The Intersection of the Red Sea and Calvary

The Intersection of the Red Sea and Calvary For I do not want you to be unaware, brothers, that our fathers were all under the cloud, and all passed through the sea, and all were baptized into Moses in the cloud and in the sea, and all ate the same...

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God Makes All Things Good

God Makes All Things Good "He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away.”  And he who was seated on the throne said, “Behold, I am making...

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A Different Kind of Community

A Different Kind of Community But you are a chosen race, a royal priesthood, a holy nation, a people for his own possession, that you may proclaim the excellencies of him who called you out of darkness into his marvelous light.  1 Peter 2:9 You know the words.  “Sometimes you...

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A Patchwork of Colors and Shapes

A Patchwork of Colors and Shapes You are no longer strangers and aliens, but you are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone, in whom the whole structure, being joined...

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“Passing the Promise” Workshop

Passing the Promise October 7, 2023  from  8:30 a.m.– 3:30 p.m. Hanover Lutheran Church 2949 Perryville Rd. Cape Girardeau, MO 63701 hanoverlutheran.com/passingthepromise   Did you know, right now in America, by age 30, only 20% of children raised “in the church” remain active “in the church” (Barna). Fortunately, we can...

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The Beautiful Bride

The Beautiful Bride Husbands, love your wives, as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her, that he might sanctify her, having cleansed her by the washing of water with the word, so that he might present the church to himself in splendor, without spot or wrinkle or any...

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Safe and Secure Sheep

Safe and Secure Sheep My sheep hear my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.  I give them eternal life, and they will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all, and no...

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The Unity of the Body of Christ

The Unity of the Body of Christ There is one body and one Spirit—just as you were called to the one hope that belongs to your call— one Lord, one faith, one baptism, one God and Father of all, who is over all and through all and in all.   Ephesians...

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Diversity According to God’s Design For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another.  Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let...

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Passing on the Mantle

Passing on the Mantle So he departed from there and found Elisha the son of Shaphat, who was plowing with twelve yoke of oxen in front of him, and he was with the twelfth. Elijah passed by him and cast his cloak upon him.   1 Kings 19:19 “God of the...

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