What does this mean?

Carthage, Missouri is named after the famous, ancient, north African city of Carthage, or Carthago, St. Augustine's early home. Carthage posed a very real threat to the city of Rome and its desire for world dominance. These two cities were therefore arch enemies. The Roman elder statesman Cato the Elder is said to have ended all his speeches in the senate with the phrase "Carthago delenda est" which means "Carthage must be destroyed."
Thus the title of this blog means "Carthage must NOT be destroyed!" Of course, nobody would want his own city destroyed, but my fuller meaning, being a Lutheran Pastor, is a prayer that God would continue to bless the spiritual life in this city through the preaching of the pure Gospel and the correct administration of the sacraments. It is a prayer that God would let Faith Lutheran Church of Carthage continue to be the salt-of-the-earth preservative in our community!

Tuesday, February 23, 2010

Sermon for the Transfiguration of Our Lord

For some time now, I've been posting audio of the sermons at Faith Lutheran in Carthage on our church website, www.faithcarthage.org.

Through this blog, I'm trying to make them available as podcasts.

The sermon for the last Sunday after the Epiphany, Transfiguration Sunday reminds us that Jesus showed he really is God, before his disciples would see in gruesome fashion how truly human he is in the suffering that he would shortly undergo in Judea and Jerusalem as our Sacrifice of Atonement on the cross.

Here's the sermon audio.
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