Category: Pastor’s Posts
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: October 2025
For freedom Christ has set us free; stand firm therefore, and do not submit again to a yoke of slavery. Galatians 5:1 ESV I’ve been thinking about our freedom in Christ. It is a great gift to be free from the bondage of sin. This freedom is God’s gift through the Jesus Christ, for it…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: September 2025
The Problem with Deciding— You’ve probably heard the question before, “When did you accept Jesus as your Savior?” It often comes from well-meaning Christians. But for us Lutherans, that question feels strange. We don’t talk about our salvation as something we decided. We confess it as something God has given. That difference—between decision and gift—gets…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: August 2025
Christian Marriage — Peace Lutheran will be having our Vocation of Marriage Sunday on August 3. Be sure to come. Remember the good gift that God has given us. Marriage. Since my children have grown, they mention what a weird house they were raised in. Halfway through seminary, I took a class on “Christian Sexual…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective, Summer 2025
Read by the Word of God “For the word of God is living and active, sharper than any two-edged sword, piercing to the division of soul and of spirit, of joints and of marrow, and discerning the thoughts and intentions of the heart. And no creature is hidden from his sight, but all are naked…
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Movie Night
Mark 6:00 PM, Wednesday July 30 on your calendar. To prepare for Vocation of Marriage Sunday, we will be viewing the classic 1953 Martin Luther movie. We will pop popcorn, and chip in to order pizza to eat while watching the movie. Hope to see everyone on movie night. Bring a friend!
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Vocation of Marriage Sunday
On June 13, 1525, Martin Luther married Katharina von Bora, establishing a profound example of Christian marriage as a sacred vocation. Their partnership embodied mutual respect, faithful companionship, hospitality, and spiritual ministry. Luther emphasized marriage as a reflection of Christ’s relationship with His Church, calling couples to mutual love and support, grounded in God’s sustaining…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: July 2025
Various issues prevent people from hearing the good news of Jesus Christ. Some are intellectual issues that block belief. The problem of suffering is one. The problem of suffering has been expressed in various ways. If God is all powerful, why does suffering exist? The problem goes back to the ancient Greek philosophers and the…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: June 2025
Summertime 1Blessed is he whose transgression is forgiven,Whose sin is covered.3When I kept silent, my bones grew oldThrough my groaning all the day long.4For day and night Your hand was heavy upon me;My vitality was turned into the drought of summer.5I acknowledged my sin to You,And my iniquity I have not hidden.I said, “I will…
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Pastor Patrick’s Perspective: May 2025
Evangelism Today “And those servants went out into the roads and gathered all whom they found, both bad and good. So the wedding hall was filled with guests.” Matthew 22:10 ESV Recently, I have been reading on how we at Peace Lutheran can do evangelize better. I am halfway through a stack of resources. There…
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Holy Week & Resurrection Services, 2025
Peace Lutheran will be celebrating Palm Sunday on April 14 at 10:30 am, Maundy Thursday on April 17 at 6:30 pm, Good Friday on April 18 at 6:30 pm, Easter Brunch on April 20 at 9:00 am, followed by an Easter Egg Hunt at 9:45, and service at 10:30 am.