Salvation (870)
  1. The well-meaning advice “time heals all wounds” is offensively false when we confront the overwhelming evidence that the constants in our lives are death, taxes, and suffering.
  2. At the center of this gospel reading is a conversation. It was of the memorable variety. It involved a peasant girl from a small town and a mighty messenger from God.
  3. The Thinking Fellows talk about repentance.
  4. He assumed the weakest form to do his greatest work.
  5. Whatever else may come, however worse it may get, the light has come and will come again.
  6. On this day in the year 1093, Anselm was consecrated as the archbishop of Canterbury.
  7. We at 1517 are utterly committed to keeping the main thing, the main thing.
  8. Mark makes no effort to impress listeners or win votes. His voice aims only to prepare those who hear it for the coming of the Lord.
  9. Jesus desires for us to watch. The question, however, is, “How do we watch for the return of Jesus?”
  10. God is coloring over your sin and making you fragrant; he is making you righteous in his sight. The old is gone, forever covered over by this new work.
  11. In this context where death looms large, Jesus reveals a kingdom where life looms even larger.
  12. The Pirates of Penance part 2. In this episode, we continue to examine Girolamo Savaronola’s sermon on penance. What happened in Florence that occasioned this sermon, and what can it teach us about church and society today?
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