Northwoods Table Talk

 I was on vacation last Sunday (May 25, 2025 - Rogate Sunday) and did not preach. It was very nice to be an attendee/congregational member/whatever and be solely a recipient of God's gifts and not the servant who was serving as steward of the gifts. I got to observe and remember my baptism as a young lady was baptized. I got to kneel and hear the absolution from the lips of God's servant. I was blessed to hear the preaching of the Word of Christ. And what a joy to kneel at Christ's table as His waiter distributed to me the very precious Body and Blood which was given unto death on Golgotha to free me from sin. But, as I had begun to post here again, I figure that I should put something up here. So, here is a sermon for Rogate - from 2016. I chose this one because I think too many ignore the Old Testament readings and taking the time to consider them in light of our contemporary age, some even stating, "We are New Testament Christians, the Old Testament no longer applie...

  You Are My Son, Today I Have Begotten You! Acts 13:26-33 Cantate – Easter 5 – 05.18.2025 (Please note that I am using alternate texts for this Sunday - I have substituted the texts for the Tuesday after the Resurrection of our Lord. Those texts are:  Daniel 3:8-28 – Acts 13:26-33 – Luke 24:6-49.) Grace to you and peace from God our Father and our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. Amen.   Our text is about the middle of what might loosely be called a sermon being preached by the Apostle Paul in the synagogue in Antioch. A synagogue was/is where the Jews gathered for what we would call worship. Scripture was read and some rabbi would deliver a message based upon that text, what we today would call a sermon.   Paul begins his message – at the beginning of this chapter – saying, “Men of Israel and you who fear God, listen.” He proceeds to call to their memory the history of Israel as God’s chosen people from their Exodus from Egypt to the present. Jesus is the One prom...