Christianity doesn’t start with our speculation about God. It starts with God’s self-revelation.
12/15/25
Christ did not merely urge humanity to be kind. He embodied perfect kindness by giving his life for those who neither earned nor expected such a gift.
12/12/25
Wade Johnston, Life Under the Cross: A Biography of the Reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis: MO, 2025.
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12/03/25
The unity of God’s people is grounded not in lineage nor land but in the promise of the coming Christ.
11/18/25
The Christian answer to death is not a disembodied app, but a bodily resurrection.
11/13/25
It is by his perfect surrender that our true Exodus was accomplished.
09/12/25
Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
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08/28/25
You’re permitted to call on “Our Father, who art in heaven” at all hours of the day and night with whatever you like.
07/31/25
The thief is the prophetic picture of all of us, staring hopelessly hopeful at the Son of God, begging to hear the same words.
07/25/25
Instead of offering more details or more information, he does something even better: he promises his very presence.
07/21/25
“The Church exists to tell anyone and everyone who knocks on her door wondering what’s inside: Come and see” (pg. 58). Such reminders make The Church a worthwhile read.
07/18/25
The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.
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07/10/25
This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 6-9.
07/01/25
As soon as people understand what crucifixion means, the cross becomes offensive.
06/25/25
How many times in our lifetime must we sigh, floundering through this world with our sins, sorrows, struggles, frustrations, fears, and foes?
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