God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.
Bringing your family to church to receive “the one thing needful” (Luke 10:42) in Word and Sacrament honors and pleases God.

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The story of Christ crucified has a happy ending. Jesus has conquered the grave. He beat the death rap.
What would be a fitting thing to give up, especially during the season of Lent?
“It’s bigger on the inside” is not only an evocative literary device, it is also a phrase heavy laden with Good News found in the true story of Christianity, especially at Christmas.
We have heard of the man born to be king. Here in Bethlehem, by divine condescension, the King—the King of kings—is born to be man.
Lose trust in the free grace of the righteousness of Christ alone, and the holiness of the Church and all in her is lost.
You cannot fudge Glory in this life. You get there only on the Better Day that is coming and not one day before.
Should we consider the tomb of Jesus completely empty, or just somewhat empty?
There is an unfortunate, but familiar pilgrimage that entirely too many have taken—servants who have offered strong confession and service in the pure Gospel, but who then have doctrinally gone astray.
To be justified means to be declared righteous in the forgiveness that is ours in the crucified Christ. It is a done deal, and by faith we have it all.
Just how should we think about our good works in the Christian life of faith as we live that life before others... and before God?