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Self-examination before Holy Communion - Dec. 16
Those who take sin lightly and imagine they can willfully continue on in sin and disobedience to God’s commandments without consequence need to consider these words of Scripture.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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What is Christ's descent into hell?
What do we mean when we confess that Jesus Christ descended into hell?
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Advent Season to begin on Sunday
Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas — this coming Sunday — and is often associated with all the preparations for Christmas celebrations, but its real focus is on spiritual preparations for the advent or coming of Christ, not just His first coming as a babe born in Bethlehem but especially His return as the Judge of the living and the dead.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Difference between LCMS and ELDoNA
The most significant difference between the LCMS and ELDoNA and the Lutheran Confessions is in the doctrine of justification – the chief article of faith. The LCMS teaches a universal justification apart from faith. ELDoNA, in accord with the Scriptures, teaches that people are justified by faith and forgiven of God only when they trust in the holy life and atoning sacrifice of Christ Jesus, God the Son in human flesh.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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Viral infections are like doctrinal digressions
The way in which a virus does its work is much like the way in which Biblical truth is undermined in churches. The father of lies (John 8:44) comes with little falsehoods, small doctrinal errors, subtle compromises of the Scriptural doctrine. And like a virus, these errors are injected into and replace the “genetic” makeup of sound Biblical words and doctrine. Thus, infected churches may appear to have a solid confession of the truth and use all the right words, but the inner meanings of those words and the message have changed.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll