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After Christmas Quiz
With Christmas and the many church services now over, it might be good to see if you have your facts straight and if you know why we celebrate Christmas and what Christmas is really all about. Because so many traditions have been introduced into the holy day, it may prove beneficial to take the following Christmas Quiz to see if you know what is fact and what is merely fiction or tradition.
Posted · Author Pastor Randy Moll
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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