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Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day's Daily Lectionary New Testament text.
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Sharper Iron, hosted by Rev. Timothy Appel, looks at the text of Holy Scripture both in its broad context and its narrow detail, all for the sake of proclaiming Christ crucified and risen for sinners. Two pastors engage with God’s Word to sharpen not only their own faith and knowledge, but the faith and knowledge of all who listen. Sharper Iron is underwritten by Lutheran Church Extension Fund, where your investments help support the work of The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod. Visit lcef.org.
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Listen to Rev. Kenneth Bomberger give meditations on the day’s scripture lessons.
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When Ahab desires to purchase the vineyard of Naboth to convert it into a vegetable garden, Naboth faithfully refuses to sell the inheritance God has given to his family. Ahab’s pity party is rebuked by his wicked queen, Jezebel, who takes matters into her own hands. Although outwardly she puts together what seems to be a legal scenario, her ungodl…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 19:29-48 is given by Rev. John Butcher. This is a rebroadcast from May 31, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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When Ben-Hadad of Syria makes more and more demands of Ahab, Ahab takes the advice of his people and refuses to acquiesce anymore. As the battle is about to begin, the LORD sends a prophet to Ahab in order to grant even this unfaithful king a victory over Syria. When the Syrians interpret this loss according to their false religion, the LORD brings…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 19:11-28 is given by Rev. Rob Riebau. This is a rebroadcast from May 30, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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1 Kings 19:1-21: Elijah Flees to Mount Sinai
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When Jezebel threatens to kill Elijah for what he has done to the prophets of Baal, Elijah runs for his life out of the land of Israel. Although the prophet fled apart from God’s Word, the LORD miraculously provides for Elijah and sends him to Mount Sinai. There, Elijah lays his honest complaint before the LORD, and the LORD responds to Elijah thro…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 18:35-19:10 is given by Rev. Dr. Adam Filipek. This is a rebroadcast from May 29, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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1 Kings 18:20-46: The Showdown on Mount Carmel
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Elijah sets the terms for a contest with the false prophets. Both sides will prepare a sacrifice, but neither will set fire to it, allowing the true God to show Himself by answering the prayer. Elijah allows the false prophets to go first. Although they spend all morning crying upon Baal according to their pagan rites, nothing happens, a reality mo…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 17:20-37 is given by Rev. Brady Finnern. This is a rebroadcast from May 26, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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By the time the LORD sends Elijah back to Israel, the famine has grown so severe that King Ahab himself has to go and look for grass to graze his animals. This provides the opportunity for faithful Obadiah, the man in charge of the king’s household, to be alone and meet Elijah. Obadiah initially thinks that announcing Elijah’s return to Ahab will p…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 17:1-19 is given by Rev. Dr. Lucas Woodford. This is a rebroadcast from May 25, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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1 Kings 17:8-24: The Word of the LORD Goes to Sidon
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In judgment against Israel and in mockery of Israel’s monarchs, the LORD sends Elijah to Sidon, Jezebel’s homeland. There, the LORD miraculously provides for His prophet through a poor widow who comes to faith in the one true God. When death strikes the widow’s son, her regret comes to the surface, but Elijah quickly acts. Through the prophet, the …
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 16:19-31 is given by Rev. Sean Kilgo. This is a rebroadcast from May 24, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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1 Kings 16:21-17:7: The House of Omri Can’t Stop the LORD’s Word
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Omri, the commander of Israel’s army, came out on top when the dust settled after Zimri’s death. Although Omri established Samaria and brought Israel to greater political prominence during his reign, the writer of 1 Kings judges Omri as an unfaithful king whose wickedness before the LORD is the worst so far. Omri didn’t remain on that pedestal for …
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 16:1-18 is given by Rev. Sean Daenzer. This is a rebroadcast from May 23, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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As 1 Kings records the reigns of four kings of whose rule began during the reign of King Asa of Judah, the situation only grows worse and worse. Nadab, son of Jeroboam, only reigns for two years before Baasha comes and kills the whole house of Jeroboam, in fulfillment of the Word of the LORD. Baasha’s reign over Israel is longer, but his unfaithful…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 15:11-32 is given by Rev. Dr. Adam Koontz. This is a rebroadcast from May 22, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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1 Kings 14:21-15:24: The Lamp in Jerusalem Doesn't Go Out
