We can bring our troubles, griefs, sorrows, and sins to Jesus, who meets us smack dab in the middle of our messy mob.
Confession isn’t a detour in the liturgy. It’s the doorway.
American religion did not become optional because the gospel failed. It became optional because religion slowly redefined itself around usefulness.

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God spoke into the black depth. “Let there be light."
He finds the woman and the man in the Garden and fought back for the identity of His people.
Still, sadly, many polls suggest that above 50% of Americans get their news from social media sites as opposed to actual news sites.
"What do you mean, 'Confess that I don't believe in God?' I'm a Christian. Of course I believe in God!"
In our time Christ has not left us bereft of unbroken signs of His promised return.
The side of God he has made known to us is Jesus. He is the one and only revelation of the Father, the one and only revelation we need.
He holds you tight and loves you even as you weep and fight in his arms. His Son suffers alongside you as your brother in the flesh.
We need pastors who carry that same concealed weapon in their mouths, who are outfitted with the same word the angels have: the word steeped in divine blood, shed for you. That is all we need, for the word does it all.
We find such a temptation when the devil causes us to question God’s election or predestination of us in “eternity as a past event” (i.e. “eternity-past”).
No, that is not a typo. I am telling you to put your trust in this Old Testament prophet. I want you to look at him and be assured of God’s love for you.
So, what do we do when someone doesn't believe God's promise of forgiveness, life, and eternal salvation is for him?
We can leave all the stuff of life behind, because our great treasure God flaunts before the world on Calvary.