Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything under heaven. But God has also placed eternity in our hearts, and that makes us strange creatures: able to rejoice in this life yet always aching for a life that only Christ can give.
08/28/26
What does it take to draw near to God? It takes a perfect priest, a finished work, and a broken body to open the way. In short, it takes everything, which is exactly what Christ has given for you.
08/26/26
Christianity need not retreat from investigation. Its central claim is that the Word became flesh, entered history, was crucified, and on the third day rose from the dead. That is not an embarrassment to be overcome. It is the claim we have been given to declare and defend.
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03/10/23
We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
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.
02/17/23
Jesus stands before the disciples as the bridge between heaven and earth, and between Old Testament and New Testament.
02/14/23
Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
02/13/23
This week we will take a closer look at God's love in Scripture.
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.
02/02/23
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."
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