Category: Table Talk
From Yesterday To Forever
by Mathew Block “Jesus Christ is the same yesterday and today and forever.” – Hebrews 13:8 – Rejoice, dear friends, for our Jesus does not change! The same Jesus proclaimed by the apostles, the same Jesus confessed by the early church, the same Jesus preached…
Together in the Storm
by Mathew Block In June and July, the area of Manitoba where I live suffered two serious instances of flooding. The first storm centered on the town of Minitonas about twenty minutes away, causing serious damage there, though floodwaters hit homes on the edge of…
Without Ceasing
by Mathew Block “Pray without ceasing” (1 Thessalonians 5:17). This command—part of St. Paul’s parting words in his first epistle to the church in Thessalonica—is one that I confess I do not always keep very well. You don’t need me to tell you just how…
A Matter of Death and Life
by Mathew Block “And you will hear of wars and rumours of wars….” (Matthew 24:6,7). You don’t have to look very far to see the kind of instability that Jesus warned His disciples about in this passage. The Middle East. Ukraine. Sudan. Myanmar. Somalia. Haiti….
Word and Prayer
by Mathew Block The Christian’s home devotional life revolves around Scripture and prayer. Like congregational worship—where we gather to receive God’s gifts in Word and Sacrament, and then respond to Him with prayer and praise—so too in our personal lives we should take time to…
All the Company of Heaven
by Mathew Block The king of Syria wanted Elisha dead. The prophet had foiled his plans against the king of Israel several times, so the Syrian king instead set his sights on Elisha. Learning the prophet was in Dothan, the Syrians sent “horses and chariots…
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