Grieving with Jesus
In the midst of our grief and sorrow, there are times when words fail us. When they do, we know that God has given us words that will never fail us. He’s graciously given us his words of hope and comfort from the Psalms.
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Pete Lange
Pete Lange serves as pastor of Bethany Lutheran Church in Eldon, MO. He graduated from Christ College Irvine in 1991, was a DCE in Kansas for 10 years, and then attended Concordia Seminary in St. Louis where he graduated in 2006. He loves Jesus and his family and likes reading, hiking, and golf.
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Heaven's Not Far Away
Heaven may seem like a long way off right now, but it is as close to you as a gentle word spoken, a splash of water, a bit of bread, and a sip of wine.
The Pilgrim's Promise
Ultimately the Christian life isn't about progress, it's about promise--the Pilgrim's Promise.
The Gospel is a Noun
It’s a delivery of historical facts that tells us who Jesus is and what he has done for us through his dying on the cross and his rising from the grave.
Come and See
From all accounts, everyone in Nazareth would have just thought of Jesus as a very good boy who obeyed his parents and worked hard with his father as a tekton’s apprentice in the family trade.
The Light of Your Christ
The Word of God, the Eternal Logos, Jesus Christ himself is revealed to us by the power of the Holy Spirit. Little by little, we find that God hands us his story as our own.
Joy to the World
All creation joins together to repeat the sounding joy.
The Promises of Advent: Son of Abraham
Abraham knew that this was a God who kept his promises.
Back In Time
JFK was not the only national figure who died on November 11, 1963. Though his death certainly took up most of the headlines, the acclaimed writers C.S. Lewis and Aldous Huxley also died that day as well.
The Way Home
We were lost. We didn’t know where we were going or which way to turn. We had been driving around in circles for hours with nothing to show for it. And now we weren’t sure how to find our way home - and losing hope by the minute.
A Gracious Invitation
Jesus gave His disciples the Lord’s Prayer as a gift. It’s really our prayer when you think about it.
A look at 2 Peter 1: Not a Cleverly Invented Story
He begins the letter with grace and peace (2 Pet 2:1) - gifts that had been given them by God through the righteousness of his Son, Jesus Christ, their Lord, and Master.
I'm Glad You're With Me: Tolkien, Lewis, and the (not so) Great War
Ultimately it’s at the cross of Calvary, through the shed blood of Jesus Christ, the great Lion of Judah, that the stone table is broken, and everything sad does indeed finally come untrue.
Christmas in Galatians
Here, we read the mystery and majesty of the incarnation of the Son of God wrapped up into a single package