When we despair of ourselves, we repent of these self-justifying schemes and allow ourselves to be shaped by God, covered in Christ’s righteousness, and reborn with a new heart.
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02/19/26
This is the first in a series of articles entitled “Getting Over Yourself for Lent.” We’ll have a new article every week of this Lenten Season.
02/18/26
We can’t remove our crosses or the reality of our deaths. Only Jesus can.
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02/20/26
When we despair of ourselves, we repent of these self-justifying schemes and allow ourselves to be shaped by God, covered in Christ’s righteousness, and reborn with a new heart.
02/04/26
The Scriptures consistently speak about sanctification as a sure gift for the Christian.
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01/12/26
There’s a difference between refusing revenge and refusing responsibility.
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01/08/26
The crisis is not merely that people are leaving. The crisis is that we have relinquished what is uniquely Lutheran and deeply needed.
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12/22/25
“Comfort, comfort my people, says your God.” That word isn't just for Israel; it's also for you.
12/19/25
To know the cure is not to become immune to sorrow.
12/12/25
Wade Johnston, Life Under the Cross: A Biography of the Reformer Matthias Flacius Illyricus, Concordia Publishing House, St. Louis: MO, 2025.
12/04/25
Illness is not romantic. It is not a test, a metaphor, nor a blessing in disguise.
12/03/25
The unity of God’s people is grounded not in lineage nor land but in the promise of the coming Christ.
11/26/25
Why is it truly meet right and salutary that we should at all times and all places give thanks to God.
11/19/25
While Thoreau’s Walden is seen as a central text of that most American of virtues—self-reliance—quiet ambition as envisioned by Tinetti is exactly the opposite: dependence on God.
11/10/25
On this, the birthday of Martin Luther, I will pause to thank God for his birth.
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