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11 mins read|01/28/20
You Aren’t Jesus and You Don’t Need to Be
The gospel is the good news that in Christ we have been given the very righteousness of Christ himself. This means that everything God commands of us is given to us in Christ as a gift. -
25 mins read|10/28/19
Epistle: I John 3:1-3 (All Saints Sunday: Series C)
The lavish nature of God’s love is indicated by the fact that He, as Father, is the author of our being adopted as sons and daughters through Holy Baptism. -
9 mins read|09/03/19
Our Righteous Doorman: A Reflection on 1 John 2:1–6
We walk to the cross by the faith that God bestows on us, not by our own power, reason, or might. -
7 mins read|03/01/19
The Advocate
If you are going to memorize a passage of Scripture, can I suggest these two verses? -
13 mins read|12/16/18
Epistle Readings for Advent 4 and Christmas Services (Series C)
Lutheran pastors have at least three sermons in these three days. The calendar allows preachers to wed together some important themes this Christmas. The Magnificat (conception), the birth account from Matthew 1, and the fuller account of Christ’s birth from Luke 2 give clear shape to the proclamation for the Feast of the Nativity. The Epistle readings, however, should also be considered as the Holy Spirit’s interpretation of the nativity. -
14 mins read|10/28/18
Epistle: 1 John 3:1-3 (All Saints Day)
The striking truth of this festival is not that the church remembers the saints who have gone before us, even though we rightly chime the bells and speak the names of those who in the past year have flown away (Ps. 90:10). The real joy of this day is that those who have departed are counted together with us as the church and we are counted together with them.
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