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MATINS DEVOTIONS
Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 26, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 25, 2024
John 21 Sometimes absolution is painful. During our Lord’s passion, Peter denied Jesus three times. And here in our reading from John 21...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 24, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 24, 2024
Luke 1:57-80 Names matter, as I always say, and this is certainly the case with John the Baptist. God has sent John to be the forerunner...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 21, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 21, 2024
John 19:1-22 What do the Chief Priests really want when they conspire to put Jesus to death? Well, if you take them at their word in John...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 20, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 20, 2024
John 18:15-40 Simon Peter’s denial of Jesus during our Lord’s Passion is not like Christ’s betrayal at the hands of Judas. Judas is...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 19, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 19, 2024
John 18:1-14 When Jesus identifies Himself to the band of men who have come to arrest Him, why do they draw back and fall to the ground?...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 18, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 18, 2024
Proverbs 20:5-25 It’s a dangerous thing when a man tells himself, “I’m a simple man.” Some men aren’t fancy or sophisticated. And that’s...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 17, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 17, 2024
John 16:17-33 “In the world you will have tribulation. But take heart; I have overcome the world.” What does this mean? Well, when Jesus...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 17, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 14, 2024
John 15:1-11 We self-righteous sinners have an amazing ability to take Christ’s words of comfort and turn them into words of terror. A...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 13, 2024
Proverbs 13 “Whoever guards his mouth preserves his life; he who opens wide his lips comes to ruin.” What does this mean? Well, it may...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 13, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 12, 2024
John 14:1-17 I find it somewhat comical, the way Philip phrases his request. After Jesus implores HIs disciples to believe in Him, Philip...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 11, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 11, 2024
Isaiah 42:5-12 “Behold, the former things have come to pass, and new things I now declare; before they spring forth I tell you of them.”...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 10, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 10, 2024
Proverbs 8:22-36 In the beginning was the Word. Always and forever, He has been there. From the beginning of the Father’s work, the Son...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 7, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 7, 2024
John 12:1-19 In a way, it’s strange that we ever sin because sin is much harder work than righteousness, in particular when sin requires...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 7, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 6, 2024
John 11:38-57 It’s rather comical, the way the Pharisees and Chief Priests respond to Jesus raising Lazarus from the dread. “If we let...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 5, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 5, 2024
John 11:17-37 With Jesus Christ, there is no waiting, even as we wait. This is a beautiful promise we see in our reading from John 11...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 4, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 4, 2024
Ecclesiastes 12 You’d be hard pressed to find a life with more adventure and pleasure than that of Solomon–unfathomable wealth,...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 3, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: June 3, 2024
John 10:22-42 Jesus has a fantastic way of cutting to the chase when He argues with His enemies, a lovely way of making them admit what...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 3, 20245 min read
Matins Devotions: May 28-30
TUESDAY Ecclesiastes 5 Hell is loving things that don’t love you back. Hell is, in a sense, worshiping your works, trusting in them to...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
Jun 3, 20246 min read
Matins Devotions: May 21-24, 2024
TUESDAY Numbers 22:21-23:3 The wild thing about our reading from Numbers today is that Balaam doesn’t freak out when his donkey starts...
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Pastor Hans Fiene
May 20, 20242 min read
Matins Devotion: May 20, 2024
Numbers 22:1-20 Martin Luther once said, “even the devil is God’s devil.” That is to say, while the devil wars against God, God always...
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