Today is Ash Wednesday. Today is the beginning of Lent. We don’t come together for the imposition of Ashes in order to show off our piety (that we go to church, pray, etc… all good things, but a problem when we put our hope in how well we do those things or how much we can get people to realize we do them). Instead, we come together, today, in order to hear that death looms over us on account of sin, but that Christ has conquered sin and death upon the cross. Continue reading “In Preparation…for Ash Wednesday 2018”
In Preparation…for The Transfiguration of Our Lord 2018
This weekend we celebrate The Transfiguration of Jesus! This weekend we close out the season of Epiphany before we enter the season of Lent on Ash Wednesday (2/14). Continue reading “In Preparation…for The Transfiguration of Our Lord 2018”
In Preparation…for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany 2018
This weekend we continue our journey through Epiphany as we draw closer and closer to Ash Wednesday and our Lenten preparation as we approach Easter.
This weekend Pastor Troup is preaching on the Epistle lesson from 1 Cor. 9. Paul takes some time in 1 Corinthians to explain how his sole focus is gospel proclamation. Continue reading “In Preparation…for the 5th Sunday after the Epiphany 2018”
In Preparation…for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany 2018
This weekend at Immanuel we not only celebrate the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany, but we also celebrate with our preschoolers in recognition of National Lutheran Schools Week. How appropriate, then, that the Gospel lesson for this Sunday has to do with Continue reading “In Preparation…for the 4th Sunday after the Epiphany 2018”
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