The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents—Matthew 2:16-23 #biblestr https://www.youtube.com/live/cCnfXJDs9VE

Simeon and Anna Receive the Christ-child—Luke 2:25-40 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/_qUr0qJTy-0

God places His salvation in the hands of people the world has already moved past. Not kings. Not managers of religion. Not the impressive. An old man ready to die. An old church lady who will not stop talking. That is the Lord’s way. #biblestr View article →

Bible Study: 2 Thessalonians 2 — January 4, 2025 #biblestr

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Bible Study: 2 Thessalonians 2 — January 4, 2025 — St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

2 Thessalonians 2 (NKJV) 1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 n...

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Jeremiah 31:31-34; Galatians 4:1-7 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/dzQKJ6Y-U_s

The Ark of the Covenant into the Temple—1 Kings 8:6-13 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/qprlKV-VRWM

Circumcision and Name of Jesus: Luke 2:21 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/74ZhRatcDuM

What does this have to do with the turning of the year? Everything. We are tempted to treat a new year like a blank page where we finally get to write a better story about ourselves. Resolutions. Reinvention. Image management. Control. But that’s not how Christians enter a year. Christians enter time under a Name already given, under a mercy already promised, under a Savior already bleeding for them. You don’t walk into this year alone. You walk into it branded—sealed—named. View article → #biblestr

The Feast of the Circumcision and Name — December 31, 2025 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/_85JvBKZAAM

New Year’s Eve: Luke 12:35-40 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/O9Uy3UjfBho

“Do Not Be Afraid to Go to Egypt”—Genesis 46:1-7 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/Jmy3h_cX764

David’s Son Will Build the House of the Lord—2 Sam 7:1-16 https://youtube.com/live/YaUe178eIqE

Christ’s kingdom on earth is a cross-kingdom. Not because God enjoys pain, but because this is how He conquers. The throne is a cross. The crown has thorns. The victory is hidden under weakness. And if that is true for the King, it will not be different for the people who belong to Him. View article → #biblestr

The Word became flesh so that nothing human would be left unredeemed. Not only the “spiritual” parts of you. You. Your body. Your mind. Your will. Your suffering. Your death. Christ has entered the whole human condition so that He can heal the whole human condition. #biblestr View article →

This is where joy breaks wide open: God is not waiting for you to get your act together before He comes near. He comes near to rescue you. He comes near to carry what you cannot carry. He comes near to take what is yours—your frailty, your vulnerability, your mortality—so that He can give you what is His: righteousness, life, and peace. #biblestr View article →

If you come tonight with fear, or questions, or weariness, you are not out of place. The angels preached first to people in the dark. If you come tonight with guilt, you are not beyond hope. This is exactly why a Savior is born. And if you come tonight with joy, then let it be this kind of joy: not fragile and forced, but anchored in what God has done. View article →

Christmas Eve: The Nativity of Our Lord—Matthew 1:18–25 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/yXvCUxp1Cb0

The Shepherds Visit Bethlehem—Luke 2:15-20 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/aguzuEJlLfk

The Birth of Christ Is Announced to Shepherds—Luke 2:8-14 https://youtube.com/live/XOl21BtpvCo #biblestr