The church is not renewed when one pastor tries to do the work of the whole body. The church is renewed when Christ’s body begins to act like a body again.
06/13/26
This is what Christian catechesis does; it turns the knobs of the Scriptures and throws the doors of God’s word wide open to tell us the story of salvation.
06/10/26
Christianity isn’t simply a tool to fix social, spiritual, or economic problems. Its claims are much larger, touching upon truth itself and therefore all things and all people.
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08/06/21
I am cognizant of the powerful lessons for life I owe to those nights in the air-raid shelter.
08/05/21
The title “peacemakers” is not ours except as we tell and retell his peacemaking story.
08/04/21
God will give you more than you can handle. But he doesn’t leave you alone. Not at all.
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08/02/21
The reason the mind is endlessly troubled about God predestining everything is the vague generalization. Generalizations are cold as ice, without the warm Christ.
07/31/21
Instead of providing a way out, the LORD gave Elijah a way through, which included the calling of Elisha as his apprentice.
07/31/21
The baptized, those rescued and redeemed by God’s grace alone through faith in Jesus Christ alone, are given an entirely new life to live, an entirely new way to walk.
07/31/21
Jesus promises more than a disembodied “spiritual” existence after death. He has promised to raise our perishable, mortal bodies to immortality.
07/30/21
The Psalms aren’t the clandestine successes of a faithful soul, but are the journaled hopes of a desperate soul — of one teetering on the edge of oblivion.
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07/26/21
The Church is where God has instituted the office of the preacher of the gospel. And if you are let-down, the gospel is what you need to hear.
07/26/21
This tiny rural church would bulge at the seams with worshipers from realms seen and unseen, all mixed together in the adoration of the Lamb.
07/24/21
The presence of the Glory Cloud at the presentation of the manna makes clear who is providing this meal.
07/24/21
In His grace, Jesus promises that all who come to Him in faith will live abundantly and eternally.
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