This ancient “tale of two mothers” concerns far more than theological semantics—it is the difference between a God who sends and a God who comes.
12/10/25
This story points us from our unlikely heroes to the even more unlikely, and joyous, good news that Jesus’ birth for us was just as unlikely and unexpected.
12/09/25
Was Jesus ambitious or unambitious? We have to say that the answer is…yes.
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04/03/23
If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
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03/31/23
A set of Holy Week poems written and published first by Tanner Olson on his website, writtentospeak.com.
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03/30/23
Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
03/29/23
If we just say to God, “We don’t get it, please explain,” he will. He will send us a preacher to point us to his words for more clarification.
03/28/23
This is an excerpt from the prologue of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
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03/10/23
We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
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.
01/29/23
Authentic proclamation, then, is the love of Christ for our souls, which we have seen and experienced through the under-shepherd’s pastoral care put into the words of Christ Himself.
01/18/23
The gospel's message is the scandalous announcement that Yahweh has stooped to our frame, to where we are.
01/16/23
God gives us the power and authority to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to burdened sinners who entrust us with their pain, guilt, and defeat.
01/13/23
The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
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