1. Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
  2. This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
  3. Predestination, Jim knew, is no longer a frightening doctrine of mystery when you understand that God makes his choice about you in the simple word of God, given from one sinner to another.
  4. Morons though we all have been, there is nothing we need that Christ hasn’t given us.
  5. The answer to our messages is God's "yes," Jesus, who sends his preachers to proclaim that there's no place for us now other than in the grip of our God and Savior.
  6. In Memory of My Friend, James Arne Nestingen
  7. For almost three years, I have produced a weekly video in the series “Reading the Gospels through Hebrew Eyes.” Here is an index of all the Gospel readings covered so far, with links to their YouTube videos.
  8. It makes perfect sense that the day honoring Jesus' birth would be observed in a decidedly less than refined manner.
  9. To trust in the Lord, the Messiah, the Deliverer, is our salvation and our only hope. Yet he does not trust us to have this “trust” on our own or of our own will.
  10. A.I. can’t make the proclamatory move that delivers God’s word in a way that is specifically for me.
  11. Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
  12. The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.