Category: Table Talk

April 9, 2025

For All People

by Mathew Block “Should I not pity Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than 120,000 persons who do not know their right hand from their left, and also much cattle?” – Jonah 4:11 These are the final words in the book of…

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February 18, 2025

Save Your People, and Bless Your Heritage

by Mathew Block “Oh, save Your people and bless Your heritage! Be their shepherd and carry them forever.” – Psalm 28:9 This is a passage of Scripture that I meditate upon frequently, but it has been especially in my mind recently as the result of…

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December 6, 2024

Last Things First

by Mathew Block In the weeks leading up to Christmas, the church observes Advent. In this season, we remember the waiting of God’s people in anticipation of the first coming of the Son of God in His incarnation. And we also look forward with hope…

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October 9, 2024

Christ is Mercy

by Mathew Block “But the tax collector, standing far off, would not even lift up his eyes to heaven, but beat his breast, saying, ‘God, be merciful to me, a sinner!’” – Luke 18:13 So ends one of the most beautiful parables told by Jesus….

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August 6, 2024

Built on the Rock

by Mathew Block Several months ago, I was reading through old issues of The Canadian Lutheran, and I came across a fascinating article by Lutheran Church–Canada’s (LCC) then-President Edwin Lehman. Dr. Lehman was looking to the future, wondering what our church body might be like…

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June 10, 2024

The Great Physician

by Mathew Block Jesus had returned to the town of Capernaum, and the crowds were so eager to get a glimpse of Him that they overran the place where He was; no one else could get close to Him. “And many were gathered together,” we…

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