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Preacher: Rev. Joel Fritsche, Missionary to the Dominican Republic Support Rev. Fritsche

The Spirit’s got one job. He’s the Paraclete, the Comforter, the Helper. He’s your Comforter, your Helper. That’s what He does for you, and He does it just like Jesus says, “He will testify about Me.”

Christian prayer is a wonderful gift. Jesus today promises that our Father hears our prayers for His sake. He tells how to pray, what to pray, and why to pray. And thus, prayer is His gift to us, [...]

Sinful human beings don't really know what is good for us. However, Jesus does, and He gives us exactly what we need: He gives us the Holy Spirit and the Church.

Text: John 16:16-22 (One Year) Preacher: Pastor Jacob Ehrhard, St. John’s Ev. Lutheran Church, Chicago, Illinois

The world tempts us to measure it otherwise. By works. By wealth. We are sinners suffering in a painful world. We've told ourselves that if Christianity were true, we wouldn't be here like this. [...]

For all that Thomas is, I thank God. Yes, for his pig-headedness, for his doubt, for his denial, for his dyed-in-the-wool skepticism — for all that, I thank God. Why? Because, as St. Gregory put [...]

But he said to them, “Do not be alarmed. You seek Jesus of Nazareth, who was crucified. He is risen! He is not here. See the place where they laid Him.

Death. He’s your enemy. The enemy we’re all afraid of. No one wants to die. We’re not too afraid of the devil, we’re generally not too afraid of our sins either. We should be. But the fact that [...]

“How could this be the plan? Who’d make a plan like this? Who’d even do it!? It’s questionable at best. Really looking at it, it’s ridiculous, insane. You could almost say its demonic! That’s [...]