• Lent 4 · Ephesians 5:8-14 · March 2, 2008

    By Joel P. Fritsche, All of the Lenten epistle readings in series A are from Romans with the exception of this one from Ephesians. The pericopes from Romans have provided a number…

  • Lent 3 · Romans 5:1-8 · February 24, 2008

    By Glenn A. Nielsen, That’s Core, That’s Basic Sometimes it’s good just to go back to the basics, just to hear once again the core of what we believe, just to listen to…

  • Lent 2 · Romans 4:1-8,13-17 · February 17, 2008

    By Joel P. Fritsche, In the verses preceding our text, St. Paul beautifully proclaims the doctrine of justification by grace through faith. This is a gift of God that comes through the…

  • Lent 1 · Romans 5:12-19 · February 10, 2008

    By Erik Herrmann, With Lent’s traditional emphasis on repentance and self-denial, the season runs the risk of turning one inward. That is to say, the danger lies in seeing Christ and His cross…

  • The Transfiguration of Our Lord · 2 Peter 1:16-21 · February 3, 2008

    By David I. Lewis, Introduction: This Sunday provides one key point of structure within the church year, both in how it looks back over the season of Epiphany and how it also…