Author: Rev. George Borghardt

Rev. Borghardt is pastor of Immanuel Lutheran Church, Bossier City, LA. He is also the President of Higher Things, Inc.

Fun Word Friday: Absolution – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 18, 2019

“I forgive you” is the very voice of the Gospel. The Lord has placed your pastor in your life to speak this word of forgiveness to you, so that you would know for certain — as certainly as Christ has spoken to you, through your pastor (because He has) — that your sins are forgiven. And when he does absolve you, it’s not his forgiveness. It’s God’s forgiveness. He’s just the spokesman.

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Bible Study Thursday: Freedom from sin, Law, death, etc. – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 17, 2019

The Christian faith is not about your life change. It’s not about you becoming a better person. it’s not about you being a better you, and having your best life now. The Christian life is about freedom — freedom from sin, from death, from the power of the devil, from a conscience that’s dragged down by all the bad you’ve done. Freedom – not TO sin but freedom from sin, freedom from wanting to sin. We must be steadfast in this Gospel!

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The Church’s Culture (vs. The World) – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 16, 2019

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Out of Context Tuesday: Mark 16 – Believers and necessity of Baptism – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 15, 2019

Word order doesn’t seem to be the big deal when it comes to baptism — believe and be baptized, baptize and teach. What we can see is that baptism and faith go together and should not be separated from each other. Is baptism necessary to be saved? Yes. Then does NOT being baptized damn a person? Well, not necessarily.

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Lectionary Monday: Putting others first – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 14, 2019

When we actually believe what God says about us, that we are one for whom Christ died, who has been forgiven, who has eternal life, an heir of the Kingdom of Heaven…we don’t need to call attention to ourselves, try to get the best seat, one-up someone else. We can be comfortable in who we are (or Whose we are) to let someone else be first, get the limelight, and take the seat of honor.

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The problem with people not believing they’re sinners – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 11, 2019

How do you convince someone who doesn’t think they’re a sinner that they really are a sinner? Why would you even bother? Today’s Fun Word Friday answers a question submitted by a youth viewer.

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Bible Study Thursday: Gal 4 & what the church should be all about – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 10, 2019

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A word about youth to pastors and parents – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 9, 2019

Teenagers are smart! They are learning really hard things in school (that most adults have long since forgotten) and navigating social issues we can barely comprehend. We shouldn’t treat — or teach — them like little children. We should challenge them with clear theology, strong Law, and pure Gospel. We need to teach them what they won’t hear anywhere else in the world: Christ has been crucified for the forgiveness of your sins.

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Out of Context Tuesday: The problem with Jonah – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 8, 2019

God sent Jonah to Nineveh to preach repentance to the people. Jonah didn’t just want to go there, he didn’t want those sinners to be saved. And when the people of Nineveh repented for their sins, Jonah was actually angry about it. We have a God who not only forgives sins, but who forgives dirty, rotten, undeserving sinners who are probably just going to go and sin more anyway.

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Lectionary Monday: The God who saves before you ask him – A Higher Things® Video Short

Post author By Rev. George Borghardt
Post date October 7, 2019

Jesus with the Widow at Nain shows us what kind of God we have: God has compassion and saves us before we even ask! God isn’t God to help you improve your behavior or be a better person. He takes on your flesh, dies for you, and speaks life into your sin-dead body, just as Jesus does with the widow’s dead son in yesterday’s Gospel reading…and just as your pastor does when he preaches the Gospel in the stead and by the command of Christ.