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MATINS DEVOTIONS
Matins Devotion: March 19, 2025
Matthew 2:13-15, 19-23 I find it rather interesting that St. Joseph doesn’t have any lines in the Gospel. Joseph doesn’t actually speak...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 202 min read
Matins Devotion: March 18, 2025
Genesis 21:1-21 When Sarah tells Abraham that she wants Hagar and Ishmael cast out of her home, there’s obviously an element of personal...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 182 min read
Matins Devotion: March 17, 2025
Genesis 18:1-5 St. Paul tells us that the Gospel is foolishness to those who are perishing. This is most certainly true for those who are...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 172 min read
Matins Devotion: March 14, 2025
Genesis 13 When Lot chooses to settle in the Jordan Valley, he does so because, as Moses tells us, “it was well-watered everywhere, like...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 172 min read
Matins Devotion: March 12, 2025
Mark 4:1-20 I’ve probably preached on the Sower and the Seed more than any other text in the Bible, and I’ve also repeated myself more in...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 142 min read
Matins Devotions: March 11, 2025
Genesis 7:11-8:12 Why does the Holy Spirit descend on Christ in the form of a dove after His baptism? The answer, of course, is because...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 142 min read
Matins Devotion: March 10, 2025
Genesis 6:1-7:5 Perhaps more than any story in the Bible, unbelievers in general and atheists specifically really don’t like the story of...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 142 min read
Matins Devotion: March 7, 2025
Genesis 2:4-25 “This at last is bone of my bones and flesh of my flesh; she shall be called Woman because she was taken out of man.” When...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 142 min read
Matins Devotion: March 6, 2025
Genesis 1:20-2:3 When God initially gives Adam dominion over the earth, it’s an easy task, in a sense, because the earth has not yet been...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 142 min read
Matins Devotion: March 5, 2025
Genesis 1:1-19 When God created light, He created it for you. He created light so that you, the pinnacle of His creation, could see His...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 52 min read
Matins Devotion: March 3, 2025
John 11:17-37 Why does Jesus weep over the death of Lazarus when He knows He’s about to lift Him back to life? I’ve heard some people...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Mar 32 min read
Matins Devotion: February 27, 2o25
John 9:1-23 When the disciples ask Jesus why this man was born blind, they’re trying to answer the question of suffering. They’re trying...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 272 min read
Matins Devotion: February 26, 2025
John 8:39-59 Beware those who get offended on behalf of someone else. Because, very often, vicarious offense is really just a smokescreen...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 262 min read
Matins Devotion: February 25, 2025
John 8:21-38 One of the chief reasons Christ’s own people rejected Him was because they were expecting and desiring a political messiah....

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 262 min read
Matins Devotion: February 24, 2025
Acts 1:15-26 When a Christian woman is looking for a new job, she typically asks God to lead her where she’s supposed to go. But she only...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 262 min read
Matins Devotion: February 13, 2025
John 4:46-54 When this official from Capernaum hears that Jesus is in Cana, he rushes out to find Him, to beg Jesus to spare his son’s...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 131 min read
Matins Devotion: February 6, 2025
Job 3:11-26 In our first reading for this morning, Job laments his miserable state. His wealth is gone. His children are dead. All he has...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 62 min read
Matins Devotion: February 5, 2025
John 1:19-34 When sin is overwhelming you and you’ve embraced it in return, what do you do? Behold the Lamb of God and repent. Who is...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 52 min read
Matins Devotion: February 4, 2025
John 1:1-18 When St. John says “we have seen His glory, glory as of the only Son from the Father,” what does this refer to? Well, it...

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 41 min read
Matins Devotion: February 3, 2025
Titus 2:7-3:15 In one sense, being a pastor is very easy. In other sense, it’s quite hard. It’s easy to know what you’re supposed to do....

Pastor Hans Fiene
Feb 32 min read
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