The certainty of faith is utter assurance because it depends upon nothing of your own. It is entirely trusting that God is a propitious, pardoning God—the God who justifies sinners by forgiving them.
07/16/26
When standing in line, or when the commercial comes on, or when a moment of boredom comes, fast and pray instead of reaching for the screen. Be reminded that the world is not an oyster to be shucked, but a place where the gifts of redemption are already open.
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09/15/20
Because peace is a gift and not a product, you can’t work your way into it. However—you can receive it by grace.
09/15/20
"Whom shall we fear?" We fear no one. We're not afraid of anything. Instead, we wait for the Lord with good courage. He will strengthen our hearts, as the psalmist writes (Ps 27:1).
09/14/20
Viewing the Bible as literature is an essential and natural way of engaging the text. But there are also ways in which this practice can get lost.
09/13/20
Imagine a world where love is given to the least. That is what Jesus is inviting His disciples to do in His parable this morning.
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09/13/20
It is the Word of the Lord and His Word accomplishes what it says. Our favorable or unfavorable circumstances neither help nor hinder the power of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
09/13/20
God seeks us so we might find Him, but He does so in ways that do not always make sense to us.
09/11/20
The scope of catechesis from the Reformation was broad and included not only instruction at church but in the home and in schools.
09/10/20
This is an excerpt from “Crucifying Religion” written by Donavon Riley (1517 Publishing, 2019).
09/07/20
Predestination is a promising teaching as Paul teaches it in Romans 8. It’s promising when Christ and his work for us are held firmly in hand.
09/06/20
Our forefathers dedicated Holy Cross Day to jolt the Church into remembrance that Christianity is not principally about ethics.
09/06/20
In this parable, notice how Jesus invites us to consider that forgiveness is something more than a moment. It is a way of grace that extends throughout an entire kingdom.
09/06/20
Paul attempts to break down the walls which the early Christians effortlessly erected between those of different ethnic origins — specifically Jews and Gentiles — to drive them to the will and mind of Christ: Worship together as one body.
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