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Study & Share Sermon Blog

This is Pastor Jared's weekly sermon info and his weekly Study and Share devotional Bible study. Unless otherwise noted all sermons and studies are copyright Jared Stillions 2020-2023. The devotional Bible studies may be reproduced & shared for personal, non-sale use, provided this copyright notice is included. The studies are formatted two to a page to make sharing it easier. Weekly posts go live at 9:00 AM on Sundays. 

You can find his sermon podcast on the sermon-cast page. Check back each Sunday for new content. The podcast will soon be listed with major services. 
Why not put them on the same page? Due to limitations of our website builder.

By the way, here's the Lutheran Confessions, The Book of Concord, online and in the public domain. These writings, including Luther's Small & Large Catechisms are frequently referenced in these devotional studies. The Confessions are the historic doctrinal standard of the Lutheran Church and a faithful exposition of the Bible. You could say they are squared, leveled, and plumb by and to the Bible itself.  

Sunday, February 27 2022

Telling the Truth
2 Corinthians 3:12--4:2  
As evangelists, we are boldly state the truth in a world of lies & deceit

Current Series:
Anointed; Now What?
God has anointed us to be his evangelists, knowing, showing, and telling about him for the sake of the world

Study & Share Insert
...#6. We live in a world of “fake news” where truth is measured by spin. Our motto could well be “Are you gonna believe me or your lying eyes?” How does St. Paul’s commitment (2 Corinthians 4:2) to telling the truth & the Truth (John 14:6) leave us at odds with our neighbors who may or may not believe that “Science is real” or “Love is love” or other meaningless platitudes? By staying out of the madness, how are Christians then in a position to bring healing & reconciliation? See Matthew 5:1-11, 37-48; Romans 12:18; 2 Corinthians 5:18; 1 Peter 3:13-18; Small Catechism: Commandments 5-8; SC available bookofconcord.org

Download the rest (*.pdf) SS_2022-02-27_Transfig

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Sunday, February 13 2022

Show & Tell
Psalm 1 
As evangelists, our concrete acts of love match our words of praise

Current Series:
Anointed; Now What?
God has anointed us to be his evangelists, knowing, showing, and telling about him for the sake of the world

Study & Share Insert
...#2. Ezekiel (47:12), & perhaps Isaiah, also seem to quote Psalm 1:3. How do the following expand & fill in this tree metaphor of the faithful? See Genesis 18:1-15; Joshua 24:14-26; 2 Samuel 18:6-15; Psalm 92:12-15; Isaiah 4:2, 6:9-13; 11:1-10, 61:3; Jeremiah 23:5-6, 33:14-17; Ezekiel 17:22-24, 47:12; Zechariah 3:8, 6:12-13; Matthew 2:23 (a word play on the Hebrew root word NZR/“branch”), 7:17-19, 12:33-35

Download the rest (*.pdf) SS_2022-02-13_Epi06

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Sunday, February 06 2022

Perfectly Imperfect
Isaiah 6:1-13
As evangelists, we practice a winsome honesty about our faults & shortcomings.

Current Series:
Anointed; Now What?
God has anointed us to be his evangelists, knowing, showing, and telling about him for the sake of the world

Study & Share Insert
...#2. St. Paul compares his late coming to faith after persecuting the Church as being like a stillborn infant (1 Corinthians 15:8). How does this unsettling imagery emphasize the new life brought by the gospel? See John 4:7-14 (15-42); Romans 6:3-11, 8:22-23; 2 Corinthians 4:3-6, 5:1-10, 17; Galatians 6:15; 1 Timothy 1:12-16

Download the rest (*.pdf) SS_2022-02-06_Epi05

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