Looking Forward to the End For you yourselves know perfectly that the day of the Lord so comes as a thief in the night. But you, brethren, are not in darkness, so that this Day… 

Looking Forward to the End In those days John the Baptist came preaching in the wilderness of Judea, and saying, "Repent, for the kingdom of heaven is at hand!" Matthew 3:1-2 Have you ever been… 

Looking Forward to the End He who is unjust, let him be unjust still; he who is filthy, let him be filthy still; he who is righteous, let him be righteous still; he who is… 

Looking Forward to the End Then we who are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And thus we shall always be… 

Looking Forward to the End Who shall separate us from the love of Christ? Shall tribulation, or distress, or persecution, or famine, or nakedness, or peril, or sword? Romans 8:35 What is your worst-case scenario?… 

1. Pick a seasonal section of the hymnal (for example: Lent in The Lutheran Hymnal—hymns 140 through 159) and read through the hymns in that section. As you do that, write down common themes that… 

Colors of the Church Year "I am the vine, you are the branches. He who abides in Me, and I in him, bears much fruit; for without Me you can do nothing.” John 15:5 Green… 

Colors of the Church Year Then there appeared to them divided tongues, as of fire, and one sat upon each of them. And they were all filled with the Holy Spirit and began to speak… 

Colors of the Church Year In Him was life, and the life was the light of men. John 1:4 In Jesus there is life, eternal life given to you through Him. This life that Christ… 

Colors of the Church Year Now it was about the sixth hour, and there was darkness over all the earth until the ninth hour. Then the sun was darkened, and the veil of the temple…