Bloghardt's Reflector

When I'm having a bad day or when I forget who I am, I remember this sermon:

Dr. Norman Nagel
St. Matthew 6:25-34
Pentecost 20 - 10-14-1985
Concordia Seminary Chapel
 
"Do not keep company with a dancing girl, or you may be caught by her tricks.  Do not let let you mind dwell on a maiden, or you may be trapped in her penalties."
 
"Let your mind dwell," is in the Septuagint, katamanthano, which our Lord bids us do with the lilies of the field.  What comes from such attentive looking, has, as we have observed, consequences.  The consequence of the attentive looking that our Lord bids us do, is that we learn of the lilies how to grow.

St. Luke 18:6-14 - Trinity XI

In the name of Jesus. Amen. Our Senior Youth made quite a showing in St. Louis. The second day of the conference, they wore these really loud green tie-died shirts which made them look like a group of turtles.

They sure got everyone's attention! How could they not? Surprisingly enough it wasn't because of the color,

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St. Luke 19:41-48 - Trinity X
July 31, 2005

In the name of Jesus. Amen. Today's gospel takes us on a roller coaster ride with Jesus. He goes from being sung to by the crowds before our Gospel lesson, to weeping over Jerusalem, to righteously cleansing the temple, to teaching the people, and being hated by the chief priests and teachers of the

"And it happened, as He reclined at table with them, that He took bread, blessed it, broke it, gave it to them. Then their eyes were opened and they knew Him and He disappeared from their sight ." (Luke 24:30-31)