Isaac, whom you love, and go to the land of Moriah. Sacrifice him there as a burnt offering on one of the mountains I will point out to you” (Genesis 22:2-3). Isaac was the son of the promise, the one born […]
Jesus’ Glory Hidden in His Stumbling and Falling: Mark 15:17-21
April 6, 2011 by
Is it not astonishing? It is just as Jesus said it would be. The soldiers mock Him. They beat and scourge Him. And to make sure Jesus’ humiliation is complete, they bow down to Him in mock worship. The angels, who love Jesus and have worshipped Him since their creation, do not intervene. The […]
Lent 4: Galatians 4:21-31
April 3, 2011 by
Abraham had two sons: Ishmael and Isaac. They were both sons of Abraham, but there was an enormous difference in how they came to be born! Do you remember the promise God made to Abraham? God told Abraham that he would be the father of a nation with as many people as the stars in […]
Hidden in the Savior’s Rejection by the World: Luke 18:33-19:1
March 30, 2011 by
What a contrast we have between Jesus and Pilate? On one side is Jesus. He testifies that He is a king, but that His kingdom is not of this world. He testifies that all who are on the side of truth listen to Him: they hear and follow His Word, believe in Him, trust Him, […]
Lent 3: Baptism isn’t Magic: Luke 11:24-26
March 27, 2011 by
“When an unclean spirit comes out of a person, he roams through waterless places looking for rest, and not finding rest, he then says, ‘I’ll go back to the house I left.’ After returning, he finds the house swept and put in order. Then, he goes and brings seven other spirits more evil than himself, […]
Christ’s Glory is Hidden in the Rejection by His Own: Matthew 26: 57-68
March 23, 2011 by
Wherever and whenever Jesus and His cross appear, hostility will eventually follow. Opposition and, sometimes, even persecution will follow–not outward glory. For Christ hides His glory under the cross of rejection. What should surprise us, however, is the source of that opposition and persecution! Who is the most hostile and has the most hatred toward […]
