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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.

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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.

Fourth Sunday of Easter 2023

Sunday, April 30 2023

Mission Never Stops
Acts 5:29-42
God uses the world’s persecution to make every church stronger

Current Series:
Forged by the Spirit
Resurrection Power Births a Church

Study & Share Insert
...#1 What does Jesus have to say about his followers & suffering? See Matthew 10:16-22, 24:9-14; Mark 13:9-13; Luke 6:22-23, 21:12-17; John 15:18-25; Revelation 2:1--3:22

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Second Sunday of Easter 2023

Sunday, April 16 2023

Co-Mission-ed
John 20:19-31
Jesus send us, equipped with the Holy Spirit, to spread the gospel wherever we are.

Current Series:
Forged by the Spirit
Resurrection Power Births a Church

Study & Share Insert
...#4 The resurrection of the (actual, physical, human) body is an essential belief of Christianity. However, it’s impossible for us to truly know what those resurrected bodies freed from the corruptions of sin, death, & evil, will be like. (IOW we have to wait & see.) How does St. Paul show that our bodies are already being renewed? See Romans 6:4-22, esp. v13, 12:1; Colossians 3:5-10; 1 Peter 4:2-3, 7-11

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Glorious Festival of Our Lord's Resurrection

Sunday, April 09 2023

Our Lord's Resurrection
Matthew 28:1-10
Tell everyone you know about salvation through His death & resurrection

Current Series:
Forged by the Spirit
Resurrection Power Births a Church

Study & Share Insert
...#1 Review the “Passion Predictions” referenced in v6: Matthew 16:21-28, 17:22-23, 20:17-19, 26:1-2 (see also 1 Corinthians 15:3-4). How do they shed light on the following Old Testament passages which model/prophesy/suggest the Messiah’s resurrection? Genesis 3:15, 22:1-18 (cf. Hebrews 11:17-19); Psalm 2:7 (cf. Acts 13:33), 16:1-11 (cf. Acts 2:25-28, 13:35-37), 22:1-31 esp. vv14-15, 25-27, 40:1-3, 110:1; Job 14:4, 19:25-26; Isaiah 53:8-10; Hosea 6:2; Zechariah 12:10; Jonah 1:17 (cf. Matthew 12:40)

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Palm Sunday of Our Lord's Passion 2023

Sunday, April 02 2023

Redemptive Suffering
Isaiah 50:4-9a
The Body of Christ bears his life-giving cross together with one another.

Current Series:
Death & Resurrection
Daily dying and rising

Study & Share Insert
...#1 Read the other “servant songs” from Isaiah. The context is the Babylonian Exile (500s BC); what do you think is going on with this servant? See Isaiah 42:1-4, 49:1-6, 52:13-53:12; see also 61:1-3; John 12:37-41. Hint: use a study Bible, Wikipedia, & a Bible commentary, if you have one

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