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Spirit of Joy Lutheran Church Orlando FL

Jun 15, 2017

For Christians, Pentecost is a holiday on which we commemorate the Holy Spirit falling on the early followers of Jesus. Before the events of the first Pentecost, which came a few weeks after Jesus’ death and resurrection, there were followers of Jesus, but no movement that could be meaningfully called “the...


Jun 1, 2017

God is good…all the time. Our brains can’t truly comprehend the reality of it, but God. Is. Always. Good. There is so much that this statement implies and knowing that this good God loves us should radically change the way we do life.


Jun 1, 2017

Sometimes we need reminding that God is always with us: with us in our joy and in our sadness, our praise and laments, our mountain top moments and our darkest of broken days. God is always there, restoring us and making our soul whole.


Jun 1, 2017

James was one of Martin Luther’s least favorite books in the Bible. In fact, he wanted it out of the Bible for good. James spoke about what our faith looked like in practice. In Luther’s time, works played a large part in salvation. Luther wanted to make sure everyone knew that we were all saved by grace. However,...


Jun 1, 2017

We’ve been trained to have logical brains. Whether it’s in science or fact-checking what we read: we want proof; just the facts please. The problem is, faith doesn’t work like a textbook. As Christians we have hope and faith in the things we can’t see or prove. There’s a reason Jesus said, “Blessed are those...