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The Complete Passion of Our Lord Jesus Christ as harmonized from the four Gospels.

I. The Lord’s Supper II. Gethsemane III. The Palace of the High Priest IV. The Praetorium V. Calvary AcknowledgmentsUnless otherwise indicated, all scripture quotations are from The Holy Bible, English Standard Version, copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a division of Good News Publishers. Used by permission. All rights reserved.Created by Lutheran Service Builder © 2006 Concordia Publishing House.

Maundy Thursday Observance

The name “Maundy” Thursday comes from the word for “command” (as in mandate). On this night Jesus said to His disciples: “A new command I give you. Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.” (John 13:34) Later in that same meal, Jesus commanded His disciples, “Do this in remembrance of me.” (1 Corinthians 11:23-25) Below…

Pastor’s Chat: Tuesday, March 31, 2020

It’s been said that “you don’t know what you’ve got ‘till it’s gone.” It could be that something you took for granted is gone and now you miss it. Or, it could be that when you’ve lost something you thought was really important you discover that actually wasn’t. You just don’t know . . . until it’s gone. For example, did you…

Pastor’s Chat: Tuesday, March 24, 2020

A pastor friend of mine (well, he’s a pastor now but he was once my Confirmation student) . . . this pastor friend of mine pointed out a recent quote from a classmate of mine (who’s a big-wig now in the Synod). It’s a little satire on Satan asking God for permission to strike humanity with a new plague with lots of…

Pastor’s Chat: Monday, March 23, 2020

Some of you will remember the polio outbreaks in the 1940’s and 50’s. In 1949, polio infected more than 42,000 people and caused 2,720 deaths in the United States. In comparison, the present pandemic has infected the same number of people and already caused more than 500 deaths in the U.S. in just the past two weeks. The total number of those…

Lent Midweek 3. 3/18/2020

This is the sermon which was prepared for the Lenten Midweek service scheduled for today but cancelled due to “social distancing” requests.