Author

  1. Preaching Predestination with Jim Nestingen

    book
    02/03/23
    14 mins
    By John W. Hoyum
    Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.
    Preaching Predestination with Jim Nestingen

  2. The Presentation of Our Lord

    book
    02/02/23
    9 mins
    By Michael Berg
    Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
    The Presentation of Our Lord

  3. Law and Gospel in 2 Corinthians 3

    book
    02/01/23
    10 mins
    By Kevin Hale
    Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
    Law and Gospel in 2 Corinthians 3

  4. Remembered and Redeemed

    book
    01/31/23
    25 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    Even as he was dying, the heart of God poured itself out for the sake of sinners.
    Remembered and Redeemed

  5. God's Right Hand

    book
    01/30/23
    15 mins
    By Wade Johnston
    Christ our Word, as with a two-edged sword, burst the devil's belly.
    God's Right Hand

  6. I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

    book
    01/27/23
    20 mins
    By Bruce Hillman
    I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.
    I Don't Want Eternal Life, It's Too Long

  7. Epiphany with the Inklings

    book
    01/26/23
    18 mins
    By Sam P. Schuldheisz
    The further up and further into the season of Epiphany we get, the bigger the grace of God in Christ is, the brighter the Light of Christ shines, and the more blessed we are in Jesus' epiphany for us.
    Epiphany with the Inklings

  8. Consider Jesus

    book
    01/25/23
    29 mins
    By Bradley Gray
    All of Scripture, every last syllable of it, is meant to drive us to "consider Jesus," the One who comes to "make us right" by gifting us his righteousness.
    Consider Jesus

  9. God and His Human Creatures in Luther’s Sermons on Genesis

    book
    01/24/23
    19 mins
    By Robert Kolb
    This is an excerpt from “The Alien and the Proper: Luther's Two-Fold Righteousness in Controversy, Ministry, and Citizenship,” edited by Robert Kolb (1517 Publishing, 2023). Now available for purchase.
    God and His Human Creatures in Luther’s Sermons on Genesis

  10. And From That Very Hour, You Are Healed

    book
    01/23/23
    11 mins
    By Donavon Riley
    Jesus not only healed her daughter, but he also gave himself to her. Wherever she went from then on, he was with her.
    And From That Very Hour, You Are Healed

  11. The Gospel for Morons

    book
    01/20/23
    7 mins
    By Wade Johnston
    Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.
    The Gospel for Morons

  12. True Tolerance

    book
    01/19/23
    18 mins
    By John Bombaro
    We assert, we herald, the truth about God becoming King of the world in and through Jesus of Nazareth alone. It is our public announcement.
    True Tolerance

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