Faith

If you want to stay out of jail, look to the law. If you want into heaven, look to the promise. If you want to earn a paycheck from your boss, work. If you want to receive salvation from your God, believe.

Faith is a gift from God. It’s not flashy or boast-worthy. It’s total dependency on the God who saves utter fools.

Luke 18:1-14: The Parable of the Persistent WidowGet what you want from God by pestering Him until He gives in! Actually . . . NO. Knowing the nature and character of God gives us boldness to approach Him.

We live in the strength of our baptism again and again and again, returning to it every day according to God's promise. 

The following is an excerpt from “A Year of Grace: Collected Sermons of Advent through Pentecost” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2019).