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10 mins read|12/30/19God reveals Himself to us in Word and Sacrament but sometimes these revelations happen in unexpected ways.
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9 mins read|11/18/19God invites us to have intimate conversations in a world filled with mockery and hate. To trust Jesus reigns whenever and wherever He extends a word of promise to the displaced and the disfavored, welcoming them home.
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9 mins read|11/11/19Jesus offer us this vision of violence not so we might be drawn into it but so we might be drawn through it to come closer to Him.
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10 mins read|11/04/19If the resurrection were just a repetition of this world, then it would be ridiculous, indeed. But the resurrection is different. It is a world without death.
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9 mins read|10/28/19On All Saints Day, the beatitudes remind us how God in Christ claims people, frail, humble, poor, mourning, and makes them His own.
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12 mins read|09/23/19No, we may not be casting out demons, but the battle continues and all of God’s people are involved in it. At baptism, we are taken from the Kingdom of Satan into the Kingdom of God.
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11 mins read|09/16/19If anyone could be accused of squandering riches, it would be Jesus. The Pharisees have seen Him squander the blessings of God on tax collectors and sinners. He did it then. He does it now, for you and me.
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11 mins read|09/09/19Jesus will be working in our feeble misguided efforts to reach out to the world. He governs our words and our deeds, no matter how awkward they might seem.
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11 mins read|09/02/19We would expect Jesus to be delighted people have responded to the master’s invitation. Instead, Jesus asks these people to reconsider whether they should be following Him or not.
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10 mins read|08/26/19The question that this text poses for us today is “What does it mean to believe in the resurrection?”
