1. This Spirit of love permits no Christian to exercise their freedom at the expense of another Christian still troubled by old associations.
  2. We still live in the hope of His coming, though many generations have come and gone in that hope. Why, though, does it make any difference?
  3. Sin has had its teeth wrenched out. Since Christ was raised from death, that ugly monster has no power over us.
  4. The word which justifies by bringing faith in baptism is the same powerful word that recreates, regenerates, and re-births a human being in baptism.
  5. We profess belief in the virgin birth of Jesus as not only part of the Christmas story, but a true part of the total story of redemption.
  6. Yes, Christmas brings joy, but no less danger
  7. Our reading presents for its readers both the anticipation of God’s Messiah and advent of God’s Messiah: Promises made and promises fulfilled.
  8. The will of the triune God is we are thankful for the goodness, grace, mercy, love, peace, and truth that flow from His works of creation and redemption.
  9. The future has come, and the future comes in the resurrected Christ who is present with His real voice and His real Presence in His holy Word and blessed Sacraments.
  10. Jesus is situated at the center of world history, a history which is going somewhere, from an Alpha point to the Omega point, and it pivots on the death, resurrection, and ascension of Christ.
  11. The Holy Spirit is no skeptic. He asserts Christ has been raised from the dead.
  12. Faith trusts that the Lord is as His Word and His Word is as His person and nature.
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