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Pr. Borghardt and Pr. Buetow address questions and topics from youth on video in under 5 minutes. They have tackled topics on crazy parents, High School cliques, prophecy, giving things up for lent, daring to be Lutheran and knowing that you’re a Christian. Look for a new addition to HT-V each week!

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Break your fast! Yeah I said it… (Fun Word Friday)

Sunday’s coming. You should break your fast, in the freedom of the Gospel. Because the Lenten Fast is not a self-improvement program. The Lenten Fast is to help you fix your eyes on Jesus. The Sundays in Lent don’t count, they’re not fast days, they’re little Easters. Celebrate the resurrection of Christ on those days, and break your fast!

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How to Make Your Pastor Smile – Gal 6:6 (Bible Study Thursday)

When was the last time you shared your faith with your pastor, the one who catechized you? When people confess their faith to their pastors, it makes them feel like they can fly! It encourages them to keep pushing through the less-fun parts of being pastors. The best gift is koinonia, share the faith with him and let him see the seed that’s growing in you!

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How Do We Know Our Interpretation Is Right? (What’s UP? Wednesday)

 

First, the reason we look to the Scriptures at all is because they’re the inspired Word of God, and they tell us about God — the God who gave up His Son, who died and rose again. Second, what is in the Scriptures centers around the suffering and death of Jesus for us. And third, when we read them, it’s always going to be their proper context(s). Scripture interprets itself.

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Triskaidekaphobia – Should You Be Scared? (Fun Word Friday)

The thing you need to ask when about superstitions is: Is Jesus alive? Did He die for you? And did He rise again? Because Christ died and rose from the dead, that means that God is good for you every day. No matter what happens in your life, it’s going to work out just fine. You are the baptized. Jesus is going to carry you through, one way or another.

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Lent Gone Legalistically Wrong (Bad Theology Tuesday)

The decatastrophe of Lent occurs when we make Lent about ourselves — our change, our focusing on God, our doing things differently. We either enslave ourselves to some laws or to what we’re NOT doing (and how that’s so much better). Either way, it’s the Law ditch. Repent of making Lent all about you, and fix your eyes on the suffering and death of Jesus.

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Temptation of Jesus is about JC for you (Lectionary Monday)

The devil doesn’t care about your little, piddly sins. He’ll drag you into them, sure. But that’s not his big concern. The big concern of the devil, the thing that he most wants you NOT to do is believe that Jesus died for your sins. He wants to get you to trust in something other than Jesus. And here, he wants Jesus to be some other god than the One who dies for you.

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Meat Your Neighbor on Meat on Friday in Lent (Fun Word Friday)

You are free. If you think it might help with your Christian devotion to cut out meat in Lent, great! Do it. And if you are triggered by the idea of giving up meat for Lent, then you’re free to keep on eating it. What you are not free to do is mock your neighbor or intentionally tempt them with what you know they’re fasting from in their freedom.

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Don’t Give God the Bird – Galatians 6:7-8 (Bible Study Thursday)

God is not to be treated like He’s stupid or a bad driver on the interstate. If you sow according to your flesh by the Law and depending on your works, it’ll reap destruction. But when you sow according to the Spirit by faith in the Son of God, it’ll reap — from the Spirit — eternal life. You get what you earn, or you’re given by the Spirit what Jesus earned.

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Ash Wednesday (What’s UP? Wednesday)

Lent is not an excuse to be grumpy or gloomy. When you fast, be merry, be happy! Nobody should know you’re in Lent. And your Father who sees what is secret will reward you. If it’s all about your sacrifice and how much you’re giving up for God…then that feeling you get about what you’ve done is your full reward. Be somber on the inside, and joyful on the outside.

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Quinquagesima and what Lent is really about (Bad Theology Tuesday) – A Higher Things® Video Short

Lent is not about what you’re giving up. It’s not about your fast (it IS a fast, but that’s not what it’s about). Jesus is going to Jerusalem where He will be mocked, spit upon, flogged, beaten, and ultimately crucified…for you. That’s what Lent is about. Drop everything that can get in the way of you focusing on Him and receiving more of His gifts.

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