American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.
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01/16/26
God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
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12/27/21
As Christians, we rest in the finished work of Christ on the cross, and we yearn for our neighbor to be reconciled to God, to know the peace that we are resting in.
12/25/21
The episode of the boy Jesus in the Temple raises questions. It raised questions for Mary (and Joseph) and it raises questions for us.
12/25/21
God’s candle is not so easily extinguished. His promise is not some vague light at the end of the tunnel that we may or may not reach. In fact, God’s light has a name: Jesus Christ.
12/21/21
Isaiah speaks to our time. He speaks to our rejoicing now and an anticipated joy-filled future. Christ’s coming, Christmas, brings them both.
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.
12/11/21
He also took our own history and suffered all the agony and pain of our own lives.
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.
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12/01/21
There is no other transitionary event in human history that warrants three full months of focused attention and persistent acknowledgment than the incarnation of the Son of God.
11/30/21
If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.
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