Paradoxes hold everything together, not just in Inception’s plot, but in your life and mine.
07/07/25
One might say that the first statement of the Reformation was that a saint never stops repenting.
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03/10/23
We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
03/03/23
This is the message of Lent. We are not called to sacrifice for Jesus in order to earn our salvation. Rather, we are called to remember the sacrifice that Jesus made for us.
02/24/23
Even if the numbers are bad, the news about Jesus crucified for sinners and raised to new life hasn’t become any less good.
02/23/23
There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
02/20/23
Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
02/14/23
Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
02/09/23
This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
02/05/23
God has the power to take that which is small, that which is overlooked, that which is despised, and use it to create something wonderful.
02/05/23
Let us not recoil at the sight and sound of the crucifixion. It is the battlefield of victory. It is the throne of the King. It is the symbol of salvation.
02/05/23
Isaiah says in summary “liturgical ritual without works is dead” because we render the meaningful worship of God meaningless and even sinful when we do not love our neighbor.
02/03/23
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.
01/29/23
He has given us more than a surprise Gospel in our text. He has given us everything we need for life and salvation in Him.
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