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16 mins read|12/15/21The Bethlehem shepherds were raising lambs for the temple? Jesus was born in a shepherd's tower called Migdal Eder? Shepherds swaddled lambs to keep them unblemished then placed them in a manger to keep them safe? What are we to make of these popular claims?
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14 mins read|12/10/21The early biblical stories about Bethlehem are dark and violent. They wreck us. They frighten us. In this little town, we see a microcosm of the vast and mangled mass of humanity, each individual thirsty for even a single bead of light to be dropped into the blackened depths of their souls. He who is born in Bethlehem is that Light.
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12 mins read|12/09/21This is an excerpt from Chapter 27 in “Pastor Craft: Essays and Sermons” written by John T. Pless (1517 Publishing, 2021). Now Available for Preorder
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11 mins read|12/06/21Jesus is both the image bearer and the image giver. In Jesus’ incarnation we are redeemed and re-imaged.
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15 mins read|11/29/21In Advent we wait, in Christmas we rejoice over the coming of Christ in the fulfillment of the promises, and in Epiphany we celebrate the surprise, the manifestation of Christ to the Gentiles.
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4 mins read|04/23/21Mike and Wade are joined once again by Rev. Dr. Paul Lehninger, who teaches with Wade an Mike at Wisconsin Lutheran College in the theology department.
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6 mins read|01/06/21What more could God do to prove to us that he is for us and not against us than to give his own Son into this fallen world to take the cross in our place, exchanging his righteousness for our many sins.
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1 min read|01/01/21. . . but the joke's on Herod. Joseph takes Mary and baby Jesus to refuge in Egypt, and all that happens in Matthew 2 is done in order to fulfill the prophecies of the Old Testament.
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6 mins read|12/29/20Christmas-time is the bold proclamation that God was born to save sinners.
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18 mins read|12/28/20God's Word is the final word on you, and his claim on you as his people, his children, is the ultimate claim.
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2 mins read|12/28/20While you are comparing your presents and life to others, pour a Sidecar, turn off the Taylor Swift, and man up.
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