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Daily Devotions from LHM will help strengthen and encourage your faith as you do the same for others. Have them delivered right to your inbox, podcast the audio devotional, access them on your mobile device through the FREE app, or listen with Spotify, iHeartRadio, Alexa, or Google Home. Seasonal Devotions for Advent and Lent are also available in both English and Spanish.
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The (Im)partial Church is a hopeful podcast about race, culture, diversity, and the Christian faith. Join us as we explore relevant issues surrounding how Christians empathetically relate to one another across cultural divides and strive to become a truly impartial church. To learn more and access additional podcast resources, visit lhm.org/theimpartialchurch
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Psalm 122:1-4 - I was glad when they said to me, “Let us go to the house of the Lord!” Our feet have been standing within your gates, O Jerusalem! Jerusalem—built as a city that is bound firmly together, to which the tribes go up, the tribes of the Lord, as was decreed for Israel, to give thanks to the Name of the Lord.…
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“Thine the kingdom Thine the prize Thine the wonder full surprise Thine the banquet then the praise Then the justice of Thy ways Thine the glory Thine the story Then the welcome to the least Then the wonder all increasing At Thy feast at Thy feast. “Thine the glory in the night No more dying only light Thine the river Thine the tree Then the Lamb e…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/concord-matters/20251121094508-2025-11-22_CM.mp3 Download Audio File The Lord invites us to believe that He is our True Father and that we may ask anything of Him as dear children. We pray to our gracious God, clinging to His promises of salvation. It is only by Him that we can receive or do anything good. In …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/wrestling-with-the-basics/20251121093228-2025-11-22_WWB.mp3 Download Audio File This week’s program looks at Luke 21. What great promise do war and famine hold? Get ready to chuckle or even chortle with Pastor “Jolly” John Lukomski and Pastor Matt “Youngblood” Clark as they take a humorous approach to Bible St…
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Christ is the King of an unlikely kingdom. Dr. Chad Lakies describes that kingdom's seemingly upside-down, illogical logic.By Lutheran Hour Ministries
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Acts 4:18-20 - So they called them and charged them not to speak or teach at all in the Name of Jesus. But Peter and John answered them, “Whether it is right in the sight of God to listen to you rather than to God, you must judge, for we cannot but speak of what we have seen and heard.”By Lutheran Hour Ministries
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/end-goals/20251121130954-EP153_ENDGOALS.mp3 Download Audio File We continue our series on hard conversations by talking with Daniel Weiss, executive director of the Sexual Integrity Leadership Summit, about how we approach conversations around pornography with our young people. Bio: Daniel Weiss is the executi…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20251120165958-2025-11-21_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File Jesus offers His final, apocalyptic teaching before His passion: the Parable of the Sheep and the Goats. The Son of Man sits on His glorious throne and separates all nations. The righteous “sheep” are welcomed into the kingdom because of the…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/lutheran-ladies-lounge/20251121123804-LLL_Ep321.mp3 Download Audio File Although Scripture is never trivial, Bible trivia games can be an effective and motivational teaching tool — as the Ladies discover in this week’s episode. Inspired by Sarah’s account of the New Testament knowledge exam she took upon matri…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20251121105541-2025-11-21_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Matthew Harrison gives today’s sermon based on Mark 4:24-29. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. >…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20251120163608-2025-11-21_CH.mp3 Download Audio File How are students at Concordia University Wisconsin formed into church workers? Dr. Erik Ankerberg (President of Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbor) and Jeff Frosch (LCMS Admission Counselor at Concordia University Wisconsin and Ann Arbo…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20251120162900-2025-11-21_SI.mp3 Download Audio File In this hymn, Johann Herrnschmidt writes a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 146 and proclaims the work of Christ. The Lord is the Almighty whose holy name we adore for the entirety of our lives. Rather than trusting in mortal rulers who cannot save …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20251120162250-2025-11-21_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20251120161539-MP_Nov_21.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Revelation 18:1-24 is given by Rev. Don Haselhuhn. This is a rebroadcast from November 21, 2016. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Even…
