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<p>Sunday, August 28, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>August 23, 2022 Friends, We talk a lot in church about how God disciplines us. It comes up often, not in the sense of time-outs and groundings and taking away privileges, but more generally in the sense of training and formation. Like pruning the dead stems from a vine and<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/08/23/the-peaceful-fruit-of-righteousness/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The peaceful fruit of r

<p>Sunday, August 21, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>August 16, 2022 Friends, Our world appears to be beset by scarcity. There’s not enough to go around, or there’s always the sense that someday we’ll run out. Food, energy, land, water – take your pick. The story of our world is the story of things getting used up. That’s<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/08/16/not-the-way-it-seems/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Not the way it seems</span></a></span></p

<p>Sunday, August 14, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>August 9, 2022 Friends, In Proverbs, Wisdom is always calling, always inviting, always hoping that the simple will listen and grow wise. “If you turn at my reproof, behold, I will pour out my spirit to you; I will make my words known to you” (Prov. 2:23). “Come, eat of<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/08/09/wisdom-cries-aloud/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Wisdom cries aloud</span></a></span></p>

<p>August 1, 2022 Friends, “The fear of the LORD is the beginning of knowledge;fools despise wisdom and instruction” (Proverbs 1:7). The starting place of Proverbs is humility. It is the idea that I don’t know everything. Moreover, I don’t know everything that I should or that I must. And even<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/08/02/fools-despise-wisdom/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Fools despise wisdom

<p>July 19, 2022 Friends, I’ve been spending a lot of time thinking about the Proverbs lately, and you may have noticed this in Bible Study. It’s a very worthy book! Unlike the Biblical books that have historical accounts (like Genesis or Exodus or the Gospels) or the books that record<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/07/19/and-now-o-sons-listen-to-me/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">And now, O sons, list

<p>Sunday, July 17, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>July 12, 2022 Friends, If you were going to invite a friend to church, what would you say? If he asked you, “Why should I go?”, how would you answer? Why do you go to church? There’s a wide range of reasons that people go to church, just as there<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/07/12/what-are-we-about/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">What are we about?</span></a></span></p>

<p>Sunday, July 10, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>July 4, 2022 Friends, Prayer is underrated. And the historical prayers of the church are even more so. Let’s appreciate the great treasures of our heritage! Here’s your annual refresher on the beautiful prayer for our nation that we have in our hymnal: Almighty God, You have given us this<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/07/04/firm-may-she-ever-stand/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Firm may she ever s

<p>Sunday, June 26, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>June 28, 2022 Friends, The Bible is full of warnings about danger. The danger of sin, the danger of the devil and his demons, the danger of false teaching, the danger of pride and laziness and indifference. The Bible gives us those warnings because we would not know there was<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/06/28/guarding-your-heart/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Guarding your heart</span></a></span

<p>Sunday, June 26, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>June 21, 2022 Friends, Our world is squeamish about hell. Nobody likes talking about it except as an expletive. Even less do folks like being warned of it. It’s all too grim and judgy. We’d rather hear pleasant and comfortable things. But our Lord Jesus talks about hell, extensively. He<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/06/21/fire-and-brimstone/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">Fire and brimstone</span><

<p>Sunday, June 19, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>Wednesday, June 15, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>

<p>June 14, 2022 Friends, The next 23 Sundays are part of what is called the Trinity Season. It’s marked with green vestments and paraments in church to point to the growth of Christians and the Church by the Word of God. Here’s what Nils Laache says about the Trinity season:<span class="more-button"><a href="https://www.concordialcms.com/2022/06/14/the-long-green-season/" class="more-link">Continue reading<span class="screen-reader-text">The Long Green Season</span></a></spa

<p>Sunday, June 12, 2022 Rev. David Buchs</p>