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Monday, December 29, 2025

SENT BY THE SPIRIT

How Christians Should Respond to the Education Crisis in America

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 29 - David

Meditation on Luke 1:1-25

Fireside Chat: Athanasius on God Becoming Flesh, Rev. Dr. Geoffrey Boyle

Meditation on Matthew 2:13-23

Fireside Chat: Church Fathers and Christ's Two Births, Rev. Dr. Joel Elo...

A SIGN THAT IS OPPOSED

Devotional Luke 2:40-52 (A Foreshadow)

Thursday, December 25, 2025

Look for Christ Wrapped in the Word

Fireside Chat: True Leisure in Christ, Rev. Dr. Joel Biermann

Christmas Day Service - 12/25/2025

Bach - Ehre sei dir, Gott from Christmas Oratorio BWV 248 - Mortensen | ...

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 25 - Christm...

Meditation on Matthew 1:1-17

Christmas Midnight 2025

BORN TO YOU

Wednesday, December 24, 2025

St. John Lutheran Church - Waverly, IA - Christmas Eve Livestream - 4:00...

Fireside Chat: Martin Luther's Christmas Sermons, Rev. Dr. Jon Bruss

Meditation on Revelation 12:1-17

Christmas Eve Service - 12/24/2025

Merry Christmas (Reflections on the Incarnation)

John 1:1–18 (Fulfilled: The Word Became Flesh)

2 Thessalonians 3:13-18: Encouraged for Good Works with Peace and Grace

Meditation on Revelation 11:1-19

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 24 - Christm...

Q&A: Promises God Has Not Made

Isaiah 61:1–11 (The Spirit of the Lord Is Upon Me)

Tuesday, December 23, 2025

A SAFE PLACE

The Christmas Hymn, “Angels We Have Heard on High” – Dr. Arthur Just, 12...

The Christmas Hymn, “Silent Night” – Bryan Wolfmueller, 12/24/25 (3581)

The Christmas Season – Dr. Ken Schurb, 12/24/25 (3582)

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 23

2 Thessalonians 3:1-12: Praying and Working

Q&A: Suicide vs Assisted Suicide

Revelation 9:13-10:11

For Those Mourning this Christmas

Matthew 24:36-25:30

Q&A: Do Lutherans say Soli Deo Gloria?

Q&A: What is the Communion of Saints?

A WISHED-FOR BIRTH

Monday, December 22, 2025

Meditation on Revelation 9:1-12

The Large Catechism: The Lord’s Prayer: 3rd Petition

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 22

Why Go to Christmas Services?

Meditation on Revelation 8:1-13

Q&A: How to Mortify the Flesh

What Do You Say About Yourself?

Luke 2:21–40 (A Sword Will Pierce Mary’s Soul)

#325. How to Lutheran: Children's Christmas Programs

Set Apart to Serve: Pastoral Formation at Concordia Seminary St. Louis

JOSEPH THE PROTECTOR

Devotional Matthew 2:13-23 (In the Hole)

Friday, December 19, 2025

Everybody Is Somebody

LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON?

December Life Together Digest with Pres. Harrison

Lutheran Heritage Foundation: Latest Projects and News!

1 Thessalonians 5:23-28: Wholly Holy

Luke 1:57–80 (The Nativity of John)

1 Thessalonians 5:12-22: Life in Light of Christ’s Coming

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 19 - Adam & Eve

Matthew 24:29-35

Thursday, December 18, 2025

Meditation on Revelation 2:1-29

The Large Catechism: The Lord’s Prayer: 2nd Petition

Why the Multiverse Can’t Explain Our Universe

Not Confessional Lutheran, but worth considering.

Anointing Jesus

Isaiah 40:1-11 (A Voice in the Wilderness)

Q&A: On the Incarnation of Jesus

Q&A: Are Denominations Evil?

Q&A: How Much Should a Christian Tithe?

What the Lutheran Church has to offer in Puerto Rico | Cristo en el Centro

Q&A: What's on the Menu at the Marriage Feast of the Lamb?

Q&A Vocation of Friends and AI Chatbots?

Q&A: Who Can Assist in the Sacrament of the Altar?

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 18

Q&A: Is Bowing Before the Cross Veneration?

#324. Erin's Soapbox: The Internet Ruined Christmas Lists

Mid-Week Advent Service - 12/17/2025

Wednesday, December 17, 2025

Be Not Offended at Jesus' Ministry

Is David Actually Good? A Review of Angel Studios’ Latest Film

FOUND TO BE WITH CHILD

Set Apart to Serve: Formation at Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne

1 Thessalonians 5:1-11: Wakeful Sobriety

Christ, Our Greatest Comfort

Luke 1:39–56 (Mary and Elizabeth)

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 17 - Daniel ...

