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Homily - LifeChain 2026 - Genesis 9:1-7

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The Virgin of the Lilies,  1899, William-Adolphe Bouguereau Human life is valuable because it is made in God’s image, therefore: Fertility is a blessing, not a curse There is a reckoning for those who hate life A business of death. Planned Parenthood, along with the other abortion mills in Minnesota and throughout our nation are in the business of death. At this abortuary they do chemical abortions using the abortion pill every Wednesday. Based upon my research they charge between five and seven hundred dollars for that. At other abortion mills where they do later term surgical abortions the price goes up to a couple thousand dollars. In years past we learned that Planned Parenthood, and other abortionists, sell baby body parts and perform experimentation on them, and have even received funding from our government, using our taxes, to do all of these nightmarish things with the bodies of babies. This business of death places a price tag on these lives, and gives them a value of a f...
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Sermon - Presentation of the Augsburg Confession 2023 - Matthew 10:26-33

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Presentation of the Augsburg Confession,  St. John's Church in Schweinfurt, late 16th Cent. Having the courage to confess the truth of scripture Historical details Courage is fearing God instead of man Confessing the truth requires we love both God and man, but in that order Are you willing to die on that hill? Usually that’s a question asked in order to convince someone to back down from their position. That’s fair, not every hill is worth dying on. But, when it comes to our faith in God, that is a hill we must die on. The Lutheran reformers 500 years ago realized that. October 31st, 1517 is popularly known as Reformation Day among us. Although, to be frank, it wasn’t a particularly significant day in history, since Martin Luther just posted the 95 Theses in Wittenberg, and his theses weren’t very good. But June 25th, 1530, although not widely known, is a much more significant day in history. On that day we see that our Lutheran forefathers had the courage to confess the truth of ...
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