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This is the first installment in our series entitled, God and Nature, which explores the relationship between our Creator and nature: how God uses nature, how we are meant to view nature, and how God chooses to reveal (or hide) himself in nature.
By listing a series of situations in rapid succession, Jesus overwhelms us with how practical, how real, how tangible, how concrete, how utterly achievable life in the kingdom can be.
In Advent we wait, in Christmas we rejoice over the coming of Christ in the fulfillment of the promises, and in Epiphany we celebrate the surprise, the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles.
Is it possible to celebrate Thanksgiving every time we come together as God’s people as well?
Preaching is the vehicle of salvation because God engages in self-giving through the heralding of His Word.
There is often no way forward for us without the prophetic lament, because such laments force out our honesty and resentment at the God who does not treat us as we expect to be treated.
Silence is an important and valuable tool for change and empathy, self-reflection, and learning.
If the LORD is faithful to His Covenant—and He must be—then He will remember His people and take action.
Perhaps the most poisonous venom to afflict the gospel is the notion of "balancing" grace.
While the Holy Spirit does work within us, He always comes to us from the outside, through the external Word and Sacraments.
I walk in the local mall for exercise several times a week. I purposely avoid weekends and hours when the mall is likely to be crowded because, while I am not a racewalker, I do like to keep up a steady pace as opposed to stopping, starting and inching and this is difficult to achieve even when there are few people around.
Brothers, the rich and diverse education you have received has more than adequately prepared you for the ministry of temptation to which you have been called.