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I find myself returning to the Nicene Creed this Advent season
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04/07/23
Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
04/03/23
If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
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.
03/27/23
Past, present, and future are tied together in Christ.
03/23/23
The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.
03/21/23
This is an excerpt from the introduction of “Common Places in Christian Theology: A Curated Collection of Essays from Lutheran Quarterly,” edited by Mark Mattes (1517 Publishing, 2023).
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.
02/21/23
A Christian is a man who desires to enter heaven not through his own goodness and works, but through the righteousness and works of Christ.
02/17/23
To believe God is love and thus loves you is a miracle wrought by the Holy Spirit.
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02/16/23
His love for you is so deep that in his mercy, while you were yet a sinner, God sent his only begotten Son to die for you.
02/15/23
“So loved,” then isn’t about how much but instead simply how.
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