Sacraments (146)
  1. If we are saved by faith, if it is by faith that we have life in His name, what do the sacraments have to do with it? The answer is: everything.
  2. Even in our principled disagreements, we continue to pray for the unity of all, and invite the world to taste and see that the Lord is good.
  3. Put to death by God's Word of Law, we are then raised to new life by God's Word of Gospel.
  4. Jesus is many things. He’s an example. He’s a teacher. He’s a great thinker and philosopher. But He’s also so much more, and He’s one thing above all else: He is Jesus, Savior.
  5. Every Christian is abundantly rich through baptism.
  6. So, what do we do when someone doesn't believe God's promise of forgiveness, life, and eternal salvation is for him?
  7. He lavishly pours out His rest in the waters of Baptism, in the spoken words of absolution from the pastor’s lips, in the preaching of the cross and resurrection, in the consumption of heavenly cuisine from the table at which He is host and meal.
  8. Looking back, I see that the biggest problem (besides heresy) was that my faith was first about what I did or didn’t do, but it was also intangible and spiritual.
  9. Take away the water, words, bread and wine. Can you be a Christian without water, words, bread and wine?
  10. But I remember that that’s how it ended. Words. Wine. Blood. A sudden halt to the conversation.
  11. We are like the spoiled children of kings who spit in the face of paupers on the street. We have been given so much, yet we treasure so little.
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