Vespers
Service of Evening Prayer
Scripture Text: Colossians 1:15–17
Drive by Salem Lutheran Church Saturday morning at 11:00 to show Pastor Dawn your suport. Salem is located at 5080 Sherrills Ford Rd, Salisbury, NC.
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A sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter
Scripture Text: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-14; 1 Peter 1:17-25; Luke 24:13-35
A sermon for the Third Sunday of Easter – Because God is gracious and merciful, he extends forgiveness and the gift of his Spirit to all, throughout the generations. He delivers our souls from sin and death, so that we may walk with him as Adam did, in the land of the living. He accomplishes this by putting to death our old nature through baptism, a burial of the sinner into the death of Christ. In the process, he gives dead sinners new life through his own precious blood. This is why it was necessary for Christ to suffer and enter his glory: so that through him, we too may enter the glory of God’s eternal presence, as he ...
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The Third Sunday of Easter
An online service of worship
Scripture Text: Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Psalm 116:1-14; 1 Peter 1:17-25; Luke 24:13-35
Because God is gracious and merciful, he extends forgiveness and the gift of his Spirit to all, throughout the generations. He delivers our souls from sin and death, so that we may walk with him as Adam did, in the land of the living. He accomplishes this by putting to death our old nature through baptism, a burial of the sinner into the death of Christ. In the process, he gives dead sinners new l
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The Second Sunday of Easter
An online service of worship
Scripture Text: Acts 5:29-42; Psalm 148:1–14; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31
Order of Worship Collect Hymn: "I Know that My Redeemer Lives" I know that my Redeemer lives; what comfort this sweet sentence gives! He lives, He lives, who once was dead; He lives, my everliving Head. He lives triumphant from the grave, He lives eternally to save, He lives all-glorious in the sky, He lives exalted there on high. He lives to bless me with His love, He lives to plead for me above, He lives my hungry soul to feed, He lives to help in time of need. He lives, all glory to His name! He lives, my Jesus, still the same. Oh, the sweet joy this sentence gives, "I know that my ...
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A sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter
Scripture Text: Acts 5:29-42; Psalm 148; 1 Peter 1:3-9; John 20:19-31
A sermon for the Second Sunday of Easter – Watching basketball on television, one will sometimes hear the commentator say that one team has imposed their will on the game, that they will not be defeated. Sometimes it seems that the devil is winning, or that our sins are so great that salvation is uncertain. But the devil cannot frustrate God’s will—nor can we. Even our sin does not overpower the All Powerful. Look to his hands and side. See! It is finished. God has imposed his divine will on the game through his Christ, and his Spirit is the seal of this great salvation.
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A sermon for Easter Sunday
Scripture Text: Acts 10:34-43; Psalm 16; Colossians 3:1-4; Matthew 28:1-10
A sermon for Easter Sunday – This is why Jesus was born, lived, suffered, and died: so that “the Lord of all” would be the good news of salvation to “everyone who believes in him,” thereby receiving “forgiveness of sins through his name.” Indeed, there is no good apart from him. So we must always set Christ before us, seeking heavenly things—that is, seeking Christ himself who sits at the right hand of God. This is the life of the new creation, a life buried and hidden in the risen Christ.
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Easter Sunrise
A sermon for Easter Sunrise – preached for Salem Lutheran Church in Salisbury, NC. We rejoice in the Lord's resurrection, and also this Easter, in the recovery of Salem's pastor, Rev. Dawn Rister, who the Lord has blessed with having beaten COVID-19. I spoke with her last night, and I can't tell you how wonderful it was to hear her voice again. Alleluia!
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Good Friday
Devotions
Scripture Text: Isaiah 52:13–53:12
With Pastor Rister's hospitalization, Jennifer Needham, seminarian and candidate for ordained ministry in the NALC, was asked to do Good Friday devotions for Pr. Rister's congregation, Salem Lutheran Church.
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Maundy Thursday
Devotions
Scripture Text: Exodus 24:3–11
With Pastor Rister's hospitalization, Jennifer Needham, seminarian and candidate for ordaianed ministry in the NALC, was asked to do Maundy Thursday devotions for Pr. Rister's congregation, Salem Lutheran Church.
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Maundy Thursday at Eventide
An online service of worship
Scripture Text: John 13:31–35
We were commanded under the law to love God, and our neighbors as ourselves. Jesus gives us a new command: to love each other the way he has loved us.
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Palm Sunday
Series: Lent 2020
A sermon for Palm Sunday – As I type this, it is a beautiful, sunny day here in North Carolina. But this is not the sort of day the psalmist had in mind when he composed, "This is the day that the Lord has made; let us rejoice and be glad in it." He was speaking of the day of righteousness that the Lord made through his Christ, by which we are afforded salvation and eternal life.
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Palm Sunday
An online service of worship
Scripture Text: Isaiah 50:4–9a; Psalm 118:19–26; Philippians 2:5–11; Matthew 26:1–27:66
This is why we know of Jesus today. Long ago, at his Father’s bidding, he came to earth to be crucified. More specifically, he lived among us so that he would die for our sins, his body broken and his blood spilled in order that God’s forgiving grace could be made available to all who believe. In order for this to happen, God had to provide his grace in a just manner; the penalty of the sin of a world had to be paid. So both God and humanity must die: a human because we sinned, and God because he would pay the debt of all. And so, the Son of God became the Son of Man, setting his face like flint, determined to save those ...
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