Alligood is at pains to stress that glorification is not the result of our own efforts any more than sanctification or justification.
05/19/25
The Christ who rescues does not wait for you to be clean. He comes to clean you. He does not need your strength. He brings his own.
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12/13/20
At the center of this gospel reading is a conversation. It was of the memorable variety. It involved a peasant girl from a small town and a mighty messenger from God.
12/11/20
Praying this prayer every day reveals this painful truth, I am guilty in need of forgiveness every day.
12/10/20
Christ urges us to love our neighbor as He loved us, forgiving all of their sins - giving them the absolving, shirt-pulling, embrace that we would also want.
12/08/20
The proclamation of Christ's coming is for all people, at all times.
12/06/20
Bonhoeffer’s Advent preaching was carried out under the dark shadow of war yet within that night the word of promise sounds forth with radiant clarity. There is much in his preaching to inspire, deepen, and sharpen our proclamation in Advent 2020.
12/06/20
Whatever else may come, however worse it may get, the light has come and will come again.
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12/06/20
These exhortations are dependent upon the accomplishments of Christ in the first Advent, with the upshot that upon the final advent the faithful will stand “sanctified completely” and “blameless.” Be mindful of both, neglect neither.
12/06/20
The words the Anointed One uses to describe His reign are very familiar ones: Preach to the afflicted, bind up the broken hearted, liberty for the captives, opening eyes, comfort and provide for those who mourn.
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12/03/20
Jesus does not seek out Peter to condemn, but to restore his precious lost sheep, His dearly loved prodigal son.
11/29/20
John is not the Light; he is the servant sent to bear witness to the light.
11/29/20
Mark makes no effort to impress listeners or win votes. His voice aims only to prepare those who hear it for the coming of the Lord.
11/29/20
The sneak-peek vision of the world to come, a preview of the Last Day, the Day of the Lord, has already been revealed, declares Peter.
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