Baptism

Who we are buried with matters. But there is no need to go out and find a dead prophet so you can join him six feet under.

Sometimes it’s important to go far away to learn of holy places back home.

You are not in debt to sin. You don’t owe it anything. There’s no reason for you to serve it.

Paul is thinking of the cross and empty tomb, but the liturgical calendar places us at the beginning of Jesus’ ministry, not the end: Jesus standing waist deep in the Jordan River.

Not only does God reveal the identity of Jesus in this season through what we see and hear Jesus doing and saying, but God also reveals His gracious will through Jesus despite what we see and hear.