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Mark Surburg is pastor at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church, Marion, IL, a congregation of the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod. This is a blog about Lutheran theology and practice, and current events that impact the life of the Church.
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In the third chapter of Paul’s letter to the Colossians he says:
Put on then, as God's chosen ones, holy and beloved, compassionate hearts, kindness, humility, meekness, and patience, bearing with one another and, if one has a complaint against another, forgiving each other; as the Lord has forgiven you, so you also must forgive. And above all these put on love, which binds everything together in perfect harmony. And let the peace of Christ rule in your hearts, to which indeed you were called in one body. And be thankful ..read more
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Good Friday
Jn 18:1-19:42
3/29/24
“Suffered under Pontius Pilate.” We say this phrase in the Apostles’ Creed. It anchors the events of the Creed in the history of this world. It tells us that Jesus suffered, was crucified, and buried during the first part of the first century A.D. i ..read more
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What does such baptizing with water indicate?
3/13/28
Baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit. Following our Lord’s mandate, the Church baptizes with water and the word. However, the manner in which baptism has been performed has varied over the centuries.
We have no specific evidence about how baptism was performed at the time of the New Testament. Paul’s language in Romans 6 about being buried with Christ and then walkin ..read more