The IRS says churches can endorse candidates from the pulpit. But just because they can doesn’t mean they should.
07/15/25
Chapter 3 of Habakkuk, which is often referred to as “the Psalm of Habakkuk,” is a song of catharsis, relief, faith, and profound emotion.
07/14/25
God doesn’t just simply give you all the things. He does so because his very own Son came down and earned all the things for you.
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04/05/20
.A prayerful and meditative vigil in expectation of Christ’s return at Easter became a common feature of the celebration of His crucifixion and resurrection.
04/05/20
Grace is about God’s choice when we cannot by our own reason or strength choose Christ or come to Him.
04/05/20
Luther sees in the Lord’s Supper the most concentrated form of the Gospel[5] because in it the death of Christ is proclaimed and the benefits of that saving death are bestowed in His body and blood given us to eat and drink.
04/05/20
This text is chosen for Maundy Thursday and involves eating and drinking with God—in His presence, real presence. This is only possible with the shedding of blood.
04/02/20
In this final article in the series, “The Lord’s Prayer During Lent,” Philip Bartelt talks about the 7th Petition (“Deliver us from evil”) and the Conclusion (“For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.”)
03/30/20
Our God-given faith, despite our lack of sight, has made us sons and daughters of light who walk in the light even during dark times.
03/30/20
Look to the crucifix. There you see God as God is, in Himself. You see God in action for you.
03/29/20
In this text, Isaiah is quite explicit and reflects the suffering and disgrace this Servant will suffer as He faithfully does the will of God.
03/26/20
The gospel promise is that God in Christ knows exactly what your temptations are and still bids you find protection from them in him.
03/23/20
When Luther's barber, Peter Beskendorf, asked him how to pray, Luther wrote him an open letter that has become a classic expression of the "when, how, and what" of prayer. It is as instructive today as when it was first penned it in 1535.
03/23/20
The devil is to be taken seriously, but we should also not give him more credit or more power than he has after being defanged by Christ’s resurrection.
03/23/20
The people to whom Ezekiel is prophesying are in exile—separated from the Holy Land. To return to the land of Israel is to be resurrected to new life, to be restored.
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