This is the third installment in the 1517 articles series, “What Makes a Saint?”
06/27/25
The Church speaks not with the cleverness of men, but with the breath of God.
06/26/25
I always imagined dying a faithful death for Christ would mean burning at the stake. Now, I suspect it will mean dying in my bed of natural causes.
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01/08/21
Good works do not give us a righteousness that exceeds that of the scribes and Pharisees. Rather, good works result from righteousness given by the good work of the Righteous One on the cross.
01/01/21
Any good work we perform among you; any doctrine we write upon your heart – that is God’s own work.
12/30/20
Fred Rogers did not teach children how to live through a pandemic, but he had many profound things to say about loving our neighbors and finding our identity in that calling.
12/27/20
As we close out an old year, Saint Silvester can remind us God is the Lord of history and He has used and is using even people whose lives sink largely or totally into obscurity to keep the confession of our faith in Jesus Christ alive.
12/20/20
Luther’s Christmas sermons remind us that unless Christ is proclaimed FOR YOU, He is not preached.
11/23/20
Where there’s more sin, there’s more grace! Are you comfortable with that? That the greater the sin, the greater the grace? Could it be that easy?
11/19/20
Life will not go as planned nor as we would hope, but "God's love has been poured into our hearts through the Holy Spirit who has been given to us."
11/11/20
Unlike human marriage, which is marred by sin, Jesus never seeks to divorce us due to irreconcilable differences.
11/04/20
Whoever your president is, you have a King. A King who elected you.
11/03/20
This new life is marked not by fear of death but hope in eternal life.
11/02/20
We subject ourselves to the governing authorities for the sake of our neighbor, that they might be protected from our sinful nature that seeks our advantage over theirs (and vice versa)
11/02/20
You are free from allowing anyone to cast doubt on your salvation based upon your political preferences. And free from causing anyone else to question their faith due to what Christian convictions they may have to compromise to vote in one direction or the other.
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