“Thou shalt call His name Jesus, for He shall save His people from their sins.”— Matthew 1:21 As we celebrate anew at Christmas time the birth of our precious Savior, it behooves us to “ponder in our mind God’s wondrous …
Author: Rev. David T. Mensing
“Forget not all His benefits!”
— Psalm 103:2 As we look about us on our national day of thanksgiving and survey even briefly the innumerable blessings that we as Americans enjoy on a day-to-day basis, we cannot help being struck with awe and with gratitude …
Seminary Graduation
Study to show thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly diving the Word of Truth. II Timothy 2:15 After five years of arduous labor in a demanding theological curriculum, and following a week of …
Ordination and Installation at St. Mark’s
“Take heed therefore unto…all the flock over the which the Holy Ghost hath made you [overseer].” —Acts 20:28 On Sunday, June 15, 2014, the members of St. Mark’s Evangelical Lutheran Church, Sauk Village, Illinois, gathered together in the sanctuary of …
Propitiation
“…we have an Advocate with the Father, Jesus Christ, the Righteous; and He is the PROPITIATION for our sins, and not for ours only, but also for the sins of the whole world.” — I John 2:1-2 During the holy …
The Fourfold Comfort and Assurance we have in the Message of the Easter Angel
“And he saith unto them: ‘Be not affrighted. Ye seek Jesus of Nazareth, which was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. Behold the place where they laid Him. But go your way, tell His disciples and Peter that …
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“Living Water” — Perfect Refreshment for the Sin-Parched Soul
“Whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into everlasting life.” — John 4:14 As our blessed …
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The Purpose of Christ’s Miracles in His Epiphany
“These [miracles] are written that ye might believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that believing ye might have life through His Name.” — John 20:31 The word Epiphany means “appearing” or “manifestation;” and the holy …
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The Bearing of Chastiments Is a Privilege for the Christian!
“For whom the Lord loveth He chasteneth and scourgeth every son whom He receiveth.” — Hebrews 12:6 The crosses of a Christian are inextricably linked to the cross of his dear Savior —in their nature, in their purpose, and in …
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Our Christian Resolve for the New Year
“…forgetting those things which are behind, and reaching forth unto those things which are before…” —Philippians 3:13 As we look back on the year 2013, each of us, according to the New Man within us, will humbly confess to God …