The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.
The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.

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No matter which side, it’s easy for all of us to build Bible verses into grenades aimed at obliterating the political other.
The Law gets a bad rap. There is certainly a negative component to the Law. The work of the Law is very different than the work of the Gospel.
Jesus is in the business of proclaiming such a beautiful redundancy.
Advent accents preaching, making known that it is the Lord who comes to bring salvation, to proclaim this in all the earth.
The Gospel predominates when hearers receive the saving gifts of Christ as God’s final word to them.
Whatever we call “god,” how we act out our “religion,” what we call “living,” if its name isn’t Jesus, it’s a sham.
“Standing firm in the confession we share should not exclude us from inviting others into it.”
In elementary school, children are taught that America was a destination for Christians in search of religious freedom. But that’s not the truth.
You have been invited to bring God’s grace to people who are dying for want of it.
God is for us in His foolish, scarred Word and Wisdom. Nothing is against us, nothing can separate us from the love of Christ.
Today I want to give you some good news. It is good news for the relationship failure; for the one who is self-focused;
“In a culture that promotes self-interest, children in church learn that something much bigger and more important than themselves is going on in their midst."