We needn’t fear statistics and studies as palm readings into a certain future. God is God, and his Spirit is alive through his Word.
05/08/25
Christ does not hide his wounds. He offers them.
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05/07/25
The church does not await a verdict; she proclaims one.
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11/19/22
For Christians, Advent is the time when the Church patiently prepares for the coming of the Great King, Jesus the Christ.
11/19/22
The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
11/19/22
He cuts into our darkness with words that work like a knife. They awaken us from our routine to a sliver of light. Jesus reigns and He will return.
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11/02/22
This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022), written by Kathy Morales and Kyle G. Jones.
10/04/22
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04/08/22
Great things are contained in these seemingly unimportant words: "Behold, your king." Such boundless gifts are brought by this poor and despised king.
12/17/21
The Advents of Christ (past, present, and future) elicit faith in the word of Christ, confirmed by his presence.
12/16/21
We don’t have to worry about deserving, earning, or reciprocating his gifts. Our Lord doesn’t give us what we deserve. We are given what he deserves, what Jesus has won for us.
12/15/21
Moses was sent to keep the house in order, but this Child is sent to bring the house home, and you are part of that house, the household of God.
12/14/21
Lutheran theology begins not with God in His terrifying majesty but with God in the flesh, God crucified for sinners. Advent is about this trajectory.
12/14/21
The Spirit who inspired the prophets and apostles to put God’s Word into human language has guided and guarded their transmission in the course of human history preserving them for the sake of the Gospel.
12/12/21
Our Advent anticipation of the coming of the Savior to liberate us from sin and its wage of death, from the condemnation of God’s Law and the wrath of a loving heavenly Father, is indeed a daring and defiant stance.
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