Oculi 2008 – The Finger of God

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Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Oculi – Lent 3 (February 24, 2008)
Luke 11:14-28
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TITLE: “By the Finger of God”

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson just read from Luke chapter 11.

A house divided cannot stand, so says our Lord. In this season of political speeches and party politics, we can see a little bit about what division can cause. The worse the internal division, the weaker a candidate becomes. This is true in politics, and it is also true at home. A home that is being ripped apart by divisions, hatred, jealousy and envy cannot handle the external pressures put upon it. How many families have fallen apart over some tragedy, because they could not agree on how to handle it? Continue reading →

Resetting the Stories of the Bible

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I recently ran across a post about how there is a graphic novel series that is retelling the stories of the Bible in a futuristic, man vs. machine world. The series, Mecha Manga Bible Heroes, is beginning with the retelling of David and Goliath.

Now I have a couple observations and concerns about this. First off, Christians for millennia have used retelling of biblical narratives as a sort-of sideways approach Continue reading →

He Bought Us Back (Wednesday in Reminiscere)

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Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Wednesday of Reminiscere
Ruth 4:1-13; Matthew 26:47-56

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TITLE: “He Bought Us Back”

In the name of the Father and of the † Son and of the Holy Spirit. Amen. Our text for tonight is the Passion of our Lord where He is betrayed into the hands of sinners, as well as the story of Ruth. Continue reading →

God's Silence and God's Speaking (Lent 2 – Reminiscere)

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Todd A. Peperkorn, STM
Messiah Lutheran Church
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Lent 2 – Reminiscere (February 17, 2008, revised from 2003)
Matthew 15:21-28
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TITLE: “God’s Silence and His Speaking”

Grace to you and peace from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ. Amen. Our text for this morning is the Gospel lesson just read from Matthew 15.

Silence. Complete and utter silence. That was Jesus’ response to her. Her daughter was terribly vexed with a demon, a horror we can only imagine. She was at her wits end. All the parenting skills in the world could not help her daughter. She was at the end of her rope. She went to the one Man who could help her. She went to Jesus, the Son of God, the Messiah. Surely He would help her! Surely He would look at her plight and would have mercy upon her by healing her daughter.

But God’s answer before her was silence. Continue reading →