Author: Rev. George Borghardt

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This week on Fun Word Friday, let’s sort out the alphabet soup of American Lutheran church bodies, a little bit of history, and how and why they’re different. There are the visible things that distinguish one from another but the differences are more fundamental than what we see externally. It’s all about how we understand the Word of God.

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Christ has set us free from being able to be judged for worshipping the Lord on one day or another. According to Paul in Galatians, Christians can faithfully worship on Saturday or on Sunday…or on Tuesday if they want. That’s not what makes anyone a “better” Christian or holier than anyone else. Only Christ makes us holy.

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When someone has done something awful or mean to you, it’s often difficult to forgive them — especially when they’re not even sorry. Do we really have to forgive those people for those things?

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It’s a belated Lectionary Monday combined with Out of Context Tuesday! When we read the parable of the Pharisee and the Tax Collector and envision ourselves as the pious and humble Tax Collector, thanking God we’re not like those judgmental Pharisees…we’re reading the parable COMPLETELY WRONG!

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This week, we look at the fun word “Catholic,” which most people think is just shorthand for the Roman Catholic Church. But the word itself actually refers to the universal Church. The one, holy, catholic church is not headquartered in Rome and salvation can be found in other Christian churches besides the Roman Catholic institution. Let’s not let Rome claim the word “catholic” all for themselves, let’s use it properly to refer to what is universally Christian.

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We get excited to talk about how we found God, that we know God, or have a relationship with God. That’s all fine and good.

But the really big deal (which St. Paul points out in today’s reading from Galatians) is that the only God that there is sought after YOU. God knows YOU. God has formed a relationship with YOU by baptizing YOU into His family and becoming YOUR Father. God loves YOU in the sending of His Son to die for YOU.

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On this Lectionary Monday, Pastor Borghardt sheds some light on yesterday’s Gospel reading which includes Jesus cleansing the Temple. He’s not having temper tantrum or being angry or a political revolutionary. Jesus is making the Temple ready for His sacrifice on Calvary…to save you.

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