Spy Wednesday asks us to look inward. It's the day the liturgical calendar acknowledges what we already know: we are not the best version of ourselves.
03/31/26
“Save us!” or “Deliver us!” That’s what “Hosanna” means. And that is exactly what Jesus did in the ER that dark Thanksgiving Day and every day for me.
03/30/26
Indeed, Jesus is our Father's answer to our Hosanna.
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06/12/20
The gospel does not proclaim the results of our practical reasoning about things we experience, but the horror of God crucified for our sins and at our hands.
06/11/20
Since Jesus has done everything we need for salvation, we can focus our works and efforts on serving our neighbor.
06/08/20
Silence is an important and valuable tool for change and empathy, self-reflection, and learning.
06/08/20
Christ isn’t preached in his glory but in his ignominy, his utter shame, degradation, and desolation.
06/05/20
Christ is joy and sweetness to a broken heart. Christ is a lover of poor sinners, and such a lover that He gave Himself for us.
06/03/20
The image of the cross stands as central to Luther’s comfort for those who endure persecution.
06/01/20
There is a time for justice. And there is a time for love. But love must always have the final word. Jesus must have the final word, because Jesus is God and God is Love.
05/25/20
The biggest point Luther makes about the descent is not that Jesus triumphed over hell idle and unaffected, but that Jesus defeated hell by suffering hell away.
05/20/20
In his last novel, Islands in the Stream, Hemingway shows us what we get when we look to nature for ultimate truth: death.
05/19/20
I am told that it is preposterous and wicked to call the Son of God a cursed sinner. I answer: If you deny that He is a condemned sinner, you are forced to deny that Christ died.
05/18/20
Dangerous Bible stories show us a God who has no problem whatsoever using the muck and mire of our worst days to make his progress toward his good goal happen.
05/05/20
When we try to create meaning for our lives or transform Jesus into a mere example, the Holy Spirit comes to us, with a preacher in hand, ready to unleash a sermon like Louis Armstrong blasting out "When The Saints Go Marching In" on his trumpet.
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