As a teenager in high school I remember a Roman Catholic friend of mine trying to tell me that the major difference between his church and mine was that the Roman Catholic Church has saints and the Lutheran Church does not.

Classical Lutheran theologians (especially those of the sixteenth century) believed, taught, and confessed that this text was prophesying the Reformation and that the “angel flying directly overhead” referred to here was none other than Martin Luther himself!

.....He is not asking Jesus to give him everlasting life;
he’s asking Jesus for instruction on how he can earn or buy it for
himself

  It can get quite lonely being a Christian in today’s world

It’s amazing how many of us
who have lived through leaner times (myself included) start to take
what we have for granted and are disappointed that we don’t have more.

    When we use the word “commitment,” especially in reference to our
commitment to the Lord, we are usually thinking of it in terms of
dedicating our time, our talents, our energy, and our resources to the
service of our God and Savior.

             One of the ironies in all the technological advances that we have made is the fact that, even with all of our twenty-first century time-saving conveniences, we seem to be busier than ever and have less free time than ever before.