The confessors at Augsburg remind us that every generation of Christians is called to bear witness to the gospel amid the challenges and pressures of its own age. As they confessed Christ before emperors and kingdoms, so the Church continues to confess Him before the world today.
06/24/26
When Jesus washes you with baptismal water, you can rest assured that the Lion of Judah is on the move.
06/22/26
The life we are trying to manage, improve, and secure is not something to be mastered. It is something to be surrendered. And this is where everything changes. Because in Christ, the approval we are seeking has already been spoken.
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08/03/16
We shrink away from God’s godness and almightiness, and so shrink down our prayers. Perhaps it is a lack of faith. We don’t trust God to give what He himself has promised to give.
07/30/16
One thing is for certain: my day was heaven compared to his. My minor headaches nothing compared to whatever he was going through.
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07/27/16
In the classic musical, The Sound of Music, the storyline follows the main character, Maria, as she is sent from her life in an Abbey to become a governess over seven children.
07/22/16
He lavishly pours out His rest in the waters of Baptism, in the spoken words of absolution from the pastor’s lips, in the preaching of the cross and resurrection, in the consumption of heavenly cuisine from the table at which He is host and meal.
07/22/16
Looking back, I see that the biggest problem (besides heresy) was that my faith was first about what I did or didn’t do, but it was also intangible and spiritual.
07/18/16
There are many funeral songs I wouldn’t be caught dead singing. Why? Because my funeral will not be about me.
07/15/16
Dear church, do not get sidetracked. This is about far more than terrorism, racism, gun ownership, and the like. This is about the evil of the human heart.
07/14/16
It seems that no matter where we look in this world, we never quite find what we really need.
07/14/16
We treat the Scriptures as if they’re our literary property to toy with as we please.
07/12/16
It is worthwhile because Jesus Christ gave baptism to His disciples as a means for making disciples after He had suffered under Pontius Pilate, was crucified died and buried and rose again on the third day.
07/07/16
We are continuing our summer series on a theology of worship through the lens of language. Before moving forward, let me highlight a few points by way of review.
07/06/16
It’s a miracle anyone believes the Gospel. It goes against everything else we believe in.
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