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Philippians 2:5-11 (NIV) - In your relationships with one another, have the same mindset as Christ Jesus: Who, being in very nature God, did not consider equality with God something to be used to His own advantage; rather, He made Himself nothing by taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness. And being found in appearance as …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20251120134018-2025-11-20_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File The exact day and hour of the end is unknown to all but the Father. But what we do know, Jesus tells us: His return will be sudden, like the flood in Noah’s day, and when it arrives time will have run out. Jesus then gives two parables: the …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20251120110428-2025-11-20_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Sean Daenzer gives today’s sermon based on Ephesians 4:17-20. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20251120105755-2025-11-20_CH.mp3 Download Audio File How does Numbers point us to Christ, our conqueror and redeemer? The Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing (Professor of Theology & Ministry, Paul Edwin F. and Esther L. Laatsch Chair of Old Testament Studies, Director of the Pre-Seminary Program, and Director o…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20251120104504-2025-11-20_SI.mp3 Download Audio File In this hymn, William Kethe provides a metrical paraphrase of Psalm 100, in which God’s people are called to give Him thanks. Together, we make a joyful noise to God as we come before Him with cheerful voices. The Lord is our God who has created…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20251120094730-2025-11-20_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20251120094049-MP_Nov_20.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Matthew 28:1-20 is given by Rev. Roderick Hathaway. This is a rebroadcast from November 20, 2014. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Eve…
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Luke 23:27-29, 31-34, 35b -43 - And there followed Him [Jesus] a great multitude of the people and of women who were mourning and lamenting for Him. But turning to them Jesus said, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for Me, but weep for yourselves and for your children. For behold, the days are coming when they will say, ‘Blessed are the barren a…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20251119130428-2025-11-19_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File As Jesus leaves the temple, He prophesies its complete destruction, sparking the disciples’ questions about the end of the age. Jesus responds with the Olivet Discourse, a dense prophecy of “birth pains”: false messiahs, wars, famines, and t…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20251119111232-2025-11-19_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Quintin Cundiff gives today’s sermon based on Mark 11:22-26. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces. >…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20251119110623-2025-11-19_CH.mp3 Download Audio File What are the pillars of fire and cloud, and what is the Israelites’ attitude in the wilderness? The Rev. Dr. Reed Lessing (Professor of Theology & Ministry, Paul Edwin F. and Esther L. Laatsch Chair of Old Testament Studies, Director of the Pre-S…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20251119110028-2025-11-19_SI.mp3 Download Audio File Joachim Neander draws from Psalm 103 and other texts to call Christians to praise the Lord as the Almighty Creator. The Lord is the One who still reigns over all He has made, as Christians have seen time and time again. Not only has God created …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20251119105405-2025-11-19_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20251119104735-MP_Nov_19.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Matthew 27:57-66 is given by Rev. Peter Ill. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evening Prayer. Submit comments or questions to: listene…
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Colossians 1:13-20 - He [God] has delivered us from the domain of darkness and transferred us to the kingdom of His beloved Son, in whom we have redemption, the forgiveness of sins. He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation. For by Him all things were created, in heaven and on earth, visible and invisible, whether thrones …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20251118122100-2025-11-18_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File Jesus unleashes a powerful and damning critique against the scribes and Pharisees. He warns the crowds not to follow their hypocrisy, their love of human glory and honor, and the heavy burdens they lay on others. He pronounces “Seven Woes,” …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20251118113445-2025-11-18_Chapel.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Stephen Heimer gives today’s sermon based on 1 Timothy 6:7-14. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforces.…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20251118134527-2025-11-18_CH.mp3 Download Audio File How do we determine what is important? The Rev. Dr. Jon Furgeson (Senior Pastor of Peace Lutheran Church in St. Louis, MO) joins Andy and Sarah for Episode 5 of our “Prepared with a Reason” series to talk about what axiology is and why it’s impor…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20251118111713-2025-11-18_SI.mp3 Download Audio File Paul Gerhardt wrote this hymn as an acrostic poem using the words of Psalm 37:5. He encourages Christians to entrust all their burdens to the true God. Because He created and sustains all things, we can rely on Him to guide us and call out to Hi…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20251118110710-2025-11-18_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20251118105947-MP_Nov_18.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Matthew 27:33-56 is given by Rev. Arthur Baisch. This is a rebroadcast from November 18, 2016. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evenin…
