Month: March 2018

Jesus as the Lamb of God that takes away the sins of the world is examined for four days before He is slaughtered.  He, as the Lambs before Him had to be established as pure and unblemished .  It is fascinating the kind of...

Found this at “Concordia and Koinonia” The Son of David Ascends His Throne and Reigns in Love from His Cross The Son of David comes in gentle humility, “sitting on a donkey’s colt,” yet as the King of Israel “in the...

We have said many times in this blog that words mean things, and it is sometimes fascinating to go back and look at where words come from and how they come to mean what they mean.   It is also interesting and sometimes...

I remember as a child the effect midweek Lenten devotional services had on me. First of all it seemed very strange that we would get dressed and go to church in the evenings. I knew we did that on Christmas Eve but going to...

      Love this portrait of Joseph and Jesus by Reni. We probably don’t think about Joseph enough.  Luther pays him some attention in his discussion about his obedience and kindness, and some remarks about...