Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies
By Steven Paulson
01/16/26
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Psalm 12, Part 2: The Saint Fails, The Word Purifies

God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
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Steven Paulson
Steven Paulson
01/15/26

Psalm 12, Part 1: Set in Salvation

Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.
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Welcome to My House

Bringing your family to church to receive “the one thing needful” (Luke 10:42) in Word and Sacrament honors and pleases God.

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Life as a Cigarette

The grass withered for them too, but they held on to God’s Word. They knew that was eternal, so they lived in it. They lived in his forgiveness.
Bob Hiller
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Epistle: James 2:1-10, 14-18 (Pentecost 15: Series B)

To act according to a “theology of glory” that exalts in money and status at the cost of your brothers and sisters who are hurting or suffering in any way is to act in the opposite way of Christ.
Martin Luther
Martin Luther
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Faith Is Not What Some People Think

Faith is a living, bold trust in God’s grace, so certain of God’s favor that it would risk death a thousand times trusting in it.
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The Gospel According to Corduroy

God’s love is axiomatic; it just is. It’s a truism without a logical explanation.
Bradley Gray
Bradley Gray
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Come to the Waters of Repentance

Mankind’s “thoughts and ways” on the matter of pardon and forgiveness do not even come close to exhausting, let alone fathoming, God’s “thoughts and ways.”
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How Sinners Get to Heaven

Now, if there were another way to heaven, doubtless, he would have made it known to us.
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A Q&A with Michael Berg on "Vocation: The Setting for Human Flourishing"

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Repentance According to the Scriptures: 2 Peter 3-8-9

Repentance means to turn or change your mind. It is not a turn from sin to righteousness. It is a turn from sin to the righteous Son of God who has defeated all sin.
Kelsi Klembara
Kelsi Klembara
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Repentance According to the Scriptures: Luke 15:1-7

The truth is we’ve always mixed up the roles of penitent and priest.
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Repentance According to the Scriptures: 1 John 1:8-9

Being able to tell the difference between truth and lies is at the core of repentance.
Scott Davis
Scott Davis
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Shawshank Redemption and Confession of Sin

Jesus lives to intercede. So we needn’t bring him our feigned righteousness or our faux rehabilitation.
John W. Hoyum
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Repentance According to the Scriptures: Acts 2:37–39

Repentance means being cut down by the law’s declaration of judgment. It’s not an activity we do to prepare for grace, but a point of despair worked by God himself.
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