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Jesus is closer than you think

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

Today is the feast of the Ascension of our Lord Christ. Today, we celebrate the Man's Victory, for God became man and is now seated at the Right Hand of the Father, ruling over all as the victor over the grave. Jesus ascended into the heavens and by appearance, it looks like Jesus is gone for...

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Tags: ascension, jesus, means of grace

God and Mammon

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Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

Jesus says in Luke, "No servant can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon" (Luke 16:13 NKJV). This is the constant struggle for we the baptized. What does it mean to serve...

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Tags: catechism, jesus, luther, mammon

The Prodigal's Compassion

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

One of the most popular stories that Jesus tells, as recorded in the Gospel according to St. Luke, is the story of the Prodigal and his two sons. So often we call this the parable of the prodigal son, but then we forget the older brother. So, rather than focus on the one son in this text, it is...

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Tags: fcsd, jesus, older brother, prodigal, younger brother

Jesus Trumps Mammon

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

Preppers are those that store up many things like longterm food, guns, ammo, generators, water filters, and other items because they see the collapse of society and want to be prepared when things go down hill fast. There are other people that are not preppers, but who do store up items in this...

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Tags: anxiety, father, mammon, prepper, large catechism

Lean on Jesus

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

In the Gospel according to St. Luke, Jesus tells the parable of the Good Samaritan. When we read this text, we come to the conclusion that Jesus is our Good Samaritan that does all things for us. In the text as well, we see an image of how we should live the baptismal life. We should show mercy...

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Tags: good samaritan, luther, mary and martha, fcsd

The Sower's Love

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

The reading from the Treasury this morning for the New Testament is the parable of the sower. Jesus says, "And when a great crowd was gathering and people from town after town came to him, he said in a parable, 5 “A sower went out to sow his seed. And as he sowed, some fell along the...

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Tags: gospel, luther, sower

Doubting John The Baptist?

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

The reading from the Treasury of Daily Prayer this morning was from Luke 7:18-35, the account of John the Baptist's disciples asking Jesus if He is the Messiah. There is debate concerning the nature of the question, meaning, were the disciples asking for themselves, or were they asking because...

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Tags: john the baptist, lamb of god, smalcald articles

Death ain't no thing

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Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

The Gospel according to St. Luke records Jesus raising the widow's son saying, "11 Soon afterward he went to a town called Nain, and his disciples and a great crowd went with him. 12 As he drew near to the gate of the town, behold, a man who had died was being carried out, the only son...

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Tags: death, jesus, luke, luther, gerhardt

Little Christs

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

In his work, Freedom of a Christian, Luther writes, "Although I am an unworthy and condemned man, my God has given me in Christ all the riches of righteousness and salvation without any merit on my part, out of pure, free mercy, so that from now on I need nothing except faith which believes that...

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Tags: christ, faith, luther, neighbor

Jesus got you covered

Posted by Pastor Christopher Hull on

In the Gospel according to St. Luke we have a glorious account that teaches us about the forgiveness of sins. It is the account of the Paralytic when, after Jesus sees him being lowered into the house says, "Man, your sins are forgiven you." The Pharisees and the teachers of the law hate this...

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Tags: forgiveness, jesus, pastor, formula of concord

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