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Adult Bible Study ~ 9:00 A.M. to 10:00 A.M.

Sunday Service ~ 10:30 A.M. to 11:30 A.M.

Youth Sunday School ~ 9-9:30 A.M.

Communion ~ 1st and 3rd Sundays

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We believe, teach, and confess the Triune God: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.

We believe, teach, and confess Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and the gospel as the power of God for the salvation of all who believe in him.

*Jesus Christ is the Word of God incarnate, through whom everything was made and through whose life, death, and resurrection God fashions a new creation.

*The proclamation of God's message to us as both law and gospel is the Word of God, revealing judgment and mercy in the person and work of Jesus Christ through whom God was pleased to reconcile all things to himself.

*The canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments are the Word of God. Inspired by God's Spirit speaking through their authors, they record and announce God's revelation centering in Jesus Christ. Through them God's Spirit speaks to us to create and sustain Christian faith and fellowship for service in the world.

We believe, teach, and accept the canonical Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments as the inspired Word of God and the sole authoritative source and norm of our proclamation, faith, and life.

We accept the Apostles', Nicene, and Athanasian Creeds as true declarations of the scriptural faith we believe, teach, and confess.

We believe, teach, and accept the Unaltered Augsburg Confession and the Small Catechism as true witnesses to the Word of God, normative for our teaching and practice. We acknowledge that we are one in faith and doctrine with all churches that likewise accept the teachings of the Unaltered Augsburg Confession.

We believe, teach, and confess the other confessional writings in the Book of Concord namely, the Apology of the Augsburg Confession, the Smalcald Articles, the Treatise, the Large Catechism, and the Formula of Concord, as further valid expositions of the Holy Scriptures.

We believe, teach, and confess the gospel, recorded in the Holy Scriptures and confessed in the ecumenical creeds and Lutheran confessional writings, as the power of God to create and sustain the priesthood of all believers for God's mission in the world.

Pastor Michael Giese

Phone: 361-205-3317

Email: mrgiese1990@gmail.com

Office: Tue, Wed & Fri

9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

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PASTOR’S LUCID RAMBLINGS - August 2026

“AI versus the Theology of the Cross”

Proverbs 19:9 A person may plan his own journey, but the Lord directs his steps.

Brothers and sisters in Christ,

In May, Pope Leo XIV published his letter, “Magnifica Humanitas”, in which he states that either Artificial Intelligence (AI) will destroy humanity or
people will overcome the evil of AI and make God’s world a better place.

As I was reading his letter, some things popped out at me. First, logically speaking, when the pope says that humans can “… build the city in which God and humanity can dwell together.” we should be skeptical. Wasn’t that the purpose of the Tower of Babel?

He further states that, “… every authentic human effort to cooperate with [the Holy Spirit] for the good will be blessed by our heavenly Father.” This has always been the argument of social theologians. They think that it doesn’t matter if we focus on liberation theology, political theology, or any of the many social theology talking points, God will still bless their efforts. It doesn’t matter what God has spoken in His Word on these issues.

Under the Theology of the Cross, we believe that God is Almighty. Since God is omnipresent, omniscient, and omnipotent, His will always be done. God is in charge and always has been. (Romans 8:28) To say that
humanity can create a space where God and humanity can dwell together implies that we are equal to God. We are still the creation and He is still the Creator.

In Christ,

Pastor Mike