1. There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
  2. Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
  3. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  4. This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
  5. Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.
  6. God gives us the power and authority to proclaim the forgiveness of sins to burdened sinners who entrust us with their pain, guilt, and defeat.
  7. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  8. In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
  9. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  10. Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
  11. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  12. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.