The final seven plagues, poured out from the seven bowls, cause the downfall of the kingdom of the beast, culminating in a final climactic battle – the battle of Armageddon. As a result, God's people praise him for his holiness, his universal reign, and his...
The mark of the Beast in Revelation 13:18 is a mark identifying its bearer as belonging to the evil system of this world. But there is a much stronger mark, found in Revelation 14:1: the name of the Lamb and of his Father. Readings and sermon were delivered by Pastor...
Please join us for Ash Wednesday Worship Service on Wednesday, February 22, 2023 at 7 PM CST. Why Ashes on Ash Wednesday? Lutheran Worship: History and Practice, a commentary on Lutheran Worship, one of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod’s hymnals, says this about...
In the highly symbolic Revelation 12-14, John records a vision of a great Dragon (the Satan) pursuing and trying to kill a Baby (Jesus Messiah), attempting to crush him with two henchmen, the beast from the sea and the beast from the land, symbols of the political and...
Christians (and many others as well) believe that God made everything that exists, but this raises the question of who made God. Chuck and Aaron talk about who God is, what it means that one supreme being made everything, the question of ultimate cause, and the moral...
The Bible claims that there is one creator God, Yahweh, who made everything that exists. Some people wonder then if there was someone or something that made God. But the uncreatedness of God is, in fact, one of the most basic ways to understand what or who God is,...
The two witnesses of Revelation 11 recall Moses' and Elijah's faithful witness of the truth of God's kingdom to the political and cultural forces of their place and time, a witness unto death that the church of Jesus has replicated in her confession of...
In addition to our Sunday Worship services during Lent, St. James will offer Midweek Lent service as follows: Ash Wednesday, February 22 @ 7:00 PMWednesday, March 1 @ 7:00 PMWednesday, March 8 @ 7:00 PMWednesday, March 15 @ 7:00 PMWednesday, March 29 @ 7:00 PM Holy...
Help St. James and Good Shepherd Youth Groups get to the Youth Gathering in 2025! St. James and Good Shepherd Youth Groups are hosting a Trivia Night fundraiser to benefit youth attending the next National Youth Gathering in New Orleans in 2025! Date: March 3,...
The seven trumpets of the book of Revelation is a retelling of the plagues God put on Egypt during the exodus. Only now, these plagues are ongoing and global, a part of God's determination to eradicate the evil of this world so he can come and live with his people...
