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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.

17th Sunday after Pentecost 2024

Sunday, September 15 2024

Proof by Words
James 3:1-12
The words we speak are to glorify God, rather than harm or insult others

Current Series:
Prove It!
Faith active in love

Study & Share Insert
...#1 How would you describe a “theme” across the readings of the day? Be specific. Hint: look for topics, parallel ideas, inversions, reversals, similarities, extensions, metaphors, actions, vocabulary, grammar, etc. Consider especially Isaiah 50:4; Psalm 116:1-2; James 3:5-10; Mark 8:27-30

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16th Sunday after Pentecost 2024

Sunday, September 08 2024

Proof of Love
James 2:1-10, 14-18
Our human love is derived from Jesus’s love for the church

Current Series:
Prove It!
Faith active in love

Study & Share Insert
...#1 St. James exposes our greedy, covetous hearts (James 2:4) in attending to others. Jesus subverts all this in the gospel lesson (cf. 7:20-23). How do the woman & the man illustrate what St. James writes in James 2:5? See Matthew 5:1-12, 25:31-46; Romans 6:3-4

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15th Sunday after Pentecost 2024

Sunday, September 01 2024

Protecting the Body
Ephesians 6:10-20
Our human love is derived from Jesus’s love for the church

Current Series:
CHRIST for EveryBODY
We glorify God with our bodies as he instructs us

Study & Share Insert
...#1 What do these Old Testament references add to the Armor of God? See Psalms 28:7, 115:9-11; Isaiah 11:15, 49:2, 52:7, 59:17; Nahum 1:15, also Psalm 44:1-8

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