Yearly Archives: 2025

Divine Service Trinity Eighteen – October 19, 2025

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Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “Father, We Praise You” LW 482
Readings:  Deut 10:12-21, 1 Cor 1:4-9, Matthew 22:34-46
Hymn of the Day: “Thee Lord, Our God, We Praise”  (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #56)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “Here, O My Lord, I See You Face to Face” LW 243
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns:
“Praise the Almighty” LW 445
“Blest the Children of Our God” LW 370
“God Brought Me to This Time and Place” LW 456
“How Shall the Young Secure Their Hearts” LW 474

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Trinity-Eighteen-Cover-10-19-2025-Online.pdf

Picture: Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (II:27), Jesus Walks on the Sea in Mark 6:45-52

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Bible Class #57 Moses’ 3rd Address Deuteronomy 29-30 – October 19, 2025

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Today, we look at Romans 10:4-13 as we study Moses’ Third Address in Deuteronomy 29-30.

Overhead 1: Text-for-Deuteronomy-27-30-Third-Address-b.pdf
Overhead 2: Righteousness-of-Law-and-Faith.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

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Prayer for Friday.

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  1. In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. In the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ Who has redeemed us with His precious blood, I do now arise. May He defend me against all evil, and preserve my body and soul; granting me also whatsoever shall prosper and confirm me in all good, unto eternal life. Amen.

(Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians by William Loehe, Wartburg Publishing House, 1914, Page 355-356)

#64 Believers Strive For Holiness and Purity

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For this reason, the sexually immoral and adulterers are expressly excluded from God’s kingdom (1 Cor. 6:9–10, Gal. 5:19ff., Rev. 21:8, Rev. 22:15). The Lord God often begins to address these sins with temporal punishments already in this life. So if we want Christ, the Son of the pure Virgin Mary, to dwell in our hearts (Eph. 3:17), then we must be hostile to all shameful words and deeds. If we want the holy angels, those pure spirits, to be with us, then we must strive for true chastity. If we wish to be the temples and dwellings of the Holy Spirit, then surely we must not sin against our own bodies with harlotry. If we wish to see God face to face in eternal life, then we must strive for holiness and purity, for “without holiness no one will see the Lord” (Heb. 12:14). If we ever wish to enter the heavenly Jerusalem, then we must guard ourselves from all contamination of body and spirit, for nothing common or impure can enter the heavenly Jerusalem (Rev. 21:8).

(Sermon for Mary Magdalene-July 22, Postilla Volume 3 by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, page 110)

Bible Class #56 Deuteronomy 29 – October 12, 2025

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Today, we return to study Moses’ Third Address of Blessings and Curses in Deuteronomy 27-30.

Overhead 1: Text-for-Deuteronomy-27-30-Third-Address-b.pdf
Overhead 2: Rewards-Etc.pdf

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

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Divine Service Trinity Seventeen – October 12, 2025

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Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “O Splendor of the Father’s Light” LW 481
Readings:  1 Samuel 2:1-10, Ephesians 4:1-6, Luke 14:1-11
Hymn of the Day: “In Thee, Lord, have I Put My Trust” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #55, TLH 254)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “I Come, O Savior, to Your Table” LW 242, TLH 315
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns:
“Come, Holy Ghost, God and Lord” LW 154
“I Know My Faith is Founded” LW 354
“Seek Where You May to Find a Way” LW 358, TLH 383

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Trinity-Seventeen-Cover-10-12-2025-Online.pdf

Picture:  Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (III:32), The Places of Honor in Luke 14:7-14

Prayer for Thursday.

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  1. Lord, hear my prayer and let my cry come unto Thee. Hide not Thy face from me for I am poor and needy. Incline Thine ear unto me. When I cry unto Thee, hear me and answer me.

Under Thy good pleasure, O Lord Jesus Christ, I submit all that I do or leave undone, my beginnings and my endings, and commend unto Thee my body and soul, my kin and acquaintances, together with all my possessions. By the guardianship of Thy holy angels Thou hast this night protected me; and, I beseech Thee, condescend this day also to guard and defend me from all evil. Vouchsafe unto me and all my relatives and friends whatsoever we need unto the maintenance of this temporal life; and, as a merciful father, care for us. Save us from war and pestilence, from famine and from evil trials, and, at last, receive us into Thy eternal kingdom, the heavenly paradise. Amen.  (Seed-Grains of Prayer: A Manual for Evangelical Christians by William Loehe, Wartburg Publishing House, 1914, Pages 321-322)

#63 Harlotry Is A Sin Against God, His Law, The Neighbor, and One’s Own Body

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  1. But we also have to consider here what a horribly great sin harlotry is.

For thereby one sins first against God, who is a holy, pure, unspotted Being who is genuinely hostile toward all impurity.

Second, one sins against God’s Law, wherein every form of adultery is forbidden with great zeal. Christ explains this in Matthew 5:28, that even shameful words, sexually immoral actions, and inner lust are to be understood with the word “adultery.”

Third, one sins against one’s neighbor, to whom offense is given in this way. And as it says, “Woe to the man through whom offense comes” (Mat. 18:7).

Finally, a man also sins against his own body with adultery and harlotry. He damages the temple of the Holy Spirit and turns Christ’s members into the members of a harlot (2 Cor. 6:15). That must be a terribly great sin indeed!

(Sermon for Mary Magdalene-July 22, Postilla Volume 3 by Johann Gerhard, Repristination Press, page 109-110)

Catechesis for Trinity Seventeen – October 8, 2025

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On Wednesday nights, Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL) offers to both children and adults an opportunity for teaching with Learn-by-Heart at 6:30 PM and a catechetical service at 7:00 PM.

This service is designed to prepare God’s people for the theme of the upcoming Sunday Divine Service. The dialog sermon explains the true worship of God (St. Luke 14:1-11), which is taught in the Holy Gospel for the Seventeenth Sunday after Trinity.

Learn-by-Heart will include “Oh, How Blest Are Ye Whose Toils Are Ended” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal), Small Catechism, Apostles’ Creed, 1st Article and meaning, and Proverbs 25:14 and Ephesians 4:1.

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).

Service Bulletin: Catechesis-Trinity-17-10-08-2025.pdf
Insert for Hymn: ASBH-104-Oh-How-Blest-Are-Ye-Whose-Toils-Are-Ended.pdf
Suffrages:  Suffrages-for-Catechesis-2024-Online.pdf

 

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Divine Service Trinity Sixteen – October 5, 2025

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Order of Divine Service, p.7   The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal
Hymn “Christ, Whose Glory Fills the Skies” LW 480
Readings:  Deut. 32:39-40, Ephesians 3:13-21, Luke 7:11-17
Hymn of the Day: “Now Lay We Calmly in the Grave” (The Augustana Service Book and Hymnal #54)
Sermon
Offertory: “Create in Me…”         p.18
General Prayer………                    p.19-20
Hymn: “Let All Mortal Flesh Keep Silence” LW 241
Exhortation                                    p.21
Communion Service, p.144 (Lutheran Worship)
Communion Hymns:
“Jesus, Lover of My Soul” LW 508
“When in the House of Deepest Need” LW 428
“In the Very Midst of Life” LW 265

–Michael D. Henson, Pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church (Herrin, IL).
Service Bulletin: Trinity-Sixteen-Cover-10-05-2025-Online-b.pdf

Picture:  Ottheinrich Bible 1430 (III:7), Jesus Raises the Widow’s Son in Luke 7:11-17

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