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David Otten: The origins of 'maranatha' -- and why it's special

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. Weeks ago I shared with you about a book I have been reading, "Lord Jesus Christ: Devotion to Jesus in Earliest Christianity" by Larry Hurtado.
By David Otten Sep 10, 2019 5:35 PM
David Otten: Battling against violence with the love of Christ

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. Another act of senseless violence occurred in Odessa and Midland, Texas, and as of this writing seven are confirmed dead.
By David Otten Sep 4, 2019 11:53 AM
David Otten: Our Father protects us

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. The last two petitions of the Lord's Prayer, "Lead us not into temptation but deliver us from evil," are asking for God's protection against spiritual and physical evil.
By David Otten Aug 21, 2019 10:55 AM
David Otten: The father-child relationship in prayer

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. For just shy of 2,000 years, Christians of all flavors have prayed the Lord's Prayer. Thomas O'Loughlin author of the book, "The Didache: A Window on the Earliest Christians," writes, "It is one of the few elements in Christians' worship today where one can get widespread agreement (more or less) about what to do or say: at the suggestion that a group recite the Lord's Prayer, most will both agree to the suggestion and be able to say it." (Page 76).
By David Otten Jul 31, 2019 2:43 PM
David Otten: Sanctify your time

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. Mary and Martha were two sisters who knew Jesus, and in Luke 10 we read that Jesus makes a call on them. Their reaction to Jesus is different. Mary wishes to listen to Jesus while Martha's older sister traits kick in and she begins to prepare a meal. Martha grows frustrated with the fact that she is doing all the work while Mary is just sitting there. Martha politely asks Jesus to have Mary help her, but Jesus tells her that she is too anxious about many things and Mary has chosen the "good portion" and it shall not be taken from her.
By David Otten Jul 25, 2019 5:24 PM
David Otten: Religion is part of our heritage of freedom

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. Our nation celebrates her birthday this week and the theme which will be heard the loudest is "freedom." America has in many ways become the standard that other nations and peoples have used to judge how freedom is understood and practiced in their own lands.
By David Otten Jul 3, 2019 5:35 PM
David Otten: Fatherhood comes with increased responsibility

Greetings from Naval Air Station Jacksonville: The idea of fatherhood has fallen on rough times for the last 50 years. We have gone from TV shows like "Father Knows Best" to "The Simpsons." One bright spot in today's entertainment world concerning fathers is the show "Blue Bloods" starring Tom Selleck. Though if fatherhood has taken its lumps, men have been the ones who have caused much of the decline.
By David Otten Jun 12, 2019 12:52 PM
David Otten: Confessing the faith

"Credo" -- "I believe."(Latin). Out of this comes the word "creed." This last Sunday I read the account of Thomas, who after much doubting made the godly confession of his faith in Christ with the words, "My Lord and my God." This was his statement of faith; it was his creed broadly speaking.
By David Otten May 1, 2019 10:28 AM
David Otten: Plenty of Christian persecution in today's world

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. Easter in America has, at times, created a false illusion about the world beyond our borders. It is a safe and secure child's world of Easter Bunnies, fuzzy yellow ducklings and baskets full of chocolate and other delights. In churches across our nation there is joy for "Christ is risen." Family gatherings follow.
By David Otten Apr 26, 2019 3:08 PM
David Otten: Who doesn't need a new beginning sometimes?

Greetings from Faith Lutheran Church in Eldorado. Jimmy Wayne never knew his dad and his mother was in and out of jail. When he was a small child, his mom was released from jail and hooked up with some loser and for a year, they made their home in an Oldsmobile Delta 88 traveling the country. The couple finally tired of Jimmy and abandoned him at the railroad station in Pensacola, Florida, never to see him again.
By David Otten Apr 19, 2019 11:16 AM

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