The greatest obstacle to friendship in middle age isn't that nobody wants friends. It's that everyone is waiting for someone else to go first. But here's the good news: Christ has already gone first for you. And because He has, you are free to go first for someone else.
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09/02/26
Ecclesiastes tells us that there is a time for everything under heaven. But God has also placed eternity in our hearts, and that makes us strange creatures: able to rejoice in this life yet always aching for a life that only Christ can give.
08/28/26
What does it take to draw near to God? It takes a perfect priest, a finished work, and a broken body to open the way. In short, it takes everything, which is exactly what Christ has given for you.
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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.
03/09/21
There is joy in Lent, but it is the kind of joy that comes in being made whole.
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03/07/21
Is it possible to take a cyber approach to the season of Lent? I do not think so.
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.
03/05/21
Because of my Advocate, there is no judgment or condemnation by God in my suffering.
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.
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.
02/28/21
Christianity is not about principally about ethics. It was the Cross on the Hill rather than the Sermon on the Mount that produced the impact of Christianity upon the world.
02/28/21
While these are familiar words to us, frequently they are dealt with in ways that fail to take into account the context and the situation.
02/28/21
The words “sanctify” and “sanctification” have deep roots in the Old Testament. There, holiness is about nearness to the presence of God. He is the holy-maker. Sanctification is his gift. The Old Testament helps us to avoid the common misunderstanding today that sanctification is all about our life of good works.
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