In Jesus, God acted first, even when we were dead in our trespasses and sins (Eph. 2:5).
10/13/26
Yahweh who is pierced and mourned in prophecy is Jesus who is pierced and mourned in fulfillment.
10/09/26
There is indeed a responsibility for the church to share the gospel in the world, but never at the expense of the church’s charity and mercy for those neighbors who are nearby.
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03/10/20
The monsters we fight against and the monsters we become are drowned in the blood of the Lamb. Jesus' death, and the power of his resurrection, restore our humanity.
03/05/20
Christ has forgiven you, and all of your worship, all of your prayers, all of your offerings are accepted because they are built on the foundation of Christ’s forgiveness.
03/05/20
When we pray, “Thy will be done,” we are praying a cosmic, grand and mighty prayer.
03/04/20
Into our world of sin, broken hearts, physical ailments, and psychological suffering, our Lord of grace descended.
02/27/20
The Second Petition: Thy Kingdom Come
02/25/20
Sometimes we have to strain hard to hear words deeper than our hearts. Words not from inside, but outside. Words from God, not our own self-spun narratives.
02/20/20
This article is the second installment in an eight-part series inspired by the Lenten themes of catechesis, prayer, and repentance found in the Lord’s Prayer as Luther taught it in his Small Catechism.
02/17/20
What a person quickly realizes when sin, death, and Satan attack in concrete reality is how inadequate and ill-equipped they are to fight them off.
02/13/20
This article begins an eight-part series inspired by the Lenten themes of catechesis, prayer, and repentance found in the Lord’s Prayer as Luther taught it in his Small Catechism.
02/12/20
The implications were clear: Jesus’ death destroyed the things that distinguished people as educated or uneducated, rich or poor, free or enslaved, black or white, pious or godless.
02/11/20
There is true help in the midst of our pain. Someone who suffered as we suffer, who embraced all our pain in his suffering and death on a cross.
02/11/20
The Scriptures are not a collection of platonic ideals laid out for us to strive after. Rather, they are God’s truth given to His beloved church.
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