Preaching and Teaching from St. John Ev. Lutheran Church (Sherman Center), Random Lake, Wisconsin

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Words matter. Your entire life is dependent on you knowing words, what those words mean, and how to speak those words in a way that is intelligent and intelligible. Literacy is essential to for life and for faith. Without words, you cannot know the truth from error. Without words, you cannot hear of Jesus and His salvation. Without words, you lack the knowledge of what love for neighbor looks like. Words matter.

We considered the liturgies of Holy Week, especially some of the more difficult texts.

Text: John 12:12-19

Text: John 13:21-38

According to the best stories we have, and there’s no reason to doubt them, Peter was crucified upside down, and his brother Andrew died on an x shaped cross. Philip died by beheading or possibly stoning, Bartholomew was skinned alive, Thomas was killed with a spear, for Matthew it was a halberd, James the Less was crucified, or perhaps clubbed to death, Simon and Jude died together, sawn in half by some accounts.

That only leaves James, the only one (not counting Judas), whose death is recorded in Scripture.

Text: John 13:1-20

Text: Acts 6:8-15; 7:51-60

Text: John 12:12-26

Text: John 12:1-11