Surveying Scripture, it is an immense comfort to know we’re not alone in our sinfulness.
Christian faith is never a solitary possession. When the congregation confesses, the old speak for the young, the strong for the weak, and the clear-voiced for the trembling.
Living by faith has never been about what we bring to the table. It has always been, and always will be, about what God does for us when we can’t do anything for ourselves.

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All the verbs of our salvation are passive. God calls and gathers people to him through his Gospel.
Hope doesn’t bury its head in the sand but stares, open-eyed, into the truth of this life’s worst horror, and says, “I know the God who went through something even worse, and came out on top.
As I was reading Romans 7 today, I was reminded of a pivotal scene in one of my favorite movies, As Good As it Gets.
The miracle of Pentecost is not obvious; it is the miracle of faith created through the preaching of the word of the cross.
Our Father works through us to meet the needs of others and to meet our need for Savior Jesus.
I don’t know about you, but I am perpetually of the mind that God is disappointed in me.
The veil was not torn to let us in but to let God out.
The law demands love, and love has no limits, no end, it is never done.
The absence of a feeling is not the absence of Christ, but as emotional, rational, and spiritual beings, we cannot say that the presence of Christ necessitates the absence of emotion.
We are no longer controlled by sin as He moves our lips to speak love and forgiveness. We are passive as He acts out His words and His salvation for us.
As sinful humans, we are adept at taking what God gives as gift and making it into a work. Nowhere is this made more evident than in the universally misunderstood doctrine of sanctification.
Jesus is our food and drink, our home and property, our all in all.