Paul Menz “The Soldier Bard”🇺🇸 ⚔️ 🎺 ✝️
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US Army Retiree, ex-pat Buckeye, Naturalized Texan. Lutheran (Missouri Synod). TTRPG player (at least I try). VDMA. Christus Rex
There is no more curtain, but there is a veil that separates what we call in the Nicene Creed, “the visible” from the “invisible.” There is the invisible world of angels and demons, of God on His throne, of the saints who have departed. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Sermon: Wittenberg Academy – December 16, 2025 - Rev 4:1-11
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December 16, 2025 at 3:31 PM
There is no more curtain, but there is a veil that separates what we call in the Nicene Creed, “the visible” from the “invisible.” There is the invisible world of angels and demons, of God on His throne, of the saints who have departed. —Rev. Larry Beane open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Depends on the day and what I roll. I have a table at my workplace that ranges from a 1 (why are you here, go home and hide in your blanket fort) to a 20 (there will be songs sung about your accomplishments). Today’s roll is a 5. So yeah, that’s how my Monday is going.
If today was a d20 roll, what would it be for you.
a black and white photo of a spinning top .
ALT: a black and white photo of a spinning top .
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December 15, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Depends on the day and what I roll. I have a table at my workplace that ranges from a 1 (why are you here, go home and hide in your blanket fort) to a 20 (there will be songs sung about your accomplishments). Today’s roll is a 5. So yeah, that’s how my Monday is going.
Jesus is always knocking at the door of every church. He is always coming to where we are in the churches, being where He has promised to be. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Monday, December 15, 2025 - Rev 3:1-22
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December 15, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Jesus is always knocking at the door of every church. He is always coming to where we are in the churches, being where He has promised to be. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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Where did Christmas come from? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Saturnalia #ChristmasOrigins #ReasonForTheSeason #ChristianCustoms #AdventReflections #LCMS #Lutheran
Where did Christmas come from?
Christmas was never designed to replace Saturnalia—it claimed cultural practices and gave them Christ’s meaning.
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December 14, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Where did Christmas come from? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #Saturnalia #ChristmasOrigins #ReasonForTheSeason #ChristianCustoms #AdventReflections #LCMS #Lutheran
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Introducing St. Lucia, Virgin, Martyr open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #StLucia #BearerOfLight #VirginMartyr #AdventSaints #FaithfulUntoDeath #CrownOfLife #LCMS #Lutheran
Introducing St. Lucia, Virgin, Martyr
St. Lucia, the bearer of light, shows us how faith endures even in the darkest persecution.
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December 13, 2025 at 12:55 PM
Introducing St. Lucia, Virgin, Martyr open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #StLucia #BearerOfLight #VirginMartyr #AdventSaints #FaithfulUntoDeath #CrownOfLife #LCMS #Lutheran
Like the apostles Peter and John, and like his brother James, Jude is sounding the alarm about “certain people.” Jude reminds his readers about the “unnatural desire” and “sexual immorality” of “Sodom and Gomorrah..." —Rev. Larry Beane #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Friday, December 12, 2025 - Jude
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December 12, 2025 at 4:12 PM
Like the apostles Peter and John, and like his brother James, Jude is sounding the alarm about “certain people.” Jude reminds his readers about the “unnatural desire” and “sexual immorality” of “Sodom and Gomorrah..." —Rev. Larry Beane #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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Who was John the Baptist? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #JohnTheBaptist #HeraldOfChrist #Zechariah #GabrielAnnouncement #AdventReflections #LambOfGod #LCMS #Lutheran
Who was John the Baptist?
John the Baptist had all the credentials to be the Messiah, yet his mission was greater: to reveal Him
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December 11, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Who was John the Baptist? open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #JohnTheBaptist #HeraldOfChrist #Zechariah #GabrielAnnouncement #AdventReflections #LambOfGod #LCMS #Lutheran
John sees the connection between the cross and the manger. For not only did Jesus issue forth blood and water at His death, He “came by water and blood” when He was born. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Thursday, December 11, 2025 - 1 John 5:1-21
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December 11, 2025 at 1:57 PM
John sees the connection between the cross and the manger. For not only did Jesus issue forth blood and water at His death, He “came by water and blood” when He was born. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
A good Primer on the Church Calendar #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod youtu.be/uYmltcBK49g?...
A Primer on the Church Year – Pr. Will Weedon, 12/10/25 (3443)
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December 11, 2025 at 1:14 PM
A good Primer on the Church Calendar #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod youtu.be/uYmltcBK49g?...
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending! #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod youtu.be/d_Ahm3jDvdQ?...
Lo, He Comes With Clouds Descending
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December 11, 2025 at 11:07 AM
Lo, He Comes with Clouds Descending! #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod youtu.be/d_Ahm3jDvdQ?...
In this world, we are surrounded by hucksters, grifters, scammers, and snake oil salesmen. This is hardly a startling revelation. And there are such people running religious rackets. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Wednesday, December 10, 2025 - 1 John 4:1-21
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December 10, 2025 at 4:15 PM
In this world, we are surrounded by hucksters, grifters, scammers, and snake oil salesmen. This is hardly a startling revelation. And there are such people running religious rackets. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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The Judgment Seat of Christ open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LastThingsSeries #JudgmentSeatOfChrist #ResurrectionOfTheDead #BookOfLife #MarriageFeastOfTheLamb #ComeLordJesus #LCMS #Lutheran
The Judgment Seat of Christ
Twenty-Third in a series of posts on Last Things
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December 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
Christians are children to be taught, and we are children whom God loves. In fact, God’s love is shown for us in that He came to our broken world to rescue us. And He came as a child Himself. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Sermon: Wittenberg Academy – December 9, 2025 - 1 John 3:1-24
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December 9, 2025 at 2:33 PM
Christians are children to be taught, and we are children whom God loves. In fact, God’s love is shown for us in that He came to our broken world to rescue us. And He came as a child Himself. —Rev. Larry Beane #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Jesus is coming to bring to fullness what He started at the manger and finished at the cross. He is returning to destroy the antichrists and their followers. —Rev. Larry Beane #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
Today's Devotion
Monday, December 8, 2025 - 1 John 2:15-29
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December 8, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Jesus is coming to bring to fullness what He started at the manger and finished at the cross. He is returning to destroy the antichrists and their followers. —Rev. Larry Beane #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod open.substack.com/pub/revlarry...
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The Missing Millennium open.substack.com/pub/revrober... #LastThingsSeries #MillenniumExplained #JewishOpinion #Revelation20 #ChristReignsNow #AlwaysBeReady #LCMS #Lutheran
The Missing Millennium
Twenty-Third in a series of posts on Last Things
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December 8, 2025 at 11:00 AM
2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him
Robed in glorious majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall their true Messiah see
Lutheran Service Book 336, v. 2 #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
Robed in glorious majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall their true Messiah see
Lutheran Service Book 336, v. 2 #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
December 7, 2025 at 3:52 PM
2 Ev'ry eye shall now behold Him
Robed in glorious majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall their true Messiah see
Lutheran Service Book 336, v. 2 #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod
Robed in glorious majesty;
Those who set at naught and sold Him,
Pierced and nailed Him to the tree,
Deeply wailing, deeply wailing, deeply wailing,
Shall their true Messiah see
Lutheran Service Book 336, v. 2 #Advent #Lutheran #LutheranChurchMissouriSynod