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!

Wednesday, April 28, 2010

Faith Carthage Sermon for Easter 4

Well, it took a few days to post this week's audio. Sorry for the delay and the temporarily non-functioning link on www.FaithCarthage.org. There was a glitch with the recording and we had to use our backup cassette recording to make a new CD recording, from which to make our mp3 recording! All our ducks are now in a row, and so the continuation of our series on the readings from Revelation is now on Faith's web site. This week's sermon is titled "God's People in Glory" based upon Revelation 7:9-17.

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