Send us a text Summary: The gospel reading that will be shared in the vast majority of churches in the world this coming Sunday contains one of the funniest verses in the Bible. At least I thought so. And then I didn’t. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 3:7-18; Galatians 5:22-23; Matthew 18:20 Please note that Rev. S…

Send us a text Summary: How do we dig below the fantasyland that the world’s celebration of Christmas occupies? How do we prepare the foundation for something that’s real? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Luke 3:1-6 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement…

Send us a text Summary: Bart Simpson’s Thanksgiving prayer included the words, “thanks for nothing.” Today, we’re going to see why those are good words for a Day of Thanksgiving. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 5:26-33; I Kings 19:11-12 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement a…

Send us a text Summary: What’s the difference between debts and trespasses? And what does that have to do with Christ the King Sunday? Or not? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: John 18:33-37; John 14:6-7; John 8:31-32; Revelation 22:20 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to …

Send us a text Summary: Everything is temporary. Every-thing-is-temporary. The sooner we realize that the sooner we can get prepared for what’s coming. That’s our primary reason for optimism. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 13:1-8; Psalm 146:3, 10; Romans 8:18-25 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen …

Send us a text Summary: There is said to be a lot of concern today over who we can trust. Today, we’re going to consider our answer. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 12:38-42; Genesis 1:27; Romans 8:31-39; Galatians 5:22-23 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. O…

Send us a text Summary: Oscar Wilde wrote in one of his plays, “Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future”. Today, we’re going to find out why both may be true and how both the past and the future shape the present. Referenced Bible verses: John 11:32-44; John 11:25-26; John 10:17-18; Romans 6:3-5 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appea…

Send us a text Summary: One day really bothered me, and it bothered me for a few days. Another day made all of us new, and it made us new forever. Today we’re going to find out what they both have to do with Halloween. Referenced Bible verses: Romans 1:16-17; Ephesians 2:8-9; John 8:31-36; John 14:6 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-scre…

Send us a text Summary: We all think we should run the business to be the greatest. But what if the lowest paid worker is the greatest? Does that seem right? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 10:35-45; 2 Corinthians 12:9-10; Galatians 5:13-24; 1 John 4:19 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 3…

Send us a text Summary: When it comes to heaven, who’s in and who’s out? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 10:17-31; Psalm 14:2-3; 1 Timothy 6:10; Mark 8:36-37; John 3:16; John 16:33 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Our Email A…

Send us a text Summary: We’re going to see two sides of what the Church offers the world this Sunday, and both of them are offensive. Or not. Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 10:2-26; Matthew 7:1; Deuteronomy 24:1-4; John 10:10; John 3:16-17; Mark 1:14-15 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first …

Send us a text Summary: It’s been said that growing old is required. Growing-up is optional. I’ve said it. But, is it? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 9:38-50; Matthew 16:25; Galatians 5:22-26; Hebrews 15:11-14; Philippians 4:8; 2 Corinthians 5:16-17; 1 Corinthians 13:11-13 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-…

Send us a text Summary: Everybody likes the stories of Jesus and the children, but what are they intended to teach us? Nothing. They are meant to transform us. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 9:30-37; Titus 3:9; Mark 9:42; Romans 10:2 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our …

Send us a text Summary: We sometimes say, “That’s a good question” whether we know the answer or not. Jesus once asked a question when he knew that the answer was not the answer. What? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 8:27-38; Matthew 16:16-17; Matthew 6:19-20; 2 Corinthians 9:7; John 16:33 Please note that Rev. Sally W…

Send us a text Summary: The official tagline of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, my home denomination, is “God’s work. Our hands.” It’s too long. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 25:40; Mark 7:24-37; Romans 5:8-9; 1 Peter 2:9-10; John 20:30-31; Romans 10:17; John 14:6 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch …

Send us a text Summary: We can’t earn our way into heaven, but we can eat our way there. Today, we’re going to find out how. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 7:1-8, 14-15, 21-23; Romans 4:13; John 6:51; Galatians 5:22-23 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Our …

Send us a text Summary: What image comes to mind when you hear the phrase, “The Staff of Life”? Today, we’re going to learn a new one, and what it has to do with the renewal of the Church Referenced Bible verses: Hebrews 11:21; Leviticus 26:26; John 6:56-69: John 6:51 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our …

