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3/28/2020 9:29:56 AM
Bible Study: The Land without a Sunday
Matt Moss
The Land without a Sunday
I want to share with you a brief excerpt from a book that my wife and I enjoyed while preparing to become parents. Our goal was to learn about different home-devotional practices that can make the Church Year come alive for children in the Christian...
3/23/2020 12:40:50 PM
Sermon: Humbled & Needy - A Christian Is Right at Home
Matt Moss
“Humbled & Needy – A Christian Is Right at Home” – Day of Humiliation & Prayer
Texts: Joel 2:12-19; Psalm 6; 1 John 1:5—2:2; Matthew 6:16-21
Grace to you and peace from God our Father and your Lord and Savior Jesus Christ – Amen
Saint John the...
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Keep Reading >>3/20/2020 10:38:02 AM
Bible Study: We Do not Want to Pray this Way, but we Need to Pray this Way
Matt Moss
Bible Study: Starck’s Prayer Book – We Don’t Want to Pray this Way, but we Need to Pray this Way
In lieu of Bible study this week I wanted to provide some real meat and potatoes on suffering and a Christian response to the pandemic we’re facing. To my chagrin, the...
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Keep Reading >>3/18/2020 6:23:44 PM
Sermon for Lenten Service- 3/18/2020
Matt Moss
Hi members and friends of St. John's!
At the start of Lent we provided you with a devotional booklet in which I mentioned our Wednesday series and sermons would be based off of the sermons on the Passion by one of the greatest American Lutheran Bible scholars and preachers ever- Rev....
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Keep Reading >>11/30/2017 9:41:12 AM
Reflections on Advent
Matthew Johnson
Jesus was not quite the king that most people would have expected (or imagined for themselves). He came lowly and gentle, riding upon a donkey. This fulfilled the prophecy of Zechariah 9:9. The season of Advent is not what most Christians would choose for themselves, especially...
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Keep Reading >>9/25/2017 6:03:33 AM
God's Ways With Israel and the Gospel of John
Matthew Johnson
In Numbers 21:4-9 we hear the story of "the Bronze Serpent." Israel has become "impatient along the way" and they grumble both against God and against Moses, saying, "there is no food and there is no water, and we detest this damnable food [i.e. manna]."...
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Keep Reading >>8/17/2017 11:30:21 AM
Confession & Liturgy
Matthew Johnson
In the Gospel reading for this past Sunday from Matthew 14 Jesus walked upon the tumultuous Sea of Galilee and elicited (by His divine action of walking upon water, by His Words of comfort/chiding/invitation, and by His divine action of saving Peter) both the worship (Matt. 14:33a) and the...
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Keep Reading >>8/17/2017 11:06:02 AM
Jesus the Author?
Matthew Johnson
In the Gospel reading for this last Sunday the Man Christ Jesus was walking on the water based on His own Personal divine Power. We also saw the man Peter walking on the water based on the Word of Christ inviting him: "come." This Gospel reading was paired with Job 9 as...
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Keep Reading >>3/13/2014 8:34:21 AM
Why Not a Blessing for Children at the Altar Rail?
Matthew Johnson
The question posed in the title of this blog entry is one that might be on the minds of some of our members. God has blessed our congregation with an amazing grouping of members, of all kinds of backgrounds and ages. Many of our young families worship together (with the rest of the...
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Keep Reading >>12/17/2013 8:36:31 AM
Divine Wisdom
Matthew Johnson
A number of years ago I visited Turkey with a group of students from Luther Seminary in St. Paul. Much of our stay included time in Istanbul--the only city in the world that is on two continents. The city used to be the Christian capital of the eastern Christian Roman empire (which...
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