“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.
05/14/25
The women at the tomb were surprised by Easter. Amazed and filled with wonder at Jesus' Easter eucatastrophe. And so are we.
05/13/25
This is an excerpt from Chapter 6 in Sinner Saint: A Surprising Primer to the Christian Life (1517 Publishing, 2025). Sinner Saint is available today from 1517 Publishing.
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12/14/17
I bet you have seen this verse pop up in Bible study before.
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12/14/17
In the midst of suffering, hate, and sin, Jesus sets a table for soldiers. He feeds the fearful with forgiveness and eternal life.
12/13/17
What comes to us at Christmas is not a great seasonal bargain to enhance our happy holidays. It is the priceless gift of God’s Son.
12/10/17
No one twisted Jesus’s arm to make him enter Mary’s womb. No one tricked him into being born into a world strung out on the meth of sin. He came in with his eyes wide open.
11/21/17
In Christ, the Word become flesh, this is a concrete, real fact. It is the bedrock foundation of the Gospel.
09/08/17
This emphasis in Luther also applied to his understanding of the sacraments, and particularly comes out in his writings on the Lord’s Supper in his Large Catechism.
09/06/17
If this opening verse offers to us both door and doorkeeper, then the doorkeeper stands with the door held securely shut.
07/13/17
If God is God, He doesn’t need anyone to defend Him. Nor does He need anyone to march for Him.
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06/19/17
Throughout his life, Melanchthon was embroiled in quite a few internal as well as external controversies.
06/13/17
When our sense of alienation from God is underscored and exaggerated by daily life we behave like tropical fish when their tank is cleaned.
12/23/16
by Fredrik Sidenvall, translated by Bror Erickson
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