Send us a text Summary: If you wanted to describe what Jesus did for us on the cross, you couldn’t find a more difficult way than the way Jesus describes it in John 6. Today, we’re going to find out why that’s a good thing. Referenced Bible verses: John 6:51-58 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos …

Send us a text Summary: You can buy a loaf of bread at the grocery store for between $5 and $7. Jesus gave the world a bread that transforms and feeds us forever. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: John 6:35, 41-51; John 10:10 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to…

Send us a text Summary: If doing the work of God isn’t impossible, you’re doing it wrong. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: John 6:1-21; Matthew 6:31-33; 1 Corinthians 9:24-27; Matthew 5:16; Matthew 19:25-26 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and …

Send us a text Summary: Two big stories will dominate our consciousness this week, and they happened almost back-to-back. Two thousand years ago. Today, we’ll find out what they are. Referenced Bible verses: John 6:1-21 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Ou…

Send us a text Summary: When our divisions seem to have brought us to rock bottom it can seem like there’s no way forward. There is a way forward, and it has two seemingly unrelated parts. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: Colossians 3:9-11; Galatians 3:27-28; Mark 6:30-34, 53-56; John 14:6 Please note that Rev. Sa…

Send us a text Summary: Do you like reality TV? True crime stories? Soap Operas? Realistic fantasy dramas? We’ve got a doozie for you! And it all leads up to the Truth. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 6:14-29; Leviticus 18:16 and 20:21; John 14:6 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the fir…

Send us a text Summary: What is life? And why does the Christian Church have a diminished presence in the Western world today? The answer to both questions is the same. Today, we’ll find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: Genesis 1-2, 2 Timothy 3:16-17, Matthew 18:20; 2 Corinthians 5:16-21 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen i…

Send us a text Summary: The vast majority of those in the United States who are not members of Christian churches or other religious organizations still believe in God or in some “higher power”. How can they be directed from a generic spirituality to a living faith in Jesus Christ? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Exodus 20:…

Send us a text Summary: Do you ever look around and wonder if Jesus is asleep somewhere? If he cares about us? So did His disciples, at least once. Today, we’re going to find out how Jesus answered them. And us. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 4:35-41 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring enc…

Send us a text Summary: There are lots of kinds of mandarin oranges. Tangerines are one of them. Be a tangerine church. Today, we’ll find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 4:26-34; Ephesians 6:2-4; Exodus 20:12 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Our Em…

Send us a text Summary: There are people in our culture who are looking for transcendence in their lives. They’re not finding it in our churches. Why? How do we present a sense of transcendence in our worship, and in our lives? Is that even possible? Today, were going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: John 1:1; Romans 11:33-36; 1 Thessalonians …

Send us a text Summary: What the people of God should and shouldn’t do on the sabbath can’t be more relevant to revitalizing the Church in our time. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Genesis 20:8-11; Matthew 15:17-20 Mark 2:23 – 3:6 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to…

Send us a text Summary: As if contemplating the Holy Trinity isn’t enough to make us question our sanity, we heard news last week that made us question what it means to be human, and it wasn’t A.I. Today, we’re going to find out what it means. Referenced Bible verses: John 3:1-17; Matthew 28:19-20 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen…

Send us a text Summary: Adele had a hit song with “Set Fire to the Rain” about a toxic moment in a relationship. Today, we’re going to find out why those words are also an excellent way to describe the restoration of a relationship on the Day of Pentecost. Referenced Bible verses: Acts 2:1-21; Exodus 3:2-6; Genesis 11:8-9; Matthew 3:11; Titus 3:4-8…

Send us a text Summary: What relationships do you value most? There is one relationship that defines every other relationship, and we in the Body of Christ all have it in common. Today, we’re going to find out what it is. Referenced Bible verses: 2 Timothy 1:5; 2 Timothy 3:14-15; John 17:6-19; John 19:26-27; Matthew 5:23-24; John 1:12-13 Please not…

Send us a text Summary: How can we improve our vision? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Proverbs 29:18; John 15:9-17; Galatians 5:20- Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Our Email Address: TheRevsDavidandSally@gmail.com Here’s the lin…

Send us a text Summary: When Sally and I go to an American supermarket and I look at the produce section, I often think, “This is what brought down the Soviet Union.” Today, we’re going to see how our bearing much fruit is the expression of lives that have been transformed forever. Referenced Bible verses: John 15:1-8; Galatians 5:22-23; John 12:24…

