This is an excerpt from Remembering Your Baptism: A Sinner Saint Devotional (1517 Publishing, 2025) by Kathy Morales, pgs 74-77.
07/21/25
“The Church exists to tell anyone and everyone who knocks on her door wondering what’s inside: Come and see” (pg. 58). Such reminders make The Church a worthwhile read.
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07/18/25
The way of the cross is the actual way of victory. Jesus absorbs the worst of what humanity and even the devil can do to him, and he spurns the shame of it all.
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For God, the only way He acts as Judge and Justifier for us is through Christ Jesus Who dies for sinners.
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In an age when the phrase “new and improved” applies to everything from phones to marriages, when we as a nation mimic juveniles, lustily pursuing the next new thing, the worst decision a church can make is to cater to this weakness.
11/30/17
Nostalgia is a powerful emotion. It can get ahold of a person and turn him all the way in on himself.
11/27/17
Jesus loves His church. He cleans her up. He takes her as His own. And He leads her.
11/25/17
Our little congregation is part of a much larger church—the body of Christ, both here on earth as well as in heaven. And that church worships 24/7, never ceasing in its adoration of Jesus our Savior.
11/21/17
Over the last few weeks it’s been painful and disappointing to hear the stories of victims that have been abused and assaulted by powerful celebrities, executives, and politicians.
11/19/17
We strive, in short, to master the art of swatting mosquitoes. And all the while, we remain blind to the fact that in pulpit after pulpit, the Gospel of Jesus Christ is as rare as Merry Christmas inside a synagogue.
11/15/17
His forgiveness gives us the courage to watch out for our neighbor in both the present and the future, and to act with wisdom while understanding failures are still ahead.
11/14/17
You are made new by the eternal satisfaction for sin in Christ, by the precious treasure at God’s right hand.
11/08/17
We practice infant baptism because that is the ancient practice, following the command of Scripture.
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The promise is trustworthy because God has proven Himself to be trustworthy.
11/06/17
The Devil cultivates fear of God and promotes motivation and zeal for outward works and earthly virtue out of pure eternal self-concern.
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