Matins Devotions

Pastor Hans Fiene

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Matins Devotion: January 7, 2024

Romans 1:1-17 When St. Paul says that he is not ashamed of the Gospel, he says this with regard to his apostolic calling. He has been...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 20, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 20, 2024

Psalm 119:25-32 There’s a church in Portugal called “Capela dos Ossos,” “Chapel of the Bones” in English. This is a very literal name....

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 19, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 19, 2024

Isaiah 40:1-7 What does Isaiah mean when he says that Jerusalem has received from the Lord’s hand double for all her sins? Well, in the...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 18, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 18, 2024

Psalm 119:81-88 As you all know, I love a good literary image, a quick little phrase that says in a few words what lesser writers could...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 17, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 17, 2024

Revelation 5 Once the scroll was sealed shut. The book of salvation, the story of mankind finding peace with God, the story of God...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 16, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 16, 2024

Isaiah 32 In describing the reign of the king of righteousness, Isaiah tells us that many things will change upon His arrival. Blindness...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 12, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 12, 2024

Psalm 106:1-5 As Christians, we should rejoice that God has given us the right to speak to Him, and we should do it often. We should pray...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 11, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 11, 2024

Isaiah 28:14-19 Our reading from Isaiah this morning gives us not a historical conversation between Jerusalem and those who have crushed...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 10, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 10, 2024

Isaiah 26:20—27:13 “Come, my people, enter your chambers, and shut your doors behind you; hide yourselves for a little while until the...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 9, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 9, 2024

1 John 3 In our reading from St. John this morning, the apostle warns us about the danger of living in sin as a Christian, the danger of...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 3, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 3, 2024

1 Peter 5 Very often, when Christians face hardships or problems, we’ll utter phrases like, “it’s ok, God’s got this.” We’ll say those...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Dec 2, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: December 2, 2024

Isaiah 8:9-9:7 Early in my ministry, I often said that the season of Advent is not pre-Christmas, the idea being that the point of the...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 27, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: November 27, 2024

Isaiah 1:1-28 I’ve often said that the love story of the Bible wouldn’t make a particularly good romantic movie. God’s love for His...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 26, 20241 min read

Matins Devotion: November 26, 2024

Revelation 22 Come to the River of Life. Here, in these waters, come meet your Father. Meet the One who loved you from the foundation of...

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Nov 25, 20242 min read

Matins: November 25, 2024

Revelation 21:9-27 Julian the Apostate is a name given to a certain Roman emperor, the nephew of Constantine the Great, who turned from...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 22, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: November 22, 2024

Daniel 2:24–49 In a way, Nebuchadnezzar’s request of his dream-interpreters is a bit like if you went to a chiropractor and told him,...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 22, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: November 20, 2024

Matthew 28 There’s a common misconception that Jesus exited the tomb on Easter Sunday by walking out after the stone was rolled away. I...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 19, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: November 19, 2024

Matthew 27:57-66 When the chief priests ask Pilate to secure the tomb of Jesus, I have a sneaking suspicion they’re not really worried...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 19, 20242 min read

Matins Devotion: November 18, 2024

Matthew 27:33-56 As our Lord hangs upon the cross, the crowd knows exactly what would convince them that Jesus really is the Christ, that...

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Pastor Hans Fiene

Nov 19, 20247 min read

Matins Devotions: November 11-15

MONDAY Matthew 25:31–46 Without thinking too deeply about our text from Matthew this morning, it can look like the sheep and the goats...

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