When Dostoevsky died on February 9, 1881, he left behind novels that refuse to flatter the reader or simplify the human condition.
The Bible isn’t a set of moral examples or religious insights. It’s the record of God’s saving work, fulfilled in Christ, delivered now through words spoken and heard.
Ultimately, Scripture does not confront fear with commands. It confronts fear with a promise.

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The crucified and risen Christ comes to renew, restore, and build up.
One Christ rules over all of it. He is the constant, the root that nourishes every estate and every vocation.
No matter how many times we hear this good news, it never stops being good news.
Mary looms large in our theology, our liturgy, our confessions and creeds.
To preach Christ and him crucified is to keep the message simple and accessible.
Jesus Christ is relentless. He does not give up. And with him comes the certainty of redemption.
God’s creatures on four legs are some of the greatest storytellers of the Scriptures.
John inspired me to see each sermon as an apologetic opportunity.
Jacob is given the gospel afresh right when he needed it and it is because of this gospel that his faith is stirred up anew.
In his resurrection, God says "Yes" to Christ, and all those in him.
Jesus has instituted his living-breathing disciples, his shepherds in his church, to declare the full forgiveness of sins.
The mere fact of “having faith” or saying that “you believe” is not as important as in what or in whom your faith rests.