Pastor Bob Smith

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1 hour ago

Church Words: Christian Nineth in a series of posts on church words]

Church Words: Christian open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Christian #BelongToChrist #NameWeBear #Lutheran #Lutherans #LutheranTheology #OneHolyChristianApostolicChurch #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 day ago

Church Words: Apostolic Eighth in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Apostolic open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #ApostolicChurch #Apostles #ScriptureAlone #Lutheran #Lutherans #LutheranTheology #OneHolyChristianApostolicChurch #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 days ago

Church Words: Congregation Seventh in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Congregation open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Congregation #Synod #Ekklesia #Lutheran #Lutherans #LutheranTheology #LocalChurch #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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3 days ago

Church Words: Lutheran Sixth in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Lutheran open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #WhyLutheran #EvangelicalLutheran #ReformationHistory #LutheranIdentity #BookOfConcord #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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3 days ago

Church Words: Evangelical Fifth in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Evangelical open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #EvangelicalLutheran #Euangelion #GospelCentered #LutheranTheology #GraceAloneFaithAlone #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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4 days ago

Church Words: Catholic Fourth in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Catholic open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #CatholicNotRoman #UniversalChurch #Katholikos #LutheranTheology #OneHolyCatholicApostolicChurch #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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6 days ago

Church Words: Communion of Saints Third in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Communion of Saints open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #CommunionOfSaints #ChurchMilitant #ChurchTriumphant #ForAllTheSaints #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Church Words: Church Invisible, Visible, etc. Second in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: Church Invisible, Visible, etc. open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #OneChurch #InvisibleChurch #VisibleChurch #MarksOfTheChurch #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Church Words: The Church First in a series of posts on church words

Church Words: The Church open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Church #Ekklesia #LordsHouse #OneHolyChristianChurch #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Who do you think you are? Seventy-first in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Who do you think you are? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Vocation #PriesthoodOfAllBelievers #RoyalPriesthood #LutheranTheology #SmallCatechism #ChristianIdentity #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Vocations of the Everyday Grind Seventieth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Vocations of the Everyday Grind open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Vocation #GoodWorks #EverydayFaithfulness #LutheranTheology #SmallCatechism #ChristianLife #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Vacation: Working out from Ground Zero Sixty-Ninth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Vacation: Working out from Ground Zero open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Vocation #PastoralOffice #ApostolicMinistry #PreachTeachAdminister #LutheranTheology #SmallCatechism #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Vocation and the Table of Duties Sixty-Eighth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Vocation and the Table of Duties open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Vocation #TableOfDuties #GoodWorks #LutheranTheology #SmallCatechism #ChristianLife #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 week ago

Stay with Us, Lord, for it is Evening The first Easter was filled not with trumpets but with confusion, fear, and wonder—until the risen Christ opened the Scriptures, broke bread, and made Himself known to His disciples.

Stay with Us, Lord, for it is Evening open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Easter #RoadToEmmaus #RisenChrist #EmptyTomb #WordAndSacrament #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

The Day of Resurrection Easter dawns with the world‑changing truth that Christ has risen, breaking the seal of the grave and opening eternal life to all who belong to Him.

The Day of Resurrection open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Easter #HeIsRisen #EmptyTomb #ResurrectionHope #NewCreation #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

Christ's Sabbath Rest in the Tomb Between the cross and the empty tomb lies the quiet rest of Holy Saturday, when Christ keeps the Sabbath in the grave and prepares to break death’s power with the dawn of the third day.

Christ's Sabbath Rest in the Tomb open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #HolySaturday #EasterVigil #BurialOfChrist #NewCreationSabbath #ResurrectionHope #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

My God, My God Why Have You Forsaken Me? Good Friday brings us to the foot of the cross, where the Son of God bears our sin, fulfills ancient promises, and finishes the work of our salvation with a cry that echoes through all eternity.

