The Scripture begins by unveiling God, revealing who He is by how He operates. “In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth,” meaning God made everything. The word for God here is Elohim, a masculine plural, referring to a singular God. Ah, the divine mystery starts in Scripture’s first sentence. Next, the moving […]
Holy Trinity: John 3:1-17
July 11, 2018 by
So naive is Nicodemus. In the concealed obscurity of night, he visits Jesus. Though seeking to remain undetected, he offers Him the highest praise, “Rabbi, you must be a teacher come from God. For no one can perform the signs you do unless God is with him” (John 3:2). Swept away by His miracles, such […]
John 8:48-59: Trinity in Unity and Unity in Trinity
May 22, 2016 by
The Trinity is all over the Scriptures. In the first book of the Bible, Genesis describes God the Father speaking the Word as the Spirit hovered over the waters of the deep. In the last book of the Bible, Revelation describes the Lamb, Jesus, who was slain but now alive. He sits enthroned at the […]
Isaiah 6:1-7: “Holy! Holy! Holy!” to the Holy Trinity
June 11, 2015 by
Isaiah was having a bad day. He was in the Temple, offering the daily burnt sacrifice for the sins of Israel. It was a straightforward task, no different from the many other times that he had stood before the Lord’s altar. Isaiah had years of practice being a priest. Making such sacrifices, for him, may […]
1 Corinthians, Lesson 21: The “Spirituals”
May 23, 2015 by
Although 1 Corinthians is a joint letter from the Apostle Paul and Pr. Sosthenes (1 Corinthians 1:1), the letter continues, for now, being from the Apostle Paul. Paul now switches to a different topic: Spiritual gifts. Paul begins this section with, “Now concerning,” to address specific questions he had received in a letter from the […]
Matthew 28:16-20: The Holy Trinity
June 15, 2014 by
Right now, I’m going to warn you. I’m going to use the word “catholic” a lot in this sermon. That’s because “catholic” is a Lutheran word, even a Christian word! When we let the Roman-Catholic Church steal that word away from us, and claim full right to it, we have only become the poorer for […]
Holy Trinity: John 3:1-17
June 3, 2012 by
Paradox: That’s an underlying reality for the Feast of the Holy Trinity. For the Holy Trinity is the paradox of all paradoxes. And what is a paradox? It’s a seeming contradiction that may still be true. Would you like an example of a paradox? How about this? “And the catholic faith is this: We worship […]
