Category: Pastor’s Blog

Patience is a virtue in short supply

Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 9/12/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 9/13/2026 9:30 am.Patience is a virtue in short supply. Our Gospel reading (Matthew 18:21-35) finds Saint Peter, always the great stand in for all Christians, asking very pertinent questions for everyone. “Lord, how often will my brother sin against me, and I forgive him? As […]

”Fear Not” 9-11

25 years ago today, Tuesday, September 11, 2001, I was pastor at Holy Cross Lutheran Church and School in Saginaw Mi. Our wonderful teachers and staff and myself gathered our children together in the sanctuary and we prayed. Our theme as we sought comfort came to be, “Fear not.” God’s Word for his people in […]

Labor Day

Christ the King Lutheran Church Labor Day Weekend Divine Service Saturday 9/5/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 9/6/2026 9:30 am. O people, rise and laborTo renovate the heartThat mankind’s mighty Savior,Whom God’s love set apartTo free you from all sin,May do the promised wonderAnd with his life and splendor,Victorious enter in. Labor Day. One of God’s great […]

He is here to forgive you every day

Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 8/29 5:30 pm. Sunday 8/30 9:30 am. Dear Friend, you and I and all people have a big problem when it comes to our relationship with God. It is a problem that Saint Matthew illustrates beautifully in our Gospel (Matthew 16:21-30). One minute we gladly confess Jesus Christ as […]

“Who do you say that I am?”

Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 8/22/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 8/23/2026 9:30 am. Jesus asks at all times, “Who do you say that I am?” And the answer, provided solely by God in His Word, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God.” Faith in Jesus is you knowing that you are a […]

Account of the Canaanite Woman

Christ the King Lutheran Church today and tomorrow we have the very delightful and important account of the Canaanite woman from Matthew’s Gospel. It is a story of great and persevering faith in Jesus Christ alone in the face of great opposition and derision. Faith like that can only come from God! Faith like that […]

Independence Day Weekend

It’s Independence Day weekend. At Christ the King Lutheran Church we thank God for the liberty and freedom that are the hallmarks of our nation. We will read the Declaration of Independence Saturday and Sunday for pre service. Yet, we at CTK are called by God to be His holy nation, free in Christ to […]

Saint Matthew the tax collector

Christ the King Lutheran Church Saturday 6/6/2026 5:30 pm. Sunday 6/7/2026 9:30 am. Our Gospel for this week centers around Jesus calling Saint Matthew the tax collector. Jesus says, “Follow me.” And so it is. The larger context of Jesus calling Matthew to be His Apostle and great Evangelist, is a tour de force of […]

The Holy Trinity

The Holy Trinity. Saturday 5/30 5:30 pm. Sunday 5/31 9:30 am. Christ the King Lutheran Church. Come and consider, confess, and thank God the Father, God the Son, and God the Holy Spirit for His great love and mercy in creation, salvation, and sanctification. A glorious tapestry of God’s holy will for your redemption is […]

Ascension Day

Today is Ascension Day. 40 days after Easter, 10 day before Pentecost, the Ascension of our Lord Jesus Christ is central in the Proclamation of Jesus Christ only Savior. It is His Death we preach, His Resurrection in which we rejoice, and His Ascension in which we glory as members of His Body, the Church. […]

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