1 Thessalonians 4:13-18: Hope-Filled Grief

Christmas with the St. Louis Symphony

Isaiah 11 (Shoot of Jesse)

1 Thessalonians 4:9-12: Brothers Work Quietly with Love

1 John 4:1-21

Luke 1:26-39; Matthew 2:22-23 (How Can This Be?)

Prepared with a Reason, Ep. 8: Life after Death (Eschatology)

1 Thessalonians 4:1-8: Holiness Is God’s Will for Us

Monday, December 15, 2025

SURE AND CERTAIN

J.S. Bach: Inventions & Sinfonias

Meditation on 1 John 1:1-2:14

The Large Catechism: The Lord’s Prayer: 1st Petition

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 15

A Blue Christmas

Free-Text First Friday: Headlines—Advent Edition

#323. Wild Card: Theological Imagination with Malcolm Guite

Devotional Matthew 1:18-25 (More Than You Ever Imagined)

1 Thessalonians 2:17-3:5: Face to Face

TALKED ABOUT

Sunday, December 14, 2025

Malachi 3:6-4:6: The Day of the Lord and the Return of Elijah

Other Factions & Sects in the Formula of Concord

Language is Truth (a hermeneutics conversation with Dr Greg Schulz)

1 Thessalonians 2:13-16: Suffering Together

Worship Service - 12/14/2025

Do Not Try God's Patience!

Malachi 2:1-3:5: Unfaithful Priests Weary the Lord

The Origin of Life Debate That Stumped an Atheist YouTuber

The people in this video do not assume a young Earth. The current scientific consensus is that the Earth is a few billion years old. The people in this video do not dispute that. But even with billions of years involved, how non-living chemicals could have come together to form a living organism through unguided natural processes remains a mystery.

Not Confessional Lutheran, but worth considering.

"Son of David, Son of God" LW Searching Scripture, December 2025: Isaiah...

Saturday, December 13, 2025

INVISIBLE

GREAT MERCY

1 Thessalonians 2:1-12: Laboring for the Gospel of God

Malachi 1:1-14: Great is the Lord Beyond the Border of Israel!

Prepared with a Reason, Ep. 7: Not Everything Is Beautiful (Aesthetics)

1 Thessalonians 1:1-10: Thanksgiving for Faith, Love, and Hope

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 13 - Lucia, ...

The Racism, Misogyny and Antisemitism of Several Proponents of Christian...

The Problem With God Talk

Pictures of Patience

Wednesday, December 10, 2025

Thursday, December 4, 2025

Lutheranism and Tradition – Pr. Hans Fiene, 12/3/25 (3372)

The Head That Once Was Crowned - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Rejoice, for Christ Is King! - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Atheist Gets Stumped by the Mathematics of God

As far as I know, Stephen Meyer is not a Confessional Lutheran; however, these arguments may be worthy of consideration.

In Our Day of Thanksgiving - Choral Practice Male Quartet

For All Your Saints, O Lord - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Ye Watchers and Ye Holy Ones - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Shall We Gather at the River - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Q&A: Infant Faith, Baptism, and Hebrews 11

Q&A: What can we do apart from God?

@WoodpeckersQuartet play Once in Royal David’s city

@WoodpeckersQuartet play Swedish Christmas hymn

LSB 892, “Come, Ye Thankful People, Come”

The Scattering of the Gospel

Meditation on Revelation 21:19-27

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Dec 4, 2025

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 4 - John of ...

A New York Times Article, “Orthodox Church Pews Are Overflowing with Con...

I am reminded of a segment that I heard on National Public Radio about 25 years ago. Even back then, the Eastern Orthodox Church was seeing an influx of converts. Some Catholics had become disaffected by the changes of Vatican II. In other cases, members of Anglican, Lutheran, and other denominations didn't like the changes they had seen taking place in their churches in efforts to modernize and appeal to contemporary audiences.

The Eastern Orthodox Church has changed very little over the course of its history. The worship services are not user-friendly. But the converts are looking for something doesn't change over time.

That was NPR about 25 years ago.

This video was an interesting update.

The Life-Friendly Properties of Carbon And Other Non-Metal Atoms

There is Natural Theology and there is Revealed Theology. Natural Theology has to do with what we can learn about God through the study of nature (Romans 1. Creation attests to a Creator).

Revealed Theology has to do with what we can learn about God through the study of His Holy Word (the Bible).

Confessional Lutherans are big on Revealed Theology.

This podcast deals more with Natural Theology.

