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8 mins read|02/01/19God has gifted pastors with a terrible privilege. We’re invited to go inside peoples’ pain. A stranger stands emotionally naked in front of us begging, “I can’t get what he did out of my head. Please, help me!”
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8 mins read|07/09/18Why confess sin? Is it so we can get rewarded by God? A little extra grace or material good for our troubles, maybe.
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10 mins read|03/06/18Only Jesus’ absolute absolution can satisfy a troubled conscience.
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9 mins read|02/06/18No matter how great our efforts or how righteous our intent, we will go from troubled to scared, and scared to terrified, unless we are sprinkled with the blood of the Lamb.
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11 mins read|01/16/18The pastor declares it. We receive it. The forgiveness of sins. It’s a simple thing.
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11 mins read|08/23/17When the Holy Spirit is at work in the office of the holy ministry, the man is ridden by the Spirit and so his only concern is for preaching the Gospel, baptizing, absolving, and feeding sinners in the Name of Christ Jesus.
