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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Faith isn’t something that needs to be done. It’s something to be enjoyed because faith is a gift bestowed by God’s word through the hearing of the Gospel.
Death may speak, and its voice may sound authoritative and decisive. Nonetheless, it is a mere whimper from the grave.
Israel is all the people who believe in the LORD and gather at His throne. It is no longer a national distinction, it is one of faith.
This Psalm identifies who the people of the Covenant are, and who they are not, and orientates them in relationship to the LORD God.
God always keeps his promises even if/when we don’t. God is always faithful even if/when we aren’t.
Yes, Christ has come and delivered us, but He will come again in glory to judge the world in righteousness and the people with equity.
The expectation of the Old Testament is NOT first and foremost obedience, but rather adoration!
The biblical shepherd leads his sheep. He provides for their needs. He protects them from enemies, and he does not leave his sheep unattended.
The Light of the LORD, Jesus Christ, has risen upon us and set us apart as the chosen people of God.
We will always need comfort until the reign of God, his kingdom, comes in full with Christ’s return, and our suffering and the sin that causes it is no more.
Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance pours patience and hope into the way we think and the way we experience life.
God has created perfectly. God is in the house and all is right with the world!