BY GRACE, THROUGH FAITH
Jul 13, 2022
A year ago in the spring we visited the flower gardens of Lilacia Park. We strolled around and enjoyed this mini-paradise. The colors and smells exploded with life. Who foresaw that a year later, our dad, Joe, would pass away, and we would be releasing him into the hands of our Heavenly Father. Yet, God's Word in creation runs its course. "The grass withers and...
May 28, 2022
For the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the glory. of the LORD as the waters cover the sea. Habakkuk 2:14 “I will pour out My Spirit…” We celebrate the coming of the Holy Spirit on the Day of Pentecost with a bi-lingual service of worship at 11:00 am June 5th. Next to the coming of Christ at His nativity, His resurrection and ascension...
Apr 6, 2022
This Palm Sunday, April 10 at 6:30 pm, Faith Lutheran Church will host “Christ in the Passover: A Presentation.” This powerful presentation, shared by a missionary from Jews for Jesus, will demonstrate the link between the Jewish feast of Passover and the last supper Jesus shared with His disciples. Join us for an explanation of the Jewish ceremony called a...
Mar 15, 2022
Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years PG-13 • 1H 55MIN MARCH 25, 2022 AT Faith Lutheran Church 2525 Helm Rd, Carpentersville, IL 60107 Great character is sometimes forged amid great turmoil. Sabina: Tortured for Christ, the Nazi Years is the story of how God’s love transformed an ambitious, worldly atheist into one of the greatest Christian women of the...
Nov 19, 2021
People say that there is no scientific evidence to support the first 11 chapters of the Bible. I don’t agree. DNA evidence demonstrates that all people stem from one man and one woman originally, The Book of Genesis records their names: Adam and Eve. The book continues to list many other names in a genealogy down to a man name Noah. the Bible also gives...
May 10, 2021
We rejoice in the Lord for bringing us this far in the development of a maternity home here in Carpentersville. God has blessed these initial stages by bringing many supporters together towards making it a reality. Yet there is much more to be done, like building bridges in the community and with the village. In order for us to move ahead at Faith Lutheran we...
Mar 24, 2021
On that day the LORD their God will save them, as the flock of his people; for like the jewels of a crown they shall shine on his land. Zechariah 9:16 My dear Diane, Doug and I participated in the drive through Chicago pro-life rally in January. It was cold but bright and sunny with around 600 cars lined up. Took little longer than expected, but it was a...
Aug 11, 2020
“For everything there is a season, and a time for every matter under heaven: a time to be born, and a time to die; a time to plant and a time to pluck up what is planted” (Ecclesiastes 3:1-2). Growth is the natural process of all living things. We have a beginning and we have an end. A good man named Job suffered multiple calamities and losses,...
I believe in God the Father Almighty,
Maker of heaven and of earth.
And in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord.
Who was conceived by the Holy Spirit,
Born of the virgin Mary,
Suffered under Pontius Pilate,
Was crucified died and was buried.
He descended into hell.
On the third day He rose again from the dead.
He ascended into heaven
And is seated at right hand of God the Father Almighty,
From thence He shall come to judge the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit.
The holy catholic church,
The communion of saints,
The forgiveness of sins,
The resurrection of the body,
And of the life everlasting.
Amen.
God loves the people of the world, even though they are sinful, rebel against Him and do not deserve His love. He sent Jesus, His Son, to love the unlovable and save the ungodly.
By His suffering and death as the substitute for all people of all time, Jesus purchased and won forgiveness and eternal life for them. Those who hear this Good News and believe it have the eternal life that it offers. God creates faith in Christ and gives people forgiveness through Him.
The Bible is God's inerrant and infallible Word, in which He reveals His Law and His Gospel of salvation in Jesus Christ. It is the sole rule and norm for Christian doctrine.
For more than 2,000 years people have asked this question. We were not present when Jesus lived on this earth, but in the Bible we have the record of His birth, life, death on the cross, and resurrection. Through the study of the Bible, you can seek the answer to this age-old question.
The word "Synod" in The Lutheran Church—Missouri Synod comes from Greek words that mean "walking together." The term has rich meaning in our church body, because congregations voluntarily choose to belong to the Synod. Though diverse in their service, our congregations hold to a shared confession of Jesus Christ as taught in Holy Scripture and the Lutheran Confessions.
Lutheran congregations are confessional. Our congregations believe the Lutheran Confessions are a correct interpretation and presentation of biblical doctrine.
Contained in The Book of Concord: The Confessions of the Evangelical Lutheran Church, these statements of belief were transcribed and shared broadly by church leaders during the 16th century.Luther's Small Catechism contains essential summaries of our beliefs, while the Augsburg Confession gives more detail about what Lutherans believe.
"What About?" is a series of 27 pamphlets, written by former Synod President Rev. Dr. A.L. Barry, that address doctrinal topics, moral issues and concerns in the church to help Christians grow in their understanding of these important questions.
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