Lutheran Sentinel

Remember your leaders, those who spoke to you the word of God. Consider the outcome of their way of life, and imitate their faith. Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever. Do not be led away by diverse and strange teachings, for it is good for the heart to be strengthened by grace...  (Hebrews 13:7-9) The following is a … [Read more...] about Rev. John Arthur Moldstad, Jr. 1954-2021

Listen to Article The past year has been a roller coaster of dissenting opinions and changing recommendations. Everyone seems to have an opinion on how best to live during the time of the coronavirus pandemic. Most churches closed for in-person services last spring. Some reopened very quickly, some took much longer, and some are still closed. … [Read more...] about Cross Focus: I Am Not Going Back to Church

Listen to Article Question: Would God really allow people to contract a virus at church by giving fellow parishioners a hug or a handshake? Handshakes and hugs are certainly things that we have grown to miss during the COVID-19 global pandemic, especially with the familiar faces we like to see at church. It is just one more way that this … [Read more...] about Pastor, I Have a Question March-April, 2021

Listen to Article Unless I am convinced by the testimonies of the Holy Scripture or evident reason (For I believe neither in the Pope nor councils alone, since it has been established that they have often erred and contradicted themselves), I am bound by the Scriptures adduced by me, and my conscience has been taken captive by the word of God, … [Read more...] about The Diet of Worms

Listen to Article Perhaps more than any other season of the Church year, Lent and Easter are a time of the psalms… During Lent we confess: Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, And in sin my mother conceived me (Psalm 51:5). On Palm Sunday we sing: Blessed is He who comes in the name of the Lord! (Psalm 118:26). On Good Friday we … [Read more...] about A Walk Through the Psalms: Psalm 125

Listen to Article The title of this article may surprise two very different groups of people. First, the title may surprise unbelievers who have a “comfort zone” of thinking that Christianity has hardly anything to do with truth, as if there could never be evidence in favor of Christianity. Sometimes unbelievers will agree that Christianity … [Read more...] about Presenting Evidence for the Truth of Christianity