[Charles Henrickson]

This is the sermon I'm preaching this morning. (I'm a Lutheran pastor.)

[Charles Henrickson]

Ping.

[stayathomemom]

Pastor, If you get the chance check out the lyrics to the song my daughter and I are singing in church tomorrow (this) morning:

"An Earthly Tree" by William Byrd, 1589

1. An earthly tree a heavenly fruit it bear,
A case of clay contained a crown immortal
A crown of crowns, a King whose cost and care
Redeemed poor man, whose race before was thrall
To death, to doom, to pains of everlasting,
By His sweet death, scorns, stripes, and often fasting.

2. A star above the stars, a sun of light,
Whose blessed beams this wretched earth bespread
With hope of heaven and of God's Son the sight,
Which in our flesh and sinful soul lay dead.
O faith, O hope, O joys renowned for ever,
O lively life that deathless shall persever.

3. Then let us sing the lullabys of sleep
To this sweet babe, born to awake us all
From drowsy sin that made old Adam weep,
And by his fault gave to mankind the fall.
For lo! this day, the birth day, day of days,
Summons our songs to give Him laud and praise.

Not only is the music beautiful, the lyrics are Christmas and Easter.

[backtothestreets]

A Blessed Christmas to all.

[Cindy]

The blessings of Christ to you sir on this Christmas day.
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CHRISTMAS
http://www.truthusa.com/CHRISTmas.html

[Larry Lucido]

"but I can guarantee you, this (and the other 99.9999% of churches who will be having service today) is the most “life-friendly” place you could be!"

There, fixed it for you, pastor. Merry Christmas, and stop worrying about the 3 churches who closed today.

[Conservativegreatgrandma]

Merry Christmas (and Easter) to you, too. We're off to services.

[starfish923]

It really was a miracle that God chose to come and walk among us.

[wmfights]

Pastor at services today we had approx. 2,000 people. We all feel the same as you. There was no other place we wanted to be and I have younger kids 12, 14.

BTW, the message I always like to pass along to folks this time of year is; "Merry Christmas, remember there would be no Easter without it."

God Bless all

[Knitting A Conundrum]

The human eye, they say,
can register
the light of a single photon
in the darkness.
How brightly your coming
must have rent the darkness.
How your sacrifice
tore the night
lighting an unquenchable beacon
stretched out
cruxiform,
an open invitation
for all mankind.

[Dahlseide]

Sounds good to me. I'm an ex-old-ELC Lutheran. So far the LCMS appears to this outsider to be weathering the gale force winds of modernism & such

[Southflanknorthpawsis]

LCMS greetings to you, Pastor. I truly enjoyed reading your sermon. Your message here is wonderful. The birth and resurrection of our Lord Jesus Christ is everything. I appreciate the post.

God bless you !!!

[redgolum]

Hope you had a great Christmas!