Dear brothers and sisters, We look back on an eventful year in which we experienced the nearness and guidance of our Lord in one way or another. One thing is certainly true, also in 2022 God continued to pursue His plan of redemption and led us closer to our goal:...
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No matter what the coming months may hold in store for us, let us focus on the day of the Lord in faith! We firmly believe that the Lord will come in order to take us to Himself. Hence our motto for 2022 is: Together in Christ. Let us examine this togetherness a...
A promise is a declaration or assurance, stating a commitment to give or do something specific. Whether what has been promised is actually done is a different question. The first message for Advent, however, is: God keeps what He has promised! After the fall, He...
What God does is often incomprehensible to us humans. We ask ourselves why He allows the one or other thing and does not prevent it. We do not agree with God at all. We humans also tend to overestimate ourselves and believe that we can do things better than God. Was...
The question of what really matters often crops up in the course of a human life. And often the following recommendation is given: let’s concentrate on the essentials. Even the disciples had to learn this: if the message they were proclaiming was to reach the people,...
When athletes take part in the Olympic Games, they also represent the country under whose flag they are competing. The symbols of the different nations are omnipresent, especially at the awards ceremonies. For many this is a huge additional motivation not only to...
In a very familiar passage and one that has been set to music many times over the psalmist writes: “One thing I have desired of the Lord, that will I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the Lord all the days of my life, to behold the beauty of the Lord, and to...
These are unusual times: sometimes we have divine service, sometimes we do not; sometimes we celebrate Holy Communion, sometimes we do not celebrate it. This raises questions, in fact, so many that I cannot even answer them all. One of these questions is: Is Holy...
When people talk about the will of God, it is often in association with negative developments. When we are hard hit by a stroke of fate, we might say, “Oh well, it was the will of God.” When our prayers are not granted, we often think: “The things we requested in our...
A sensation is a spectacular and unexpected event. The ascension of Jesus sure had the potential to be just that, a sensation: Christ was lifted up into heaven and a cloud took Him away. Two men dressed in white appeared and announced that He will come back (Acts 1:...
Our faith in the Son of God accompanies us throughout our lives: it constitutes the content of divine services and our conversations. It is also an expression of our relationship with God and our living assurance and hope. In our Second Article of Faith we profess our...
Anyone who trains for a trade or studies for a profession has to sit final exams. The examinees do not have to be perfect and pass with distinction, earning a summa cum laude, but it should be evident that they are capable of handling their chosen profession without...
People have the most diverse ideas about what constitutes happiness. Many anchor their happiness to earthly wellbeing, while others consider their health to be the top priority. Still others can only feel happy when they are surrounded by family and friends. Thus...