God makes us pure saints by planting us back in the earth we imagined we needed to escape.
Salvation is not merely to be put in “safety” but to be put into Christ.
Bringing your family to church to receive “the one thing needful” (Luke 10:42) in Word and Sacrament honors and pleases God.

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The kingdom of God is not a place, a thing, a concept, a philosophy, a spiritual force, or a state of being. The kingdom of God is a person.
The epistle text from Colossians 1 declares how the great drama of redemption and human history ends.
Understanding the doctrine of the hypostatic union can help us understand what God is up to in the Incarnation.
If the resurrection were just a repetition of this world, then it would be ridiculous, indeed. But the resurrection is different. It is a world without death.
When I hear my brother’s name, I will grieve a little. But I will also rejoice, for I know that he is with his Savior.
The following is an excerpt from“Credo: I Believe,” edited by Caleb Keith and Kelsi Klembara (1517 Publishing, 2019).
Jesus is a heroic warrior that not even hell can defeat.
Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.
Theology is not to simply adopt the positions and presuppositions of philosophy, nor should it reject philosophy.
As our first parents had a bond with the animals, as Noah had animals with him in the reboot of creation after the flood, so after this old creation comes to an end, we will enjoy a new creation that includes animals.
The articles were used to catechize churches in Lutheran doctrine through a series of pastoral visitations.
Stop and be enveloped by the unending grace of Christ and his beautiful teachings that touch every corner of life.