He is the God who always is, whose Word is true, and never fails. He is a God who acts and always does what he says he’s going to do.
09/24/25
Election is not a riddle to solve. It’s a pillow to rest your head on at night.
09/23/25
The world takes notice when Christians forgive because such forgiveness seems impossible.
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02/02/23
Forty days after giving birth, Mary, along with her husband Joseph, presented their firstborn Son at the temple and "bought" him back with a sacrifice of two small birds. This is known as the "Presentation of Our Lord."
02/01/23
Rightly distinguishing between law and gospel, as Paul helps us see in 2 Corinthians 3, is, quite literally, a matter of life and death.
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01/29/23
Authentic proclamation, then, is the love of Christ for our souls, which we have seen and experienced through the under-shepherd’s pastoral care put into the words of Christ Himself.
01/13/23
The sign of the cross, according to the earliest centuries of Christians, is “the sign of the Lord,” and every baptized Christian was “marked” with it.
01/10/23
The law had to have its way with the expert to bring him around (and back) to Abraham's response.
01/07/23
The sermon takes place in the context of a multi-facetted set of relationships experienced through the weeks and months of being together in congregation and community. Those relationships shape the credibility of the preacher in the pulpit.
01/02/23
Maybe, just maybe, our goal for 2023 should not be to live more but to die more.
12/24/22
Despite our best efforts to avoid him, King Jesus remains very much unavoidable.
11/30/22
When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?
11/21/22
Help comes for those who cannot help themselves. When we bottom-out and come to the end of ourselves, that is where hope springs.
11/19/22
For Christians, Advent is the time when the Church patiently prepares for the coming of the Great King, Jesus the Christ.
11/19/22
The Church stands firm on the word of promise that Christ will one day return to change what we know by faith into sight.
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