The Lord’s Prayer teaches us to call on God our Father, our maker and redeemer, to exalt Him in heaven, zealously seek His holiness, desire His kingdom, and dedicate ourselves…
The Lord's Prayer contains one request for out bodily provision and two for out souls: forgive us and lead us not into temptation. Christ died once and for all to…
The fourth petition of the Lord’s Prayer names us as the focus of the request. “Give us this day our daily bread.” If we’ve been thinking biblically, not only is…
We call on God our Father because we are in the Lord Jesus Christ. We want His name to be hallowed, regarded as holy. The second petition of the Lord’s…
After calling on God our Father in heaven, the Lord’s Prayer begins not with praise of His character or actions, but by asking Him to make His name holy. This…
The Lord's Prayer takes very little time to pray, and yet this is the prayer Jesus taught His disciples. It has transformed and is transforming the world in exactly the…
We’ve considered why we worship the way we do, how the Lord renews us in His covenant through the ministry of word and sacrament on the Lord’s Day. Worship is…
Christmas unfolds for 12 days and then the church celebrates Epiphany, the manifestation of Jesus to the Gentiles which occurred when the Magi came to Bethlehem. This celebration emphasizes the…
Matthew concludes his gospel with the great commission, Jesus command to make disciples of the all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit,…
Most Christians today think the resurrection is about our existence after death, about going to be with God when you die. Scripture does teach that to be absent from the…