Wednesday, December 3, 2025

DOUBTFUL

For All the Saints - Choral Practice Male Quartet

In His Temple Now Behold Him - Choral Practice Male Quartet

At the Name of Jesus - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Does the Doctrine of Predestination Affect Preaching?

Matthew 26:1-30: Love is Never Wasted

LSB 813, “Rejoice, O Pilgrim Throng”

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 3

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Dec 3, 2025

Tuesday, December 2, 2025

The Large Catechism: The Lord’s Prayer: Introduction, Part 1

SUDDEN GIFT

Promoting Your Congregation’s Christmas Services – Pr. Christopher Jacks...

What to look for in a Lutheran Church

When Christians Contradict Themselves

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 2

The End of the World

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Dec 2, 2025

What Is Your Favorite Advent Hymn, and Why? 12/1/25 (3353)

Matthew 25:31-46: Sheep and Goats: Who Is My Neighbor?

Bach - Partita no. 3 in A minor BWV 827 - Van Delft | Netherlands Bach S...

Father Most Holy - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Holy, God, We Praise Your Name - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Holy, Holy, Holy, Lord God Almighty! - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Come, Thou Almighty King - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Monday, December 1, 2025

IN THE DAYS OF HEROD

Scientists Tried to Create Life and Failed: Here's Why

Not Confessional Lutheran, but still worth consideration.

LSB 797, “Praise the Almighty”

The Liturgy is the Garden of Eden Inverted

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - December 1

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Dec 1, 2025

O Spirit of Life - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Come, Gracious Spirit, Heavenly Dove - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Holy Spirit, Truth Divine - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Devotional Matthew 3:1-12 (The Power of Baptism)

EMBEDDED

Friday, November 28, 2025

The Advent Hymn “Once He Came in Blessing” – Pr. Will Weedon, 11/28/25 (...

The Hymn “We Praise You O God, Our Redeemer Creator” – Pr. Will Weedon, ...

Did Jesus Break the 7th Commandment Be Sending Demons into 2,000 Swine?

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 28

Matthew 22:23-46: The Sadducees are Sad, You See.

Medical and Theological Perspectives on IVF

LSB 737, “Rejoice, My Heart, Be Glad and Sing”

Everlasting Life

Thursday, November 27, 2025

Meditation on Matthew 27:11-32

Rise and Shine

The Large Catechism: The Apostles’ Creed: 3rd Article, Part 2

Certainty, Part 2

Matthew 22:1-22: Jesus, Must We Pay Taxes?

#320. Sarah Goes to School: Deaconess Studies, Commence!

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 27

Philemon 1-25: A Letter of Pastoral Care

Matthew 21:23-46: Jesus’ Authority Is Questioned...Again!

Ready or Not

Tuesday, November 25, 2025

Making Provision

Q&A: What happens when we die?

Q&A: The Lutheran View of the Apocrypha

The Lutheran View of 1 Timothy 3:15 "The Church is the Pillar of the Truth"

Sanctification in 1 Corinthians

Colossians 4:2-18: Connected in Christ

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 25

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Nov 25, 2025

Matthew 21:1-22: WWJD? Whip the Temple into Shape

Sunday, November 23, 2025

Worship Service - 11/23/2025

Alleluia! Sing to Jesus - Choral Practice Male Quartet

That Easter Day with Joy Was Bright - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Christ Is Risen! Alleluia! - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Finding Comfort in Reading Revelation

Colossians 3:18-4:1: The Philosophy of Christ

Matthew 20:17-34: Third Passion Prediction and Servant Leadership

Prepared with a Reason, Ep. 4: We Are More Than Animals (Anthropology)

Colossians 3:5-17: Put on Christ

"House of Obedience"

The Large Catechism: The Apostles’ Creed: 3rd Article, Part 1

Certainty, Part 1

Thine the Amen

Saturday, November 22, 2025

Free-Text First Friday: Autism and Faith

Set Apart to Serve: Church Worker Formation at Concordia University, Neb...

Thomas Aquinas: A Lutheran Perspective

#319. Kitchen Table Talk: Sabbath Rest with Dr. Joel Biermann

Rejoice at Your Coming Judgment

Colossians 2:16-23: Hold Fast to the Body, Not the Shadow

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 22

Meditation on Matthew 24:1-28

An Unlikely King

Ever Mission Minded

Friday, November 21, 2025

The Puzzle Club Christmas Mystery

Matthew 19:13-30: “Who Then Can Be Saved?”

Colossians 2:6-15: Christ’s Cruciform Triumph Over All Powers

He is Truth

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 21

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Nov 21, 2025

Peace, to Soothe Our Bitter Woes - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Hallelujah! Jesus Lives! - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Matthew 19:1-12: Let No Man Put Asunder

Unlikely Witnesses

Tuesday, November 18, 2025

Q&A: Years of Unworthy Communion?!

