Humanity, despite our best efforts, cannot answer the question as to why God allows evil to occur.
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05/06/26
This is an excerpt from the Chapter 7 of Being Family by Scott Keith (1517 Publishing, 2026), pgs 72-74.
05/04/26
Trueman engages the question of “What is man?” and demonstrates how contemporary definitions of mankind result in the dehumanizing of our neighbor.
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03/13/23
Nothing moves or drives Paul more than preaching about “Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor. 2:2).
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03/10/23
We don't make Church "happen." Only Christ can do so. It's his happening.
03/06/23
I hate to break it to you, but "are" is not an action verb. "Are" is a being verb.
02/23/23
There is a revival, no less real and even more definitive, taking place in every church, every weekend, where God’s people gather around his gifts.
02/20/23
Reading includes, on some level, striving. Hearing, on the other hand, remains passive.
02/14/23
Zephaniah has given us something more visceral to help us understand the love of God: the sound of salvation.
02/09/23
This sermon was originally given at Luther Seminary chapel on May 20, 1986.
02/08/23
We too are God’s baptized, beloved, blood-bought believers. And no one can ever take that away from us.
02/07/23
Hidden beneath the sinner is a glorious saint. Jesus has declared it to be so in your baptism.
02/05/23
God has the power to take that which is small, that which is overlooked, that which is despised, and use it to create something wonderful.
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