The Christ who rescues does not wait for you to be clean. He comes to clean you. He does not need your strength. He brings his own.
05/16/25
When you remember your baptism, you're not recalling a ritual. You're standing under a current of divine action that has not ceased to flow since the moment those baptismal waters hit your skin.
05/15/25
“The fear of the Lord” is our heart’s awakening to and recognition of God’s outrageous goodness.
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09/25/21
To repent in his name is done thus: in those who believe in Christ God through the same faith works a change for the better, not for a moment, nor for an hour, but for their whole life.
09/24/21
Except for the Augsburg Confession, Melanchthon’s Loci communes of 1521 were the most important of his writings.
09/23/21
God uses the unlikely, the unexpected, and sometimes even the unsavory to deliver us and to crush the heads of his enemies
09/20/21
The essence of sin is man substituting himself for God, while the essence of salvation is God substituting himself for man.
09/18/21
You cannot “be what you want to be” and follow Jesus. Jesus has a higher calling for you, a calling which is more personal.
09/16/21
Rachel was the beloved wife, to be sure, but she was not the maternal link between Eve and Mary. That blessed position belonged to Leah.
09/15/21
Just like in the previous interview, I had to rewind to make sure I was hearing all this right. Yeah, that's actually what he said.
09/11/21
The “Lamenter” does not ask to carry out the vengeance/action himself, rather He trusts the LORD God to take care of business.
09/11/21
Jesus takes that which is overlooked and unappreciated and celebrates this child as the place where God is at work.
09/11/21
When sin comes out of the shadows and makes itself known, Christians can rest in and declare Christ's resurrection.
09/08/21
But the biggest problem with the Pharisee’s prayer is that he judges himself compared to other people, rather than to God. Our natural tendency is to do just this.
09/04/21
The beauty of our gospel reading today is how it reveals Jesus as the One who comes not only for the strong in faith but also for those who are weak and walking away.
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