Luther felt the reform of the church could not simply remain a matter of aesthetics and practice. Something much deeper needed to be rooted out.
While God can, and often does, appear to people face to face, he also often employs the use of several types of messengers.
The “further up and further in” we go, the table keeps getting bigger, the guest list keeps getting longer, and the grace keeps on flowing.

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Toy Story is indeed a Christmas story.
Paul calls them the fruits of the Spirit after all
Easter must be seen in light of the cross. It must never overshadow Good Friday. They are a packaged deal!
We give thanks to the Father who has made a way for us to sit at his table.
We do not live in the greatness of our own deeds. We boast in the greatness of one deed that God himself has done through Jesus Christ on the cross.
It turns out that when Elijah battled depression, God sent someone to just be with him. To comfort him.
Jesus comes to you. He binds your wounds, and he pours out his body and his blood for the forgiveness of your sins.
When you walk into church on Sunday, you may not notice, but there are wounded soldiers sitting in every single pew.
And because Jesus on the cross was sin in its entirety, God cannot look at him. He turns his face away, causing Jesus to cry out in utmost agony, “My God, My God, why have you forsaken me?”
This is Christmas. It is Jesus becoming all sin from generation to generation.