My God, My God Why Have You Forsaken Me? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #GoodFriday #PassionOfChrist #LambOfGod #ItIsFinished #Atonement #HolyWeek #LutheranTheology #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

Lamb of God, Pure and Holy The first Passover pointed to the night when Christ, our true Lamb, would give His Body and Blood for the world, turning the Lord’s Supper into our New Passover and leading us through death into life.

Lamb of God, Pure and Holy open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Passover #LambOfGod #NewPassover #HolyWeek #LordsSupper #ChristOurRedeemer #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

Three Days and Three Nights The Church keeps the Three Days as one continuous service, tracing Christ’s path from the Upper Room to the cross, the tomb, and the first light of Easter.

Three Days and Three Nights open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Triduum #MaundyThursday #GoodFriday #EasterVigil #HolyWeek #ChristOurRedeemer #LutheranTheology #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

One Loaf, One Body Sixty-third in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

One Loaf, One Body open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LordsSupper #ClosedCommunion #OneBodyOneConfession #RealPresence #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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2 weeks ago

Jesus Faces Off With His Opponents From Monday to Wednesday of Holy Week, Jesus taught in the temple.

Jesus Faces Off With His Opponents open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #HolyWeek #TempleTeaching #Parables #BethanyAnointing #SecondComing #LutheranTheology #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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3 weeks ago

Ride on, Ride on in Majesty God meant salvation: as Jesus rode into Jerusalem to the shouts of “Hosanna,” the true Passover Lamb willingly went to His death to save not a nation but the world.

Ride on, Ride on in Majesty open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #HolyWeek #PalmSunday #PassoverLamb #CaiaphasProphecy #Hosanna #RideOnInMajesty #HeIsRisen #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran #Lutherans

Pastor Bob Smith

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3 weeks ago

Holy Week Overview A concise journey through Christ’s path from Palm Sunday to the empty tomb, where His willing sacrifice and victorious resurrection reshape all of history.

Holy Week Overview open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #PalmSunday #HolyWeek #PassoverLamb #ItIsFinished #HeIsRisen #EasterJoy #LutheranTheology #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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3 weeks ago

Forgiveness of Sins, Life and Salvation Sixty-second in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Forgiveness of Sins, Life and Salvation open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LordsSupper #RealPresence #ForgivenessOfSins #BreadForTheJourney #MeansOfGrace #LutheranTheology #LCMS #WhatDoesThisMean

Pastor Bob Smith

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3 weeks ago

Here the Word of God was Made Flesh Christians marked a holy place in Nazareth with awe: the spot where the eternal Word took on flesh.

Here the Word of God was Made Flesh open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Annunciation #Incarnation #Theotokos #Nazareth #VerbumCaroFactumEst #NiceneFaith #ChristianDoctrine #LutheranTheology #WordMadeFlesh #GodWithUs

Pastor Bob Smith

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4 weeks ago

The Treasure of Absolution Fifty-Eighth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

The Treasure of Absolution open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Absolution #Confession #OfficeOfTheKeys #ForgivenessYouCanHear #LawAndGospel #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran

Pastor Bob Smith

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4 weeks ago

What is Absolution? Fifty-Seventh in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

What is Absolution? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Absolution #Confession #OfficeOfTheKeys #ForgivenessOfSins #LawAndGospel #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 month ago

Why Confess Your Sins? Fifty-Sixth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Why Confess Your Sins? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Confession #Absolution #BaptismalIdentity #LawAndGospel #OfficeOfTheKeys #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 month ago

Baptized into Christ's Body Fifty-Fifth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Baptized into Christ's Body open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Baptism #BodyOfChrist #OneLordOneFaithOneBaptism #ChristianCommunity #MeansOfGrace #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran

Pastor Bob Smith

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1 month ago

Stay Calm and Remember Your Baptism Fifty-Fourth in a series of posts on Martin Luther’s Small Catechism

Stay Calm and Remember Your Baptism open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Baptism #IAmBaptized #NewLifeInChrist #MeansOfGrace #SmallCatechism #LutheranTheology #LCMS #Lutheran