Send us a text Summary: How do we share Jesus without a culture? Is that even possible? Or desirable? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: John 10:11-18; Matthew 28:18-20 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Our Email Address: TheRevsDavid…

Send us a text Summary: The moon obscured the sun this past week, as the world obscures the Son of God. God was revealed in the sun, as always, this past week, as God shines in Jesus Christ. Today, we’re going to see how we reflect that Light. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 7:13-14; Romans 3:22b-26; 1Corinthians 13:12; John 1:23; Romans 1:18-21; …

Send us a text Summary: There was good news last Sunday, but who heard it? There will be doubt this Sunday, but who will believe? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: 1 Peter 2:2; John 20:19-31; Genesis 2:7; 2 Timothy 3:16-17; Matthew 28:16-20 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our video…

Send us a text Summary: The familiar will, once again, become strange tomorrow. We’ll mark the day when God washed people’s feet, instituted the means of communion with him, and commanded people to love. It’s a weird day, but it helped build the foundation of our eternal lives. Today, we’ll see what it is. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 22:36-40;…

Send us a text Summary: Jesus entered Jerusalem with crowds shouting “Hosanna!” A few days later crowds were shouting “Crucify him!” What happened? And what does it mean for us? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Proverbs 21:2; Mark 14:1 - 15:47; Mark 11:1-10; John 10:18; Luke 23:34; Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears o…

Send us a text Summary: There are influences in our culture today that are making people outside the Church more open to encountering Jesus. And people inside the Church less so. Today, we’re going to find out what they are and how they can be opportunities for us share the good news of the cross. Referenced Bible verses: John 12:20-33; Matthew 11:…

Send us a text Summary: Many people, and most Christians, know John 3:16 by heart. They know the text. But they often don’t know its context so they look for a pretext, an excuse. Today, we’re going to find out why a Lenten focus makes that totally unnecessary. Referenced Bible verses: John 3:14-21; Numbers 21:4-9 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch …

Send us a text Summary: Is there a way to excel in Lent? The Roman numeral XL stands for 40. Maybe that’s a clue. Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Philippians 4:8; John 2:13-22; 2 Corinthians 8:7 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and benediction. Ou…

Send us a text Summary: How do we reverse the institutional decline of the Church in the Western world? Lent. Today, we’re going to see why. Referenced Bible verses: Lamentations 3:40, Mark 8:31-38; John 16:33 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction. Our Emai…

Send us a text Summary: Today is Ash Wednesday, the beginning of the season of Lent. It’s also St. Valentine’s Day. Today, we’re going to put the Lent in Valentine! Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 6:1-6, 16-21; Matthew 5:16; Galatians 5:22-23 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encourage…

Send us a text Summary: Have you ever thought that if God would give you a really clear sign, your faith would really be strong? Today we’re going to find out why that’s probably not the case. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 8:27-38; Mark 9:2-9; Luke 16:19-31 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to b…

Send us a text Summary: The hype machine is rolling out for the Super Bowl. Jesus embodied just the opposite behavior. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 1:29-39 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction. Our Email Address: TheRev…

Send us a text Summary: Holy Communion is a sacrament, a sacred event. Some say it is the second sacrament. Is it? And what does it have to do with Evangelism? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Matthew 26:20-30; Mark 14:17-26; Luke 22:14-23; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26; John 6:27 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen…

Send us a text Summary: We are often confronted with choices in our lives. How do we know how to go in the right direction? Today, we’re going to find out. Referenced Bible verses: Mark1:14-20; 1 Peter 2:9-10 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benediction. Our Email…

Send us a text Summary: We have no excuses before God. Only a Savior. Today, we’re going to find out why. Referenced Bible verses: John 1:43-51; Romans 1:20-21; Leviticus 4:19-20; Matthew 7:12; Matthew 5:43-45; 1 John 4:18-19; John 3:16; 2 Corinthians 5:20-21 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to…

Send us a text Summary: As we start the new year, is your glass half-full or half empty? It’s neither. Today we’re going to find out why. Twice. Referenced Bible verses: Mark 1:4-11; Romans 5:8-10; Romans 6:1-5; Mark 4:7-8 Please note that Rev. Sally Welch appears on-screen in the first 30-or so of our videos to bring encouragement and the benedict…