When Jesus called Matthew, Matthew wasn’t one of the good people. He was despised by good people. He was considered a traitor. He made his living by taking money from his own people and giving it to the Romans. Then he took even more for himself. Matthew was not one of the good guys. Matthew was a tax collector. Matthew …
June 17, 2020 – God’s Amazing Servants
The apostle Paul was an amazing servant of God. He spent his life going from place to place sharing the Gospel with everyone he met. He was arrested, imprisoned, beaten, whipped, shipwrecked, and under constant pressure. He planted churches wherever he went. And he wrote almost half of the New Testament (at least 13 of the 27 books). Where does God …
June 16, 2020 – Amazing Teaching (Synod Devotion)
Dear Trinity Family, Here is today’s WELS devotion. When Jesus had finished saying these things, the crowds were amazed at his teaching, because he taught as one who had authority, and not as their teachers of the law.Matthew 7:28,29 Some religious leaders teach a list of things that you have to do to get to heaven. At first, their teaching …
June 15, 2020 – Called by God
God called Moses into his service at the burning bush. Why Moses? Moses had already proven himself a failure at delivering God’s people. He was an exiled killer, living in the wilds of Midian after fleeing the court of Pharaoh. No wonder Moses asked, “Who am I, that I should go to Pharaoh?” Moses was unworthy. Moses was unwilling. Moses …
June 13, 2020 To the Anxious
Dear Trinity family, Here is the latest devotion from Synod. The God of love and peace will be with you.2 Corinthians 13:11 Scott Stossel is a highly respected journalist. He is a graduate of Harvard. His abilities and work ethic have brought him to the point where he now serves as editor of The Atlantic magazine. Those who work with him have …
June 12, 2020 – Warning
Matthew chapter 7 is then end of Jesus’ Sermon on the Mount. The verses we are going to read are the very last words of the sermon. These are the words that Jesus left ringing in their ears. After teaching about an impressively wide array of divine truth, Jesus left them with two warnings and a promise. What warnings do …
June 11, 2020 – Created by God (Synod Devotion)
Dear Trinity Family, Make sure you read the announcements after today’s devotion. We get to sing again! Here’s today’s devotion from our synod. So God created mankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them. Genesis 1:27 What a blessing it is to be created by God! And how humbling it is to realize how far …
June 10, 2020 – Dangerous Teachings
Note: Check out the news after the devotion. We’re going to sing again in church! I remember walking with a friend of mine through the hospital in Marshfield. He happened to be a Catholic priest. We were talking about our ministries when he looked at me and said, “You know, if you take away the Bible, you Lutherans have nothing!” …
June 9, 2020 – Truth
Where can we find truth? Truth is a much sought-after, seldom found treasure. There are many who claim to have the truth, but since so many of them contradict each other, how do we know which truth is true? What people believe can be influenced by preconceived notions, attitudes, emotions, and experience. It can depend on someone’s opinion of the …
June 8, 2020 – Whom Do I Believe
There were two kings sitting on their thrones making decisions for their countries. There were prophets in front of them telling them that God would give them victory over their enemies. The problem was that the prophets were false prophets. God had not sent them, nor had he made any promises for victory. How were the kings supposed to know …