Paul Menz “The Soldier Bard”🇺🇸 ⚔️ 🎺 ✝️
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US Army Retiree, ex-pat Buckeye, Naturalized Texan. Lutheran (Missouri Synod). TTRPG player (at least I try). VDMA. Christus Rex
We don’t seek out suffering. We certainly don’t need to. As long as we live in the flesh on this side of glory, we will suffer. But we know that our flesh will be restored and revived... —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Sermon: Wittenberg Academy – December 2, 2025 - 1 Pet 4:1-19
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December 2, 2025 at 4:19 PM
We don’t seek out suffering. We certainly don’t need to. As long as we live in the flesh on this side of glory, we will suffer. But we know that our flesh will be restored and revived... —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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Rapture and Tribulation and Millennium — Oh My! open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LastThingsSeries #Eschatology #SecondAdvent #AlwaysBeReady #ComeLordJesus #LCMS #Lutheran
Rapture and Tribulation and Millennium — Oh My!
Twentieth in a series of posts on Last Things
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December 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Rapture and Tribulation and Millennium — Oh My! open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LastThingsSeries #Eschatology #SecondAdvent #AlwaysBeReady #ComeLordJesus #LCMS #Lutheran
The Christian faith has been countercultural from the start. St. Peter writes his epistles during times of Christian persecution. He asks rhetorically: “Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?" —Rev. Larry Beane #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Monday, December 1, 2025 - 1 Pet 3:1-22
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December 1, 2025 at 5:50 PM
The Christian faith has been countercultural from the start. St. Peter writes his epistles during times of Christian persecution. He asks rhetorically: “Now who is there to harm you if you are zealous for what is good?" —Rev. Larry Beane #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Savior of the nations, come,
Virgin's Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
(Lutheran Service Book 332, v. 1) #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
Virgin's Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
(Lutheran Service Book 332, v. 1) #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
November 30, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Savior of the nations, come,
Virgin's Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
(Lutheran Service Book 332, v. 1) #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
Virgin's Son, make here Your home!
Marvel now, O heav'n and earth,
That the Lord chose such a birth.
(Lutheran Service Book 332, v. 1) #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
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Andrew may be remembered as Peter’s brother, but his true legacy is pointing others to Christ. open.substack.com/pub/revrober...
St. Andrew's Day
The Brother of St. Peter
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November 30, 2025 at 11:40 AM
Andrew may be remembered as Peter’s brother, but his true legacy is pointing others to Christ. open.substack.com/pub/revrober...
It’s Ti❌e! O-H! #GoBuckeyes #BeatTTUN
November 29, 2025 at 2:44 PM
It’s Ti❌e! O-H! #GoBuckeyes #BeatTTUN
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Joy to the World! The Lord is Come! open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #JoyToTheWorld #IsaacWatts #AdventHymn #FirstAndSecondAdvent #Psalm98 #ChurchMusic #LCMS #Lutheran
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come!
Isaac Watts’ ‘Joy to the World’ is a Christmas hymn—it proclaims Christ’s Advents, past and future.
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November 29, 2025 at 10:48 AM
Joy to the World! The Lord is Come! open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #JoyToTheWorld #IsaacWatts #AdventHymn #FirstAndSecondAdvent #Psalm98 #ChurchMusic #LCMS #Lutheran
The Propers for the 1st Sunday of Advent (1 Year Lectionary) #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod #Advent podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
Looking Forward to Sunday Morning (One Year Lectionary): First Sunday of Advent – Dr. John Bombaro, 11/25/25 (3291)
Podcast Episode · Issues, Etc. · 11/25/2025 · 50m
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November 28, 2025 at 3:38 PM
The Propers for the 1st Sunday of Advent (1 Year Lectionary) #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod #Advent podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/i...
There is a seriousness that Peter calls us to, like men being briefed before being dropped behind enemy lines, or preparing to storm the beaches into enemy fire. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Friday, November 28, 2025 - 1 Pet 1:13-25
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November 28, 2025 at 3:14 PM
There is a seriousness that Peter calls us to, like men being briefed before being dropped behind enemy lines, or preparing to storm the beaches into enemy fire. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Tomorrow. O-H!
November 28, 2025 at 1:47 PM
Tomorrow. O-H!
Time to start again with the 1st Sunday in Advent (this Sunday, Nov. 30), the start of a new Church Year, with the Bach Cantata for this Sunday, BWV 62, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. #JSBach #Lutheran #BachCantata #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod #FirstSundayofAdvent youtu.be/7oj63klgeEg?...
Bach - Cantata Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland BWV 62 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society
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November 27, 2025 at 11:38 PM
Time to start again with the 1st Sunday in Advent (this Sunday, Nov. 30), the start of a new Church Year, with the Bach Cantata for this Sunday, BWV 62, Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland. #JSBach #Lutheran #BachCantata #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod #FirstSundayofAdvent youtu.be/7oj63klgeEg?...
