Tenebrae Service - Good Friday

God Most Holy, look with mercy on this your family for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, be given over into the hands of the wicked, and suffer death upon the cross.  Keep us always faithful to him, our only Savior, who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, forever and ever.  Amen

  • The Tabernacle and the High Priest Foreshadow Jesus Christ
  • The Great Day of Atonement Foreshadows the Cross
  • The Blood of Our Great High Priest Cleanses Us
  • Our Great High Priest Is Tried and Tortured
  • Our Great High Priest Is Crucified
  • Our Great High Priest Dies
  • Our Great High Priest Is Buried

Exodus 26, 28; Leviticus 16; Hebrews 9; Mark 15

Pastor Nathan Kassulke

Sally Littau
Jesus Our Great High Priest Is the Mediator of the New Covenant

Have confidence that Jesus, our Great High Priest, is the mediator of a covenant that is better, stronger, and smarter than the old covenant.

Dearest Jesus, we thank you for the gift of your body and blood, given and shed for the salvation of our souls.  Thank you for strengthening us with your Word and Sacrament. Amen.

Pastor Ron Koehler

Sally Littau
Jesus' Death Glorifies God (John 12:20-33)

I have glorified it and I will glorify it again (John 12:28)

Jesus' willing death glorifies the Son of God.

Jesus' guilty death glorifies God's name.

Jesus' death shares God's glory with his children

Pastor Timothy Patoka

Sally Littau
Jesus is Our Great High Priest (Hebrews 1:1-3)

Rev. Ron Koehler preaches at Grace Lutheran Church Tucson.

Jesus is qualified to be our Great High Priest. Jesus has purified us as our Great High Priest. We will be glorified with our Great High Priest

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This Is Why Jesus Came (Mark 1:29-30)

Rev. Nathan Kassulke preaches at Grace Lutheran Tucson. 

Jesus came so that we would have a home in heaven to look forward to. He calls us to look to his power, to imitate his prayer, and to trust his preaching.

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Our Baptism and Christ's (Mark 1:4-11)

Sermon preached by Rev. Ron Koehler on Mark 1:4-11 at Grace Lutheran Tucson.

Ours acknowledges sin: His fulfills all righteousness. Ours confesses faith; His shows that He is the Savior. Ours makes us God's children: He is God's Son.

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