Q&A: Are Cain and Abel twins?

First

Q&A: Is all of God's Wrath Poured Out on Jesus?

Q&A: What makes Baptism efficacious?

Q&A: Should Christians Bless Israel?

“The New Heavens and New Earth” LW Searching Scripture, November 2025: I...

Colossians 1:24-2:5: Christ in You

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 18

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Nov 18, 2025

Matthew 18: (11), 12-35: Is There a Limit to Forgiveness?

Colossians 1:15-23: In All Things

Meditation on Matthew 22:23-46

Monday, November 17, 2025

Pain

Will Believers Be Rewarded in Eternity for Good Works?

Awake, My Heart, with Gladness - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Devotional Luke 23:27-43 (A New Way of Seeing)

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 17

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO

Matthew 18:1-10: Honor in Humility, Greatness in Grace

Thine Is the Glory - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Christ the Lord Is Risen Today; Alleluia! - Choral Practice Male Quartet

The Strife Is O'er, the Battle Done - Choral Practice Male Quartet

The Water of Life

Sunday, November 16, 2025

J.S. Bach: Arranged for Piano

Election in the Formula of Concord

Jesus Christ Is Risen Today - Choral Practice Male Quartet

The Day of Resurrection! Male Quartet

Love Consecrates the Humblest Act - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Calvary (Every Time I Think about Jesus) - Choral Practice Male Quartet

“The Judgement Is Coming!" - 11/16/2025

Colossians 1:1-14: From Darkness to Light in Christ

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Hassler) - Choral Practice Male Quartet

O Sacred Head, Now Wounded (Bach) - Choral Practice Male Quartet

They Crucified My Lord - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Ah, Holy Jesus - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Go to Dark Gethsemane - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Jesus, I Will Ponder Now - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Humbled and Exalted

The Day Is Surely Drawing Near

The Name on the Front

By God’s Grace We Live in Faith

Saturday, November 15, 2025

The Large Catechism: The Apostles’ Creed: 2nd Article

The Name on the Front

All Glory, Laud, and Honor - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Christ, the Life of All the Living - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Beneath the Cross of Jesus - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Alas! And Did My Savior Bleed - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Jesus, Keep Me Near the Cross - Choral Practice Male Quartet

Matthew 17:1-27: Transfiguration on the Mountain and Healing Miracles

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 15

A Guide to Reasoning and Debating Ideas Clearly

Kids Have Questions, Part 49 – Pr. Jonathan Conner, 11/13/25 (3173)

The Stableboy's Christmas

The City That Forgot About Christmas

Bach - Valet will ich dir geben BWV 736 - Zerer | Netherlands Bach Society

Christmas Is

Thursday, November 6, 2025

The God of the Living

Set Apart to Serve: Church Work Programs at Concordia University Irvine

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Nov 6, 2025

Daily readings from The Treasury of Daily Prayer - November 6

Q&A: Do we witness or confess in evangelism?

Media Coverage of the Democratic Party’s God Gap – Terry Mattingly, 11/5...

Q&A: Are all passages of Scripture equally inspired?

Q&A: Which parts of the Scripture are for everyone?

Marriage in God’s Kingdom

Wednesday, November 5, 2025

Q&A: What does Luther mean about Suffering making a Theologian?

LCMS—Synod's Doppelgänger

Q&A: Tentatio, Witness vs Confess, What's Specific, Inspiration, Bless I...

How Should Christians Respond to Neurodivergence?

Daily Chapel at the LCMS International Center, St. Louis, MO | Nov 5, 2025

Hermeneutics with James Voelz

Philippians 4:10-23: Contentment in Christ

Christ Always Welcomes

Meditation on Matthew 20:17-34

A Protestant Theologian's Thoughts on the Vatican's New Document About Mary

Sunday, November 2, 2025

Devotional Luke 20:27-40 (Your Marriage Vow)

The Genius of J.S. Bach: Partitas Nos. 1 & 2, Italian Concerto & French ...

Worship Service - 11/02/2025

Bach - Concerto in C minor BWV 981 - Pashchenko | Netherlands Bach Society

Bach - Allegro assai from Violin Concerto in E major BWV 1042 | Netherla...

Christ Jesus Lay in Death's Strong Bands (CHRIST LAG IN TODESBANDEN) | L...

I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say (Tallis) - Choral Practice Male Quartet

In the Cross of Christ I Glory - Choral Practice Male Quartet

God Loved the World - Choral Practice Male Quartet