Jesus is not a god that we can manipulate and mold. Christ is the true God, the one who is.
11/12/26
The most sober lesson we can learn from life’s caves is that all we have is a Person, one who never withers or distances himself from us, even though we are weak and languishing.
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11/13/26
Your freedom does not depend on how well you live it. It rests entirely in him.
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03/14/21
Trusting in Christ’s promise of new life and deliverance powers our ability to view the world with perceptive sensitivity and, therefore, to treat others fairly in the way we think and the way we experience life.
03/14/21
James and John come before Jesus and request positions of honor in His coming Kingdom. While we may be surprised at their actions, we understand their desires. They are interested in upward mobility.
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03/14/21
The fact of Jesus being the greatest of all priests in the greatest of all orders of priesthood, means Jesus is the consummate pastor for those in need of a powerful and availing shepherd.
03/14/21
Jesus takes the sins of man upon Himself and carries them to the cross to make our hearts holy and acceptable in the eyes of God.
03/12/21
Repentance means being cut down by the law’s declaration of judgment. It’s not an activity we do to prepare for grace, but a point of despair worked by God himself.
03/10/21
Our ears are opened by the Spirit through the word. Then, faith in Christ is present in us.
03/07/21
Jesus enters this world’s darkness and brings us the life-giving power of God’s light.
03/07/21
The preacher of this text should follow the logic of the text, the divinely inspired genius of Saint Paul, and get out of the way.
03/07/21
When we look upon the cross, we see our sin. We also see the One who washes it away and gives life.
03/03/21
God preserves language so he might continue to communicate his love and grace to us, and that we might communicate his love and grace to others.
03/01/21
Nostalgia is a looter who impoverishes us of the truth that God is in our midst right now.
02/28/21
At times, our Church struggles with clutter which distracts us from what is most important: Listening to our Lord and gathering at His table where we are fed.
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