Jesus is not a god that we can manipulate and mold. Christ is the true God, the one who is.
11/12/26
The most sober lesson we can learn from life’s caves is that all we have is a Person, one who never withers or distances himself from us, even though we are weak and languishing.
11/09/26
Yahweh tells his people that they “shall have no other gods before me,” he’s speaking into a culture whose very fabric is made up of the worship of other gods.
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12/26/18
Advent is one big answer to the question of free will in matters of salvation. God is free. Our will is bound.
12/25/18
The restoration of everything that is and will be, was always meant to take place in a virgin’s belly, in a manger, at the cross.
12/23/18
Christmas wrecks all attempts to penetrate God's hiddenness and seek him out in Heaven. He comes to us clothed in our humanity.
12/20/18
A friend recently told me they had never seen the movie A Christmas Story. “What?!” I exclaimed. “Well, you need to fix that this year.”
12/11/18
I apologize for my part in making Christmas necessary. I have learned that Christ is NOT the reason for the season, I am.
12/11/18
The death and resurrection of our Lord has indeed removed the power of all these things. But they remain for now, even so.
12/10/18
The Pope Leo X used the psalm description of a boar uprooting grape vines in a vineyard as a metaphor for what the upstart German monk had been doing at that backwater university.
12/07/18
God's grace and mercy in Jesus Christ calls all sinners to a celebration. A "those who sat in darkness have seen a great light" kind of celebration.
12/05/18
At this time of year a lot of emphasis is placed on being good. Elves on Shelves everywhere are watching our behavior and snitching to Santa, who is making up his all important list of those who have been naughty and those who have been nice.
12/05/18
Luther’s theology lets the believer in Christ dwell under the cerulean sky of God’s unchanging grace.
12/04/18
Do any of you have one of “those” kids? Every family should have at least one. They humble you.
11/29/18
There are no shortcuts with Him. No life hacks. No tricks or changes we need to make to get on God’s good side. There’s just Truth, just Jesus.
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