No matter how many times we hear this good news, it never stops being good news.
Our faith is precisely where Paul puts it, namely, in the blood of Christ.
Just as trick-or-treaters arrive at doorsteps as beggars, we come to the Lord’s table with nothing to offer but our sin and need for forgiveness.

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"Move or die" is one of those “laws” we don’t like, but we have to admit, as harsh as it sounds, it is good for us. It helps us. Just don’t apply it to my faith.
I love the liturgy of my church, and ache for its full return. When all the world is changing, and everything is disrupted, what comes to mind is what is unchanging: the grace of God.
By the blood of the Lamb God's people are given salvation and comfort. We're rescued from hopelessness.
Sin will constantly break our hearts, but God's love in Christ Jesus will give us new hearts daily, in the abundance of his forgiving grace. This is love in its purest form, and he has overcome the world.
In the vortex of uncertainty and upheaval, what’s the best thing we can do? Seize the ordinary.
Pastors represent many things to many people, but their true calling is to serve as God's instrument for proclaiming the Gospel of Jesus Christ for you for the forgiveness of sin.
Christianity has never been about getting people to clam up and look the part. It’s about Christ calling sinners to himself.
The Church gathers around the Word and Sacrament in order to receive Christ and each other.
It would do us well to expand what we mean when we say catechesis and consequently broaden the reach of theological education into daily life.
In our search for absolution, human beings leave no stone unturned. We’re desperate to have our uneasy consciences soothed.
The Spirit did not plant preachers in the pulpit to be pontificating moralists or political hacks or spiritualizing psychologists or motivational speakers.
We all long to be in a community of believers that gives us life and makes us feel loved and where we experience real, fruitful community. This comes as we announce the gospel to one another.