Following back-to-back state championships, 3 straight D-3 title game appearances and a 28-0 record the last two years, a new chapter begins for the Phantoms football team. And it begins wit...
https://brvanlanen.wordpress.com/2012/08/24/a-new-chapter-begins-for-wdp-football/
Rick Santorum’s second book will be coming out just before the November election. The former Pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate will publish his second book, “American Patriots: ...
Today the LCMS celebrates the Festival of Saint Mary Magdalene. The Gospels mention Mary of Magdala as one of the women of Galilee who followed Jesus and His disciples. She witnessed His cruci...
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Martin Luther on the battle we all face daily. Although I feel my sin and cannot have as confident and cheerful a heart as I should like, still I must permit the Word to have sway and say acco...
https://brvanlanen.wordpress.com/2012/07/22/how-to-fight-the-daily-battle-of-faith-luther/
Mary Magdalene came and told the disciples that she had seen the Lord, and that He had spoken these things to her. John 20:18 In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Mary was the first person to see Jes...
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Today the LCMS commemorates the Holy Prophet Ezekiel. Ezekiel, the son of Buzi, was a priest, called by God to be a prophet to the exiles during the Babylonian captivity (Ezekiel 1:3). In 597 ...
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Wisdom from Martin Luther: We must learn to know the power and might of God in this same Word, namely, that we are saved thereby and solely by it resist the devil’s power and all errors. For...
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For the LORD Most High is awesome; He is a great King over all the earth. Psalm 47:2 from the Introit for Trinity 7 In the Name + of Jesus. Amen. Just who is in charge of this crazy … Contin...
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Martin Luther on using God’s Word to fight your feelings: For if you want to judge according to what you see and feel, and if you, when God’s Word is held before you, hold your feeling agains...
https://brvanlanen.wordpress.com/2012/07/20/how-to-fight-your-feelings-with-the-word-of-god-luther/
Today the LCMS commemorates Elijah. The prophet Elijah, whose name means, “My God is Yahweh ,” prophesied in the northern kingdom of Israel, mostly during the reign of Ahab (874 – 853 B....
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