And so, even being “grieved by various trials," whether we are opposed at the hand of false religions, tyrannical governments, or Luciferian, amoral societies, we continue to “rejoice.” —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Thursday, November 27, 2025 - 1 Pet 1:1-12
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November 27, 2025 at 5:59 PM
And so, even being “grieved by various trials," whether we are opposed at the hand of false religions, tyrannical governments, or Luciferian, amoral societies, we continue to “rejoice.” —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
And making this very point, Jesus, in this final word to this His disciple whom He loved (John 13:23), says three times, “I am coming soon,” —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Wednesday, November 26, 2025 - Rev 22:1-21
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November 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
And making this very point, Jesus, in this final word to this His disciple whom He loved (John 13:23), says three times, “I am coming soon,” —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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Thanksgiving in the United States open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Thanksgiving #Puritans #Wampanoag #Washington #Lincoln #Roosevelt #GreatDayOfThanksgiving #ChristianGratitude #LCMS #Lutheran
Thanksgiving in the United States
Thanksgiving began as a feast of gratitude to God, not just a family tradition. Its true purpose is fulfilled in Christ, who will one day bring the Great Day of Thanksgiving.
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November 26, 2025 at 1:44 PM
Thanksgiving in the United States open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Thanksgiving #Puritans #Wampanoag #Washington #Lincoln #Roosevelt #GreatDayOfThanksgiving #ChristianGratitude #LCMS #Lutheran
But we live by faith and not by sight, dear friends. For this world is passing away, and this Old Jerusalem is destined to be no more, even as we had a preview of its destruction when the Romans destroyed it in 70 AD. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Sermon: Wittenberg Academy – November 25, 2025 - Rev 21:9-27
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November 25, 2025 at 5:26 PM
But we live by faith and not by sight, dear friends. For this world is passing away, and this Old Jerusalem is destined to be no more, even as we had a preview of its destruction when the Romans destroyed it in 70 AD. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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At Just the Right Time open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #ChronosAndKairos #FullnessOfTime #PraeparatioEvangelii #Incarnation #SecondAdvent #TheologicalReflections #LCMS #Lutheran
At Just the Right Time
Chronos ticks away in seconds and years, but kairos breaks in as God’s right time.
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November 25, 2025 at 1:28 PM
Ok. Is it weird that something as simple as a name can remind me of a choral work I sang a long time ago?
November 25, 2025 at 1:26 PM
Ok. Is it weird that something as simple as a name can remind me of a choral work I sang a long time ago?
A homily from a Lutheran (LCMS) pastor I follow on social media and listen to his devotion podcast. This is from Yesterday, the Last Sunday of the Church Year. weedon.blogspot.com/2025/11/homi...
Homily for the Last Sunday of the Church Year 2025
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
A homily from a Lutheran (LCMS) pastor I follow on social media and listen to his devotion podcast. This is from Yesterday, the Last Sunday of the Church Year. weedon.blogspot.com/2025/11/homi...
But at long last, our wandering is over. We have finally crossed over to the Promised Land. Jesus shares this revelation of Paradise Restored with John, who writes it down for us. And this is our hope: a new world freed from sin… —Rev Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Monday, November 24, 2025 - Rev. 21:1-8
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November 24, 2025 at 4:43 PM
But at long last, our wandering is over. We have finally crossed over to the Promised Land. Jesus shares this revelation of Paradise Restored with John, who writes it down for us. And this is our hope: a new world freed from sin… —Rev Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
We are not to have mercy or pity on Satan and his demons. We are not to hold back in our warfare with Babylon. We are to take no prisoners. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Friday, November 21, 2025 - Rev 18:1-24
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November 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
We are not to have mercy or pity on Satan and his demons. We are not to hold back in our warfare with Babylon. We are to take no prisoners. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
The Bach Cantata for the Last Sunday of the Church Year: youtu.be/DqZE54i-muE?...
Bach - Cantata Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme BWV 140 - Van Veldhoven | Netherlands Bach Society
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November 21, 2025 at 1:25 PM
The Bach Cantata for the Last Sunday of the Church Year: youtu.be/DqZE54i-muE?...
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It Has Pleased Almighty God: Christian Obituary, (pt. 2) open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #ConfessingChristInDeath #ChristianObituary #ResurrectionHope #BaptismalIdentity #LastThingsSeries #LCMS #Lutheran
It Has Pleased Almighty God: Christian Obituary, (pt. 2)
Sixteenth in a series of posts on last things
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November 21, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It Has Pleased Almighty God: Christian Obituary, (pt. 2) open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #ConfessingChristInDeath #ChristianObituary #ResurrectionHope #BaptismalIdentity #LastThingsSeries #LCMS #Lutheran