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8 mins read|04/02/20In this final article in the series, “The Lord’s Prayer During Lent,” Philip Bartelt talks about the 7th Petition (“Deliver us from evil”) and the Conclusion (“For Thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, forever and ever. Amen.”)
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13 mins read|03/19/20This petition is proof that the Christian life is not a practice in perfectionism. Rather, it is a life of dying and rising, lived under the cross of Christ, in the continual forgiveness of our sins.
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11 mins read|02/20/20This article is the second installment in an eight-part series inspired by the Lenten themes of catechesis, prayer, and repentance found in the Lord’s Prayer as Luther taught it in his Small Catechism.
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1 min|02/12/20Demons, waterless places, and the sign of Jonah.
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23 mins read|02/10/20The Church gathers around the Word and Sacrament in order to receive Christ and each other.
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7 mins read|01/30/20We can rejoice in our own need and the gift we receive through baptism given by the same one by whom John desired to be baptized.
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9 mins read|01/28/20We live in the strength of our baptism again and again and again, returning to it every day according to God's promise.
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12 mins read|01/06/20In chapter 41 the servant is identified as Israel, but chapter 42 is a different servant. In fact, Matthew 12:18-21 makes the ID clear—this Servant is Jesus!
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18 mins read|01/06/20This text explicates the Christian life in light of the reality of Christ’s lordship and the gift of the Holy Spirit amidst a world and a Church which has not experienced the fullness of redemption and recreation itself.
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10 mins read|01/06/20Jesus did not need to be baptized. But he did it. Why?
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11 mins read|01/03/20Is there ever a time when someone needs to be re-baptized? Not if we believe that God is the one who does the baptizing.
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9 mins read|12/31/19Christians are given a new name at baptism. We are given the Triune name of Father, Son, and Spirit.
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