Jesus continues to do the same for me and for you as he did for his disciples. He still shows up for us. He still speaks his peace to us.

On this episode of Preaching the Text, John Hoyum and Steve Paulson discuss Luke's account of the annunciation where the angel Gabriel appears before Mary to announce that she will conceive a child by the Holy Spirit.

Finding rest in God when the “what ifs”come calling

How can he say it? How can he say that Christ is after all the entire meaning of life for him, and that death is no real worry?

In that moment of greatest despair, we find the antidote for all our fears. We know we are beloved of God and there is salvation in Christ’s atoning death.

Honest confession brings us into the fatherly care of God where we are always greeted with grace, mercy, peace, love, and forgiveness in Jesus Christ.

My fear of this coming darkness only lasts a moment.

I think the problem with the idea of eternity is that we do not have any direct experience of it, but we encounter enough of its possibility to be unsettling.

One of the primary reasons we do not have to fear the future is because the future is certain in Christ.

Rebekah Caggegi sings “ The earth is full of Your steadfast love”.

A Sermon on Psalm 130:3–6.