The Apocrypha, Lesson 14: 2 Maccabees and Purgatory

Recap After we had looked into prayers for the sainted dead in 2 Maccabees, one person in class wanted to explore the verse that followed.  Your teacher tactfully avoided doing […]

Augsburg Confession, Article 18: Free Will

AC XVIII: Freedom of the Human Will Our churches teach that a person has some freedom to choose civil righteousness and to do things subject to reason. However, it does […]

Our Pastor is Published in Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy

One of our pastor’s sermons was published in the Trinity 2013 issue of Gottesdienst: The Journal of Lutheran Liturgy.  Our pastor originally preached the sermon in the journal for a […]

Commemoration of the Birth of St. Augustine of Hippo, November 13th

This is the sermon our pastor preach at the Springfield, MO pastoral circuit meeting on November 13th. Texts: Revelation 7:9-12, 8:1-4; Hebrews 12:22-29   Augustine was born on November 13th, […]