He doesn’t consume us, even though that is what we deserve. Instead, Jesus comes down to us and consumes all our sin by taking it on himself.
10/01/25
This article is the first part of a two-part series. The second part will take a look at when pastors abuse their congregations.
09/30/25
The following entries are excerpts from Chad Bird’s new book, Untamed Prayers: 365 Daily Devotions on Christ in the Book of the Psalms (1517 Publishing, 2025), pgs. 311 and 335
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06/06/17
Christians argue about who's in charge of who, who's going to run things, who is the authority and who are the leaders that tell us on behalf of Jesus what to do next.
06/02/17
Forty days after His resurrection from the dead, Jesus ascended.
06/01/17
This coming Sunday churches around the world will celebrate the big, splashy day of Pentecost. As well they should.
05/18/17
As a pastor I am often asked if pets go to heaven? The question may sound childish, or even sentimental, but it is extremely important for those who ask it.
04/18/17
Yes, when we die, we believe that we go to be with Jesus in a paradise called heaven. But that’s only a vacation destination, as it were.
04/18/17
Put to death by God's Word of Law, we are then raised to new life by God's Word of Gospel.
04/15/17
This is the night from when all those nights receive their light. For this is the night when Christ, the Life arose from the dead.
04/14/17
Have you ever wondered, of all the adjectives we could use to describe this day why in the world we chose the word “good?” Yeah, me too.
04/14/17
The story of Christ crucified has a happy ending. Jesus has conquered the grave. He beat the death rap.
04/11/17
Like her Lord, the Church has dirt under her nails, the smell of coffin wood on her clothes, and a hunger in her belly.
04/07/17
If he was not flesh, who was hung on the cross? And if he was not God, who shook the earth from its foundations?
03/27/17
What would be a fitting thing to give up, especially during the season of Lent?
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