Pastor Greg Rathke

In this story from Exodus 34, Israel is encamped at Mount Sinai while Moses has gone up the mountain to spend time with God. This is the...

It is one thing to “talk the talk.”  It is another thing to “walk the walk.”  The apostle Paul makes it very clear in his letter...

The powerful truth that Jesus is our Living Hope—a hope made alive through His resurrection. Because He lives, we are not only forgiven...

He who was rich became poor for our sake. By Christ’s poverty we have become rich – rich in God’s grace.  God gives.  He gave...

What language does God speak to you  through music?  Hymns?  The Lutheran Service Book’s liturgies?  Contemporary songs?   In them...

  Worship.  What does that mean exactly?  What IS worship?  Is worship about me or about God or both?  Most people would treat...

In this letter to the Thessalonian church, Paul is relieved and encouraged by the report from Timothy that this church has kept the...

Martin Luther – “It is not we who seek God, but God Himself seeks by means of the Word.  THEN, after you have been found, then you...

Promise Keeper! That is Jesus.   He promised the Holy Spirit. He delivered the Holy Spirit.     But Pentecost is not the end of...