1. The Parable of the Lost Sheep bursts through the confines of convention and demands that we embrace the messiness of life and the unpredictable ways in which God's grace and forgiveness operates.
  2. His successes were not the result of his brilliance, might, and ability as an apostle. They were the result of the all-sufficient grace of God.
  3. No matter how far away they wander, God always hears the prayers of his children.
  4. Tim wanted everyone to know to the deepest part of their being that they were justified by Christ alone.
  5. The drama of Scripture is about God renaming us by bringing us into his image-bearing family once again. And it would take “a name above all names” to accomplish it.
  6. This is an excerpt from part two of “On Any Given Sunday: The Story of Christ in the Divine Service” by Mike Berg (1517 Publishing, 2023).
  7. What if sin was truly removed and what if the one who took it from us had the power to conquer it’s curse and spit in the face of death?
  8. This is the prelude of Easter. Is a dead Jesus still resting in the tomb? No!
  9. Dear hearers of the word of God, you are finished. You cannot be the same now. All that is ended, over.
  10. If the season of Lent is a journey, Holy Week is the destination.
  11. Today I would like to share The Legend of the Dogwood, inspired by the words of Stoney Cooper.
  12. The needs of the people remain the same, but now the people are you and me. We still sin, and that sin causes so many challenges in our lives.