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The author of Kings turns back to the southern kingdom, Judah, to tell us about three kings whose reigns began during the reign of Jeroboam of Israel. Rehoboam, the son of Solomon, oversaw the drastic decline from the wealth of his father. Abijam only reigned for three years, though his unfaithfulness did not diminish the faithfulness of God's prom…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 13:18-35 is given by Rev. Jacob Heine. This is a rebroadcast from May 19, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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1 Kings 14:1-20: You Can’t Hide from Those Who See with Their Ears
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When Jeroboam's son falls ill, Jeroboam sends his wife to a prophet in disguise to find out what will happen. The prophet's failing eyesight does not prevent him from seeing the truth, and the Word of the LORD he speaks reveals that Jeroboam's family is coming to an end. This sick son will die, and he will be the only one of Jeroboam's family to re…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 12:54-13:17 is given by Rev. James Preus. This is a rebroadcast from May 18, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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A man of God appears to Jeroboam at his idolatrous altar in Bethel. The man of God prophesies that a son of David named Josiah will one day come and desecrate the idolatrous place of worship, and this man of God is proven to be true by the fulfillment of the sign he gives. Initially, the man of God lives according to the word of God he has been giv…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 12:35-53 is given by Rev. Greg Truwe. This is a rebroadcast from May 17, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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1 Kings 12:1-33: Rehoboam and Jeroboam Take Bad Counsel
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After Solomon's death, his son Rehoboam receives a request from Israel that their hard service for the king be eased. Rather than listening to the wisdom of the older counselors, Rehoboam takes the advice of his young friends to promise even harder work for Israel. The results are disastrous, as Jeroboam seizes the opportunity to take ten tribes of…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 12:13-34 is given by Rev. Gaven Mize. This is a rebroadcast from May 16, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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Toward the end of his life, Solomon's marriage alliances with idolatrous wives turned his heart away from the wisdom of worshipping the LORD alone. The folly of idolatry led Solomon to build high places for false gods, and this evil brought the LORD's anger upon Solomon. The LORD promised that a majority of the kingdom would be taken away from Solo…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 12:1-12 is given by Rev. David DePaoli. This is a rebroadcast from May 15, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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Solomon's fame spreads throughout the world, so much so that the queen of Sheba comes to hear and see him for herself. She exclaims that Solomon's wisdom and wealth have far surpassed the report and proclaims blessing upon the LORD for the way He has loved His people by giving them a faithful ruler. Solomon's wealth truly was extravagant, not only …
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 11:1-13 is given by Rev. Peter Ill. This is a rebroadcast from May 12, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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The LORD appears to Solomon a second time in answer to his prayer. The LORD promises that He will indeed dwell in the house that Solomon has built and warns Solomon from turning away to other gods, which will lead to destruction for Israel and the temple. Tragically, the rest of the chapter begins to reveal Solomon's slow slide toward such unfaithf…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 10:23-42 is given by Rev. Jeremiah Johnson. This is a rebroadcast from May 11, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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1 Kings 8:31-66: The LORD's House of Forgiveness
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Solomon's prayer of dedication at the temple recognizes the reality that the people of Israel will fall into all kinds of sin, and so he prays that the LORD will be gracious to them in their sin, hear their prayer toward His temple, and forgive. After Solomon finishes his prayer, he blesses Israel by calling them to attend to the Word of God, which…
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Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today's prayerful thought based on the day's Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short meditation on the day’s scripture lessons. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]…
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Today’s sermonette based on Luke 10:1-22 is given by Rev. Samuel Wirgau. This is a rebroadcast from May 10, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: [email protected]
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1 Kings 8:1-30: The LORD Comes to His House
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Once the construction of the temple is complete, Solomon gathers the people of Israel and brings the ark of the LORD into the temple, and the glory of the LORD fills the house. Solomon blesses the people in the LORD's name, for He has promised that His name will be in the temple. Solomon prays to the LORD, acknowledging that He alone is the true Go…
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