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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When we ask ourselves, "My God, how did I get so lost," he answers, "I am the God who comes to seek and save the lost in the power of my resurrection.
Look inside yourself to answer, “Are you a Christian?” and what will you find?
Where Erasmus saw fear and collapse, Luther saw the never-ending comfort of Christ and his gospel.
Through the means of grace, Christ grants us a share in all the blessings of this ancient hope.
A new life in Christ Jesus is our hope. Not only that, Jesus is our access to God.
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.
He will do it because God is the truth, and always deals with and in the truth.
Jesus gave His disciples the Lord’s Prayer as a gift. It’s really our prayer when you think about it.
Our scars are a reminder that salvation is all gift.
Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.
It is true that no one ever grieves in the same way. We are all different in personality and chemical makeup. But what is the same, is that everyone, at some point, grieves.
In the suffering of Jesus, we have an example of trusting in the promises of the Father.