The petition not to be led into temptation is found in just the right place within the seven petitions.

Get behind me bourgie theology! Pick up your cross and turn on your radio to Ringside Preachers. Talking about Rush Limbaugh’s legacy, shaking hands like a man and not a fish, and you-know-who: Jesus.

The setting for Luke 2 is the first century analog to my backyard. The stage is dressed with rust and decay, guilt and shame, sin and death.

This is an excerpt from “With My Own Eyes” written by Bo Giertz and translated by Bror Erickson (1517 Publishing, 2017).

The disciplines of history and archaeology have assisted in demonstrating the integrity and accuracy of the Bible.

At Christmas, we hear the story of our salvation, but it’s not pretty.

Could it be that the root of not asking is not believing, either in the power, or worse, the graciousness of the Lord to address the issue that lies before us?

When it comes to confessing the truth of the Christian faith, Christians are given the words. We don’t have to formulate them ourselves.

The danger of denying the truth of our common human fallenness and brokenness by original sin is that the denial of this doctrine may also lead us to the denial of Christ as our Savior.

It is the sort of joy that is brought about by the mutual consolation of the saints when they encourage one another through hard times.

Our meditation listens to the King of Kings when He says; it is finished.

Out of His mind indeed, as He took our place between murderers and received the insults and torture of humanity.