Every time someone is baptized, every time bread is broken and wine poured, every time a sinner hears, “Your sins are forgiven in Christ,” Pentecost happens again.
06/05/25
They were still praying, trusting, and hoping. Why? Because they knew who was with them and who was for them: the risen Christ.
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08/19/20
A truly Christian work is it that we descend and get mixed up in the mire of the sinner, taking his sin upon ourselves and floundering out of it with him, not acting otherwise than as if his sin were our own.
08/18/20
Even as children of God, we have down days. That’s just a fact of being sinful and living in an evil world.
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08/17/20
When you don’t know whom to thank, you start thanking yourself. Praise turns inward. This is a double bondage. When you have only yourself to thank, you end up having only yourself to depend upon.
08/14/20
Saying the words of the prayer together meant that if my voice became too weak or shaky, other voices would be around to support and continue the message.
08/13/20
Only when we stand where God has located Himself for us do we find an imperishable promise.
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08/12/20
How does God feel about us sinners? God loves us so much that His stomach aches. His insides hurt. He refuses to let our sins separate us from Him. He refuses to let us die.
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08/11/20
Jesus continues to breathe His gifts on His beloved. He continues to breathe absolution upon sinners like me and you, He continues to fill us with the Holy Spirit and all His comfort.
08/10/20
Jesus is our confidence because he reveals truth from falsehood, right from wrong, and reality from appearance, so that we may rely on him for our every need of body, soul, and mind.
08/07/20
Sometimes I think I've gone through the whole forgiveness process, but forgiveness for me often feels like I'm weeding my garden. I forgive and another offense pops up.
08/07/20
He will plead guilty on our behalf, and suffer the death sentence in our place.
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