His Time - Human Life Amendment, Urban and Inner City Mission, False Teachers and True Contentment

Morning Segment 1

Mary Ann Anderson – VP, North Dakota Lutheras for Life – talks about the Human Life Amendment.

Tuesday’s Ministry Highlight

Rev. Steve Schave talks about Urban and Inner City Mission.

LCMS Urban & Inner-City Mission (UICM) is working to boost revitalization efforts in city ministries that involve reaching out across cultures with the Gospel. UICM provides resources for churches that wish to provide a spiritual home for people who are searching for hope and healing. UICM offers training to equip leaders in witness, mercy and life together for community engagement that leads to Christ becoming known in neighborhoods. The ultimate goal of UICM is to assist congregations with their efforts to transform the chaos, death and decay that often plagues the cities in which they are located into communities characterized instead by peace, life and renewal.

Daily Lectionary

Rev. Bill Liebmann of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Barnhart, MO looks at 1 Timothy 5:17-6:2 “False Teachers and True Contentment“. (Scroll down to read today’s text.)

Matins Sermonette

Today’s sermonette is given by Rev. Bill Liebmann of Immanuel Lutheran Church of Barnhart, MO

"The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid." - Martin Luther — “The Bible is cradle wherein Christ is laid.” – Martin Luther

1 Timothy 5:17-6:2

¹⁷Let the elders who rule well be considered worthy of double honor, especially those who labor in preaching and teaching. ¹⁸For the Scripture says, “You shall not muzzle an ox when it treads out the grain,” and, “The laborer deserves his wages.” ¹⁹Do not admit a charge against an elder except on the evidence of two or three witnesses. ²⁰As for those who persist in sin, rebuke them in the presence of all, so that the rest may stand in fear. ²¹In the presence of God and of Christ Jesus and of the elect angels I charge you to keep these rules without prejudging, doing nothing from partiality. ²²Do not be hasty in the laying on of hands, nor take part in the sins of others; keep yourself pure. ²³(No longer drink only water, but use a little wine for the sake of your stomach and your frequent ailments.) ²⁴The sins of some people are conspicuous, going before them to judgment, but the sins of others appear later. ²⁵So also good works are conspicuous, and even those that are not cannot remain hidden.

6 Let all who are under a yoke as bondservants^[a] regard their own masters as worthy of all honor, so that the name of God and the teaching may not be reviled. ²Those who have believing masters must not be disrespectful on the ground that they are brothers; rather they must serve all the better since those who benefit by their good service are believers and beloved.