God is not a tool in our hands. He does not exist to serve our goals, our metrics, or our platforms.
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03/23/26
The gospel isn’t for the strong but people who know they aren’t.
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03/20/26
One great thing about our post-denominational age is that it has opened up opportunities to make common cause with other Lutherans who, despite their differences and eccentricities, can agree on some of the most important things.
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03/25/25
Devoid of the gospel of Jesus’s death and resurrection, sufferers are left to frantically run the halls of self-salvation, turning this way and that but never getting anywhere.
03/21/25
Senkbeil is a pastor’s pastor, a master of the art of pastoral care.
03/11/25
The great lie of addiction is that suffering must be fled, must be numbed, must be drowned out by any means necessary.
02/25/25
Despite the mathematical incongruity, the church confesses that Christ is one hundred percent human and one hundred percent divine.
01/24/25
Wisdom lurks in the outer places. Rich gratitude sprouts from the impoverished and forgotten.
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01/23/25
By the end of this prayer of wrestling, David finally has the strength to claim victory over his lying enemies.
12/27/24
This article is part of Stephen Paulson’s series on the Psalms.
12/12/24
Longstanding tradition must be bolstered by something outside of ourselves that also lies outside of the traditions of men.
11/27/24
A Bit of Earth is about the garden, but it’s also about us—as we are made from dirt.
11/15/24
What do we learn from the widow? We learn how to be dependent upon God.
11/01/24
No matter how many times we hear this good news, it never stops being good news.
10/31/24
Our faith is precisely where Paul puts it, namely, in the blood of Christ.
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