A Letter From The Martyrs

Love and forgiveness shine like the sun in a place where there is no light.
On April 18th, three Christian missionaries in Turkey were brutally tortured and murdered. The Church in Smyrna has released a letter to all Christians, the global church.  The letter recounts the details of the tragedy (at some points graphic), it calls [...]

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Reason To Believe

So, here’s the question, can we even separate faith and reason? Do we even need the “and”? I know that isn’t the kind of question people usually start with. After all, as Mark Twain once said, “Faith is believing something you know ain’t true.” Faith, it seems, is something wholly [...]

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Prayers For Easter Sunday

Here are the prayers for Easter Sunday!
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
O almighty and eternal God, who through the death of Your Son has destroyed sin and death, and by His rising to life again restored innocence and everlasting life, that being delivered from the power of the devil, I might live under You in [...]

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Prayers For Saturday

Here are the prayers for Holy Saturday.
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
Heavenly Father, I am silenced at the gave of Your Son, who knew no sin, yet was made sin for us. You permitted Him to die, exchanging His innocence for our guilt. In love He came to save us, but He was [...]

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Prayers For Good Friday

Here are the prayers for Good Friday! My apologies for putting them up so late!
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
O Christ, Lamb of God, slain for the sin of the whole world, with penitent heart I come to your cross, pleading for mercy and forgiveness. My sins – and they are many – [...]

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Prayers For Maundy Thursday

As we approach Easter Sunday, I thought it would be beneficial to stop and meditate on Christ’s work during the last days of Holy Week. Here are some traditional prayers to help aid in your meditation and reflection on Christ’s institution of Holy Communion, for this Maundy Thursday.
From the Lutheran Book of Prayer:
Eternal Savior, [...]

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300: The “Terrible Beauty” Of War

300 is one of those rare movies that causes an extreme polarization in the reactions of its viewers. You either loved the movie or you absolutely hated it, very few people walk out of the theater feeling apathetic about the last two hours. What’s interesting is the way in which the theme of [...]

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