1. The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
  2. The usual acclamation when one becomes King is: “Long live the King!” But this King of kings, this son of David, has come to die.
  3. Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
  4. Even though All Saints is a day for remembering the dead, it is not a day of mourning.
  5. The reason that God’s commandments are not burdensome is that Jesus has fulfilled them.
  6. Both now and forever, the bruised and crucified Lord nailed to a cross is our assurance of deliverance.
  7. Righteousness before God is possessed only by grace and that through the currency of faith.
  8. Sometimes in hanging on to our useless guilt, we are idolaters. We believe our sin or conscience is more powerful than our God.
  9. We can appreciate what we have received from God, we can receive it all as free gift, but only when we stop investing in fool's gold.
  10. This is an excerpt from the Sinner/Saint Advent Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2022). Now available for purchase!
  11. Do you confess Christ as God in the flesh, born, died, and raised to new life for you? Any answer of yes will do