The confessors at Augsburg remind us that every generation of Christians is called to bear witness to the gospel amid the challenges and pressures of its own age. As they confessed Christ before emperors and kingdoms, so the Church continues to confess Him before the world today.
06/24/26
When Jesus washes you with baptismal water, you can rest assured that the Lion of Judah is on the move.
06/22/26
The life we are trying to manage, improve, and secure is not something to be mastered. It is something to be surrendered. And this is where everything changes. Because in Christ, the approval we are seeking has already been spoken.
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12/05/18
Luther’s theology lets the believer in Christ dwell under the cerulean sky of God’s unchanging grace.
12/04/18
Advent is the season when the Church declares to a world overwhelmed by excuses, lies, and cruelty that their Savior comes.
12/03/18
Zechariah’s prophecy about John’s ministry also comes to us in the fullness of our time.
12/01/18
There’s no watch on the Lord’s wrist. No iPhone in the back pocket of his blue jeans. He did create time; it was his idea. But for him “the right time” is never our time. From our perspective, he’s either way too early or—more usually—way too late.
11/29/18
In the movie, Star Wars: The Phantom Menace, Jedi Master Yoda recounts the ancient Jedi teaching before a fearful Anakin, “Fear is the path to the dark side.
11/26/18
Often, when we talk about the Old Testament, we talk about God's promises and work for his chosen people, Israel.
11/26/18
The following is an excerpt from Handing Over the Goods: Determined to Proclaim Nothing But Christ Jesus & Him Crucified - (A Festschrift in Honor of Dr. James A. Nestingen), edited by Steven Paulson and Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2018). Edited and used with permission.
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11/16/18
As we approach the Advent season, we are happy to introduce a special blog series on the hope we find in, through and given by Christ. Each week’s installment will look at hope from a different perspective with special emphasis on corresponding passages of Scripture.
11/15/18
What does it mean to be a child of God and to carry his image? This is a theological question, but it is a question necessary for our self-understanding
11/14/18
ohn begins transcribing this first letter from Jesus to the Church of Ephesus, the Ephesians, his home congregation. In this letter, out of all seven letters, is contained the highest praise and the lightest rebuke.
11/13/18
The Gospel is our freedom from sin. It is Christ in the mirror, Christ for me and for you.
11/12/18
The more I seek God on my own terms, the deeper I am gazing at my own navel.
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