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John the Baptist Prepares the Way of the Lord—Mt 3:1-12 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/eOScV50g88Y

10 For even when we were with you, we commanded you this: If anyone will not work, neither shall he eat. 11 For we hear that there are some who walk among you in a disorderly manner, not working at all, but are busybodies. 12 Now those who are such we command and exhort through our Lord Jesus Christ that they work in quietness and eat their own bread. sjrl.org/media/bible-study-1-thessalonians-41-12-november-30-2025-e6zb3-rhbps-4wg2y-r8rbc #biblestr

So what is the Father’s “business”? To send His Servant, His Son, filled with the Spirit, to bring justice, to be a covenant, to open blind eyes, and to free prisoners. That is not a vague “mission statement.” That is concrete: forgiveness for the guilty, light for darkened consciences, and release for people chained to their sins and fears. View article →

The Boy Jesus in the Temple—Luke 2:41-52 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/FpMz_E-yoXc

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Isaiah 42:1-9; Rom. 12:1–6a #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/BMsUkguF5gY

The Slaughter of the Holy Innocents—Matthew 2:16-23 #biblestr https://www.youtube.com/live/cCnfXJDs9VE

Simeon and Anna Receive the Christ-child—Luke 2:25-40 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/_qUr0qJTy-0

God places His salvation in the hands of people the world has already moved past. Not kings. Not managers of religion. Not the impressive. An old man ready to die. An old church lady who will not stop talking. That is the Lord’s way. #biblestr View article →

Bible Study: 2 Thessalonians 2 — January 4, 2025 #biblestr

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Bible Study: 2 Thessalonians 2 — January 4, 2025 — St. John Evangelical Lutheran Church

2 Thessalonians 2 (NKJV) 1 Now, brethren, concerning the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ and our gathering together to Him, we ask you, 2 n...

Sunday’s OT and Epistle—Jeremiah 31:31-34; Galatians 4:1-7 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/dzQKJ6Y-U_s

The Ark of the Covenant into the Temple—1 Kings 8:6-13 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/qprlKV-VRWM

Circumcision and Name of Jesus: Luke 2:21 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/74ZhRatcDuM

What does this have to do with the turning of the year? Everything. We are tempted to treat a new year like a blank page where we finally get to write a better story about ourselves. Resolutions. Reinvention. Image management. Control. But that’s not how Christians enter a year. Christians enter time under a Name already given, under a mercy already promised, under a Savior already bleeding for them. You don’t walk into this year alone. You walk into it branded—sealed—named. View article → #biblestr

The Feast of the Circumcision and Name — December 31, 2025 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/_85JvBKZAAM

New Year’s Eve: Luke 12:35-40 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/O9Uy3UjfBho

“Do Not Be Afraid to Go to Egypt”—Genesis 46:1-7 #biblestr https://youtube.com/live/Jmy3h_cX764

David’s Son Will Build the House of the Lord—2 Sam 7:1-16 https://youtube.com/live/YaUe178eIqE

Christ’s kingdom on earth is a cross-kingdom. Not because God enjoys pain, but because this is how He conquers. The throne is a cross. The crown has thorns. The victory is hidden under weakness. And if that is true for the King, it will not be different for the people who belong to Him. View article → #biblestr