Nothing good happens when you get ahead of God and take matters into your own hands.
09/11/25
To confess Christ crucified and risen as the only hope in a world that has lost its mind to wickedness and rage.
09/10/25
The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s upcoming book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 191-192.
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05/08/21
Israel is all the people who believe in the LORD and gather at His throne. It is no longer a national distinction, it is one of faith.
05/08/21
This Psalm identifies who the people of the Covenant are, and who they are not, and orientates them in relationship to the LORD God.
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05/08/21
If we humans willingly operate by the testimony of men in all sorts of matters, then how much more should we readily embrace the testimony of God concerning the death, resurrection, ascension, and rule of His Son?
05/08/21
The One who has defeated sin, death, and the Devil himself is now living in Heaven and praying for you.
05/08/21
We all know what I think (maybe) Rachel knows: Celebrating ourselves isn’t enough. It won’t ever be enough.
05/03/21
Luther saw that God demands not that we become perfectly righteous like God but that we simply receive the gift of righteousness; a gift that actually makes us worthy.
05/01/21
Jesus will suffer, die, and rise again for them. By this love, they are forgiven. By this love, they are made His friends: Friends of God.
05/01/21
Love, as it pertains to divine qualities, is an unconditional love, love to the loveless and unlovable, divine love. God is agape. God is love.
05/01/21
Yes, Christ has come and delivered us, but He will come again in glory to judge the world in righteousness and the people with equity.
05/01/21
Evangelism is hard work requiring lots of patience. Churches and mission boards are often too impatient and want to see numerical growth explode overnight.
04/30/21
Absolution is the word God speaks to cause his sin-dead creation to live.
04/25/21
Preaching needs to recover the recognition that it is a monumental event, setting forth through proclamation the monumental Gospel.
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