Our God wants real repentance that leads to true obedience. The Verse of the Day reminds us that one day, every one will bow before Jesus of Nazareth and confess him as Lord. Some will do so in grief and others in joy. God wants real repentance from every sinner so they might bend theContinue reading “October 4-10, 2020”
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September 27 – October 3, 2020
Next Sunday, Riverview Lutheran Church will hold the final service in their year-long 75th Anniversary celebration. Through the years God remains faithful to his people, strengthens his church throughout the ages, and guides and protects congregations just as Christ prayed that God would do for his disciples and all believers. We go forward under that assuranceContinue reading “September 27 – October 3, 2020”
September 20-26, 2020
From the prophets of old to the pastors and teachers of today’s church, the Lord has blessed his people with those who proclaim a message that changes lives in the public ministry. This week, we review the wonderful truths to which these men and women bear witness: Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ willContinue reading “September 20-26, 2020”
September 13-19, 2020
The Church forgives as God forgives. Anytime we try to imitate God, we quickly realize our inadequacy. Yet this week God tells us to model our forgiveness on his: a boundless, free, and loving forgiveness based on the sacrifice of Christ. How could our sinful hearts ever forgive like that? We pray that the mercyContinue reading “September 13-19, 2020”
September 6-12, 2020
The Church is militant: first the cross, then the crown. Christ tells us that for him and for us, going God’s way means death must come before life. He calls on us to deny ourselves and follow him on the way of the cross. Those words offend our sinful flesh and make our Old AdamContinue reading “September 6-12, 2020”
August 30 – September 5, 2020
The Church will stand forever. Nothing can keep our Redeemer from upholding his promised salvation. Neither false expectations nor the gates of hell, neither an Egyptian army nor a flowing river, not even the great tribulation of the end times will keep our God from preserving his Church. Here is this week’s “Together in the Word”Continue reading “August 30 – September 5, 2020”
August 23-29, 2020
The Church is meant for all people. It is only by God’s gift of grace that we come into his presence to offer true and faithful service. This week’s lessons teach that the gift of grace given to Israel, God also intended to give through Israel to the world. The Church is meant for allContinue reading “August 23-29, 2020”
August 16-22, 2020
The Christian seeks spiritual wealth. Next Sunday, we pray a very ancient Prayer of the Day, asking for God to give us true spiritual wealth. “Teach us always to ask according to your will that we may never fail to obtain the blessings you have promised.” What a magnificent prayer for the materialist world inContinue reading “August 16-22, 2020”
August 9-15, 2020
“Vengeance is mine; I will repay.” These words of our God place the responsibility for judgment—especially the final judgment—solely into the hands of God himself. Of course, to the person without Christ that is a frightening notion, for none will escape the judgment of the Lord. But to God’s children, who still struggle daily withContinue reading “August 9-15, 2020”
August 2-8, 2020
Doubt is the unfortunate companion of faith. Wherever faith clings to the promises of God, doubt is always right there lingering in the back of our mind, constantly asking the serpent’s Garden question, “Did God really say?” How striking to think that we must have faith in God before we can doubt him! This week’sContinue reading “August 2-8, 2020”
Together in the Word 