After Pentecost – 06 – Audible Gospel

We Glory in Our Sufferings

July 17, 2022 / After Pentecost - 06, Season After Pentecost / Hebrews 10, Pain, Pastor Bohlken, Suffering

The problem with pain has often been expressed with a twofold question: [1] If God is so loving, why does He allow it? [2] If God is so powerful, why doesn’t He stop it? Our Gospel Reading tells us that Lazarus’ two sisters sent this message to Jesus, “Lord, the one You love is sick.” So, Jesus loves Lazarus, yet, He is deathly ill. And, Jesus’ power, as we learn later in John, chapter 11, is power over the final and fiercest foe, namely death. So, the two questions that the problem with pain poses are dealt with. What, then, is the point of pain?

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Boast!

July 4, 2021 / After Pentecost - 06, Season After Pentecost / 2 Corinthians 12, Boast in the Lord, Confidence, Grace, Pastor Beck, Weakness

O God, Your almighty power is made known chiefly in showing mercy. Grant us the fullness of Your grace that we may be called to repentance and made partakers of Your heavenly treasures; through Your Son, Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Life by the Spirit

July 12, 2020 / After Pentecost - 06, Season After Pentecost / Children of God, Family of God, Pastor Beck, Romans 8, Spirit

Blessed Lord, since You have caused all Holy Scriptures to be written for our learning, grant that we may so hear them, read, mark, learn, and inwardly digest them that we may embrace and ever hold fast the blessed hope of everlasting life; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Reconciled In Christ

July 21, 2019 / After Pentecost - 06, Season After Pentecost / Colossians 1, Elder Kent Brown, Reconciliation

O Lord, grant us the Spirit to hear Your Word and know the one thing needful that by Your Word and Spirit we may live according to Your will; through Jesus Christ, Your Son, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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Boundaries and Faith

July 1, 2018 / After Pentecost - 06, Season After Pentecost / Mark 5, Pastor Beck

Heavenly Father, during His earthly ministry Your Son Jesus healed the sick and raised the dead. By the healing medicine of the Word and Sacraments pour into our hearts such love toward You that we may live eternally; through the same Jesus Christ, our Lord, who lives and reigns with You and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and forever. Amen!

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