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Repentance According to the Scriptures: 1 John 1:8-9
Being able to tell the difference between truth and lies is at the core of repentance. -
You Aren’t Jesus and You Don’t Need to Be
The gospel is the good news that in Christ we have been given the very righteousness of Christ himself. This means that everything God commands of us is given to us in Christ as a gift. -
Epistle: I John 3:1-3 (All Saints Sunday: Series C)
The lavish nature of God’s love is indicated by the fact that He, as Father, is the author of our being adopted as sons and daughters through Holy Baptism. -
Our Righteous Doorman: A Reflection on 1 John 2:1–6
We walk to the cross by the faith that God bestows on us, not by our own power, reason, or might. -
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Epistle Readings for Advent 4 and Christmas Services (Series C)
Lutheran pastors have at least three sermons in these three days. The calendar allows preachers to wed together some important themes this Christmas. The Magnificat (conception), the birth account from Matthew 1, and the fuller account of Christ’s birth from Luke 2 give clear shape to the proclamation for the Feast of the Nativity. The Epistle readings, however, should also be considered as the Holy Spirit’s interpretation of the nativity.
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