A Familiar Voice

A Familiar Voice 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.  John 10:27-28 Before there was Mike Shannon’s gravelly voice or Jack Buck’s smooth tones,...

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Shining the Light of Christ

Shining the Light of Christ Do all things without grumbling or disputing, that you may be blameless and innocent, children of God without blemish in the midst of a crooked and twisted generation, among whom you shine as lights in the world, holding fast to the word of life.  Philippians 2:14-16a There is a narrative in our culture that Christians...

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Teach Your Children Well

Teach Your Children Well But as for you, continue in what you have learned and have firmly believed, knowing from whom you learned it and how from childhood you have been acquainted with the sacred writings, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith in Christ Jesus. ...

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This Joyful Eastertide

This Joyful Eastertide Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! According to his great mercy, he has caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead.  1 Peter 1:3 There are a number of ways in...

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Cross and Resurrection - Inseparably Together You search the Scriptures because you think that in them you have eternal life; and it is they that bear witness about me.   John 5:39 There exists a unity to the Old and New Testaments in the central message of Jesus Christ.  From the...

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A Corporate Resurrection

A Corporate Resurrection So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived and stood on their feet, an exceedingly great army.  Ezekiel 37:10 Just across the border from Iraq in Syria, along the River Euphrates, an ancient synagogue that dates back to the...

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The Blind See

The Blind See Jesus went on from there and walked beside the Sea of Galilee. And he went up on the mountain and sat down there.  And great crowds came to him, bringing with them the lame, the blind, the crippled, the mute, and many others, and they put them at...

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Living Water

Living Water Jesus said to her, “Everyone who drinks of this water will be thirsty again,  but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never be thirsty again. The water that I will give him will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life.” John 4:13-14 While our...

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Lutheran Schools: Distinctly Different

Lutheran Schools: Distinctly Different For from him and through him and to him are all things. To him be glory forever. Amen.   Romans 11:36 Lutheran schools in Missouri have seen an increase in enrollment in the last two years as families began fleeing public school systems after learning what their...

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LCMS Universities – Lessons from Winfield

LCMS Universities – Lessons from Winfield Whatever you do, work heartily, as for the Lord and not for men, knowing that from the Lord you will receive the inheritance as your reward. You are serving the Lord Christ. Colossians 3:23-24 In 1893, St. John’s College in Winfield, Kansas was established as...

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