We keep youngin's with us in the service so they may worhip with us. I can hear them pray the Lord's Prayer with us and profess the Creed a loud. They sing the Doxology with gusto (some do). What about the Sermon? Here is a link to a blog that gives some useful pointers:
8 Tips for Talking to your Kids about the Sermon
Friday, February 25, 2011
Friday, February 18, 2011
Scripture Lessons for Epiphany 7
First reading: Leviticus 19:1-2, 9-18
Psalm: Psalm 119:33-40
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23
Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
These can be read HERE.
Psalm: Psalm 119:33-40
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 3:10-11, 16-23
Gospel: Matthew 5:38-48
These can be read HERE.
Thursday, February 3, 2011
Men's Retreat
Redeeming Manhood
When?: March 4th-5th.
Where?: Lake Lundgren Bible Camp
Who?: The Men of Emmanuel will join with the men of Jacob's Well and a couple other churches in the area. Pastor Chris Hodge from Naperville Pres will be teaching.
How Much?: $46 per person
What?: Here is a tentative schedule-
Friday, March 4th
4:30 PM Leave Green Bay
6 or 6:30 PM Dinner at LLBC
7:30 PM Worship - Talk 1
8:30 PM - Free Time/ Sleep/etc.
Saturday
7-7:45am Quiet Time
7:45 - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am-9:30pm Worship/Talk 2
9:30-10pm Small Group Time
10:00 - 12:00 Free Time
Noon - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Free Time
2:00 - 2:30 Talk 3
2:30 - 3:00 Clean & Pack up
3:00 Leave
5:00 Arrive in Green Bay
Where?: Lake Lundgren Bible Camp
Who?: The Men of Emmanuel will join with the men of Jacob's Well and a couple other churches in the area. Pastor Chris Hodge from Naperville Pres will be teaching.
How Much?: $46 per person
What?: Here is a tentative schedule-
Friday, March 4th
4:30 PM Leave Green Bay
6 or 6:30 PM Dinner at LLBC
7:30 PM Worship - Talk 1
8:30 PM - Free Time/ Sleep/etc.
Saturday
7-7:45am Quiet Time
7:45 - 8:30am Breakfast
8:30am-9:30pm Worship/Talk 2
9:30-10pm Small Group Time
10:00 - 12:00 Free Time
Noon - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 Free Time
2:00 - 2:30 Talk 3
2:30 - 3:00 Clean & Pack up
3:00 Leave
5:00 Arrive in Green Bay
Tuesday, February 1, 2011
Jesus and Establishing Justice
This past Sunday, as I preached on the Beatitudes, I spoke of Jesus as the One who "hungers and thirst for righteousness (justice)," but failed to correctly site the verse from Isaiah I was using. Here, is my correction:
42:1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
42:2 He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
42:3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
42:4 He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.
42:1 Here is my servant, whom I uphold, my chosen, in whom my soul delights; I have put my spirit upon him; he will bring forth justice to the nations.
42:2 He will not cry or lift up his voice, or make it heard in the street;
42:3 a bruised reed he will not break, and a dimly burning wick he will not quench; he will faithfully bring forth justice.
42:4 He will not grow faint or be crushed until he has established justice in the earth; and the coastlands wait for his teaching.
Heidelberg Catechism Week 6 (2/6-2/12)
Q16. Why must he be truly human and truly righteous?
A. God's justice demands that human nature, which has sinned,
must pay for its sin; but a sinner could never pay for others.
Q17. Why must he also be true God?
A. So that, by the power of his divinity, he might bear the weight of God's anger in his humanity
and earn for us and restore to us righteousness and life.
Q18. And who is this mediator— true God and at the same time truly human and truly righteous?
A. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was given us to set us completely free and to make us right with God.
Q19. How do you come to know this?
