We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.
05/08/25
Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.
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05/07/25
The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.
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12/19/21
Luke does not say much else about Anna, especially in comparison to Simeon. But the fact that he mentions her suggests she has something to teach your hearers today.
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12/16/21
We don’t have to worry about deserving, earning, or reciprocating his gifts. Our Lord doesn’t give us what we deserve. We are given what he deserves, what Jesus has won for us.
12/12/21
The creation of this word reminds us that the Magnificat, like Christmas itself, is charged from the start with joy and praise.
12/07/21
So what, if anything, makes us different from those who are waiting on the grassy knoll in Dallas, TX? Can we be any more sure of our belief in the resurrection?
12/05/21
Sometimes it is the unnamed characters in the Bible who can most help present-day readers find their own place in the biblical story.
11/30/21
If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.
11/28/21
Like Isaiah and John, we look forward to that great and glorious day, trusting the resurrected One will return as He promised.
11/22/21
That's how true faith talks. It doesn't talk about itself. It says "Thank you!" to the one who gives healing and salvation.
11/21/21
The oddness of this moment, at the beginning of Advent, is God’s way of saying, “The reason I’m here...”
11/14/21
Trust in the midst of trouble. That is what our Lord calls us to experience today.
11/13/21
The church is the only place God promises to lift us out of ourselves not in order to become more like God but so that we may finally be freed from our obsession with becoming little gods.
11/06/21
Everywhere we look, there is suffering. But Jesus is not calling us to look. He is calling us to listen.
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