A rightly-oriented heart and a rightly-oriented love will consistently do what is best for God and best for our neighbor, which is why St. Augustine speaks of sin as a disordered love.
03/03/26
For Bonhoeffer, Christ crucified, and the cross of the Christian life were not of peripheral importance, but foundational.
03/04/26
While we often talk about our growth, our progress, and what we are doing for the kingdom of God, the reality is that any goodness in a Christian does not originate in us.
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02/20/24
The number forty calls to remembrance narratives of God’s great acts of redemption, but also our conformity to and participation in those narratives.
02/16/24
We are the fruit that grows from the branch, which extends from the trunk of the tree, which is rooted in the soil that it grows out of, which is all Christ.
02/15/24
Regularly reading and hearing God’s Word helps us to keep a song in our hearts.
02/14/24
What if the dissonance in this calendrical coincidence can be harmonized into a deeper melody?
02/12/24
At the Transfiguration, we say farewell to alleluia and hello to the horrific reality of our lost condition.
02/05/24
Christ's resurrection does not merely negate the bitterness of sin; it changes it into a source of divine sweetness, embodying the promise of a new life for us and a restored existence overshadowed by heavenly hope.
02/02/24
In the Word, you find peace. It proclaims peace first between you and God because of Jesus. That empowers you to deal peacefully with others and brings you peace of mind.
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02/02/24
My goal here isn’t to selfishly reflect on all the reasons I will miss Rod because I know that if you are reading this, you may miss this man, too.
02/01/24
God demonstrates his great love for us in the actions of Jesus, who came down into the flesh and soaked up all our sin.
01/29/24
God never delights in seeing his children struggle or suffer. But God does desire that we trust him no matter what the circumstances might look like.
01/26/24
When the Savior gets on our trail, nothing, not even the grave and hell, can stop him.
01/24/24
A “good death” and “good life” are not accomplished through personal striving but are grasped by faith in the promises of God.
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