We live in the “already” but “not yet”. Peace is already ours but not yet. The resurrection is already ours but not yet. Justice is already ours but not yet. Until then be comforted by the fact that you are reconciled in Christ on account of his life, death, and resurrection.
06/30/26
Luther neither removed the Apocrypha from the Bible nor discouraged its use. Rather, he received and preserved the ancient distinction inherited from the fathers: the Apocrypha is valuable, edifying, and worthy of reading, but it is not Holy Scripture and therefore cannot serve as the foundation of Christian doctrine.
06/25/26
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.
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12/08/22
We will not become hopeless because the Lord is with us.
12/07/22
God is not calling us to “grow up.” He is calling us to dependence.
11/23/22
We ache in eager anticipation as we see Christ in action and as we take in the snapshots of his life, death, and resurrection.
11/17/22
You are the friend in low places. It’s only from this place that you are free to look outside yourself for the remedy to the issues that plague you and humanity.
11/10/22
The mind-blowing part of this entire story, though, isn’t that only one leper came back to “give thanks,” but that the Lord Jesus healed all ten knowing full well that only one would come back.
11/07/22
Weak faith in a strong Christ is still saving faith.
10/28/22
Through water, blood, and word, the Spirit never stops pointing us to Christ, and even more, giving us Christ.
10/25/22
There is no true life and meaningful community apart from forgiveness.
10/21/22
The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
10/20/22
Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
10/19/22
Every day is a Sabbath for Christians. Every day is the day the Lord has made. Every day is a day to find rest in Christ.
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10/17/22
Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
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