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Malachi 3:13-17a - “Your words have been hard against Me, says the Lord. But you say, ‘How have we spoken against You?’ You have said, ‘It is vain to serve God. What is the profit of our keeping His charge or of walking as in mourning before the Lord of hosts? And now we call the arrogant blessed. Evildoers not only prosper but they put God to the …
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/thy-strong-word/20251117140652-2025-11-17_TSW.mp3 Download Audio File The confrontations continue as the Sadducees, who deny the resurrection, pose a ridiculous question about a woman with seven husbands. Jesus silences them, proving the resurrection from the books of Moses (the only Scripture they obey). A la…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/chapel/20251117114211-IC_Chapel-2025-11-17_L.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Sean Daenzer gives today’s sermon based on Matthew 18:21-35. >> The broadcast of chapel services is brought to you by LCMS International Mission and Ministry to Armed Forces. >> Learn more at international.lcms.org and lcms.org/armedforc…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/coffee-hour/20251117142416-2025-11-17_CH.mp3 Download Audio File How can we view the medical and theological questions of IVF through the lens of Scripture? Dr. Donna Harrison (Director of Research, American Association of Pro-Life OBGYNs) and the Rev. Dr. Scott Stiegemeyer (Associate Professor of Theology and…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20251117113155-2025-11-17_SI.mp3 Download Audio File In this text from Paul Gerhardt, each Christian encourages himself to rejoice and maintain a cheerful trust in God for all things. He is our portion and treasure so that despair need not overwhelm us. As He has cared for us our whole lives long,…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/sharper-iron/20251117112908-SongsofThankfulnessandPraisePodcastIntro.mp3 Download Audio File “Songs and Thankfulness and Praise” is a mini-series on Sharper Iron that studies a variety of hymns of thanksgiving from Lutheran Service Book. Thanksgiving is a way of life for Christians as we realize that all gifts…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/oratio/20251117094254-2025-11-17_OR.mp3 Download Audio File Rev. Kenneth Bomberger gives today’s prayerful thought based on the day’s Scripture readings. Begin your morning in word and prayer with Rev. Kenneth Bomberger, who shares scripture, hymns, prayers, and texts for the day, and also gives a short medita…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/morning-prayer/20251117093536-MP_Nov_17.mp3 Download Audio File Today’s sermonette based on Matthew 27:11-32 is given by Rev. Warren Woerth. This is a rebroadcast from November 17, 2017. Hear a guest pastor give a short sermonette based on the day’s Daily Lectionary New Testament text during Morning and Evenin…
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Psalm 46:4-7 - There is a river whose streams make glad the city of God, the holy habitation of the Most High. God is in the midst of her; she shall not be moved; God will help her when morning dawns. The nations rage, the kingdoms totter; He utters His voice, the earth melts. The Lord of hosts is with us; the God of Jacob is our fortress.…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/stpaul-des-peres-bible-study/20251117093017-2025-11-16_SPBS.mp3 Download Audio File Pastor David Smith leads a study on Matthew 22:15-46. Join the pastors and people of St. Paul’s Lutheran Church in Des Peres, MO, for weekly Bible study on Sunday mornings. Learn more about St. Paul’s Des Peres at stpaulsdesper…
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“The day is surely drawing near When Jesus, God’s Anointed In all His power shall appear As Judge whom God appointed. Then fright shall banish idle mirth, And flames on flames shall ravage earth As Scripture long has warned us. “O Jesus Christ, do not delay, But hasten our salvation; We often tremble on our way In fear and tribulation. O hear and g…
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Mercy is an others-focused attitude because God is an others-first God.By Lutheran Hour Ministries
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/concord-matters/20251114113617-2025-11-15_CM.mp3 Download Audio File The Holy Spirit daily administers forgiveness and will continue to do so until the end. He increases holiness within the Christian Church that is not finished until Christ returns. There will be a time when forgiveness will no longer be neede…
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https://kfuo-od.streamguys1.com/recast/wrestling-with-the-basics/20251114132924-2025-11-15_WWB.mp3 Download Audio File This week’s program looks at Luke 18 and 2 Timothy 4:6: more certainty for the future. Get ready to chuckle or even chortle with Pastor “Jolly” John Lukomski and Pastor Matt “Youngblood” Clark as they take a humorous approach to Bi…
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John 6:37 - [Jesus said] “All that the Father gives Me will come to Me, and whoever comes to Me I will never cast out.”By Lutheran Hour Ministries
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