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• Lent begins today; How do you observe it?

  The Lenten season begins today, Ash Wednesday, and continues until Easter. Lent is 40 days long, corresponding to the 40 days Jesus spent in the wilderness, but extends over a period of 46 days because Sundays are not counted as part of the traditional Lenten season.

  Posted Feb 26, 12:01 am · Author Randy Moll

• What is confession and how does it work?

  What is confession? What sins should we confess? Can we be sure of forgiveness?

  Posted Nov 15, 07:20 pm · Author Randy Moll

• Why do I believe in Jesus?

  Why do I believe in Jesus? Because I am a sinner and Jesus came into the world to save sinners.

  Posted Nov 13, 03:50 pm · Author Randy Moll

• Why do Lutherans practice closed Communion?

  Why do we at Good Shepherd Lutheran Church practice “closed” (also called “close”) Communion? This practice may be troubling to some, especially if we must turn someone away from communing with us at our altar, but it is based on Scriptures and the historic practice of the Christian church.

  Posted Nov 11, 04:09 pm · Author Randy Moll

• Forgiveness procured by Christ, offered and given through Word and Sacrament

  We treat of the forgiveness of sins in two ways. First, how it is achieved and won. Second, how it is distributed and given to us.

  Posted Nov 2, 02:08 pm · Author Randy Moll

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