A. The holy gospel tells me.
God himself began to reveal the gospel already in Paradise;
later, he proclaimed it by the holy patriarchs and prophets,
and portrayed it by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law;
finally, he fulfilled it through his own dear Son
A. God's justice demands that human nature, which has sinned,
must pay for its sin; but a sinner could never pay for others.
Q17. Why must he also be true God?
A. So that, by the power of his divinity, he might bear the weight of God's anger in his humanity
and earn for us and restore to us righteousness and life.
Q18. And who is this mediator— true God and at the same time truly human and truly righteous?
A. Our Lord Jesus Christ, who was given us to set us completely free and to make us right with God.
Q19. How do you come to know this?
A. The holy gospel tells me.
God himself began to reveal the gospel already in Paradise;
later, he proclaimed it by the holy patriarchs and prophets,
and portrayed it by the sacrifices and other ceremonies of the law;
finally, he fulfilled it through his own dear Son
Scripture Lessons for Epiphany 5
Fifth Sunday after the Epiphany (February 6, 2011)
First reading: Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)
Psalm: Psalm 112:1-9 (10)
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20
These can be seen HERE.
First reading: Isaiah 58:1-9a (9b-12)
Psalm: Psalm 112:1-9 (10)
Second reading: 1 Corinthians 2:1-12 (13-16)
Gospel: Matthew 5:13-20
These can be seen HERE.
Heidelberg Catechism Week 5 (1/30-2/5)
Q12. According to God's righteous judgment we deserve punishment both in this world and forever after: how then can we escape this punishment and return to God's favor?
A. God requires that his justice be satisfied.
Therefore the claims of his justice must be paid in full, either by ourselves or another.
Q13. Can we pay this debt ourselves?
A. Certainly not. Actually, we increase our guilt every day.
Q14. Can another creature—any at all— pay this debt for us?
A. No.
To begin with, God will not punish another creature for what a human is guilty of.
Besides, no mere creature can bear the weight of God's eternal anger against sin
and release others from it.
Q15. What kind of mediator and deliverer should we look for then?
A. One who is truly human and truly righteous, yet more powerful than all creatures,
that is, one who is also true God.
A. God requires that his justice be satisfied.
Therefore the claims of his justice must be paid in full, either by ourselves or another.
Q13. Can we pay this debt ourselves?
A. Certainly not. Actually, we increase our guilt every day.
Q14. Can another creature—any at all— pay this debt for us?
A. No.
To begin with, God will not punish another creature for what a human is guilty of.
Besides, no mere creature can bear the weight of God's eternal anger against sin
and release others from it.
Q15. What kind of mediator and deliverer should we look for then?
A. One who is truly human and truly righteous, yet more powerful than all creatures,
that is, one who is also true God.
Heidelberg Catechism Week 4 (1/23-1/29)
Q9. But doesn't God do us an injustice by requiring in his law
what we are unable to do?
A. No, God created humans with the ability to keep the law.
They, however, tempted by the devil,
in reckless disobedience,
robbed themselves and all their descendants of these gifts.
Q10. Will God permit such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?
A. Certainly not.
He is terribly angry about the sin we are born with as well as the sins we personally commit.
As a just judge he punishes them now and in eternity.
He has declared:
"Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do
everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Q11. But isn't God also merciful?
A. God is certainly merciful, but he is also just.
His justice demands that sin, committed against his supreme majesty,
be punished with the supreme penalty— eternal punishment of body and soul.
what we are unable to do?
A. No, God created humans with the ability to keep the law.
They, however, tempted by the devil,
in reckless disobedience,
robbed themselves and all their descendants of these gifts.
Q10. Will God permit such disobedience and rebellion to go unpunished?
A. Certainly not.
He is terribly angry about the sin we are born with as well as the sins we personally commit.
As a just judge he punishes them now and in eternity.
He has declared:
"Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do
everything written in the Book of the Law.”
Q11. But isn't God also merciful?
A. God is certainly merciful, but he is also just.
His justice demands that sin, committed against his supreme majesty,
be punished with the supreme penalty— eternal punishment of body and soul.
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