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14 mins read|10/16/19If the gospel is promise that means it is essentially relational. It stands that the nature of any promise is that it's only as good as the one who issues it.
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19 mins read|04/12/19Have you ever read the Old Testament book of Lamentations? It’s not one of those Bible books that tend to make it too often onto devotional lists, sermon schedules or motivational posters.
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20 mins read|02/11/19The prophet Jonah longed for one thing: to see the Assyrian city of Nineveh utterly destroyed by the wrath of God. His wish eventually came true
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18 mins read|09/18/18Can there be joy in obedience? That depends on if obedience if a free choice or the result of threats.
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11 mins read|08/01/18Life is certainly unfair. But in Christ, at least in part, we rejoice at such a notion. Grace, that great descriptor of God’s devotion, is a word that only finds its purpose, only exists at all, because it exists as a response to guilt.
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18 mins read|07/02/18A few minutes from where I live there is a flat trail that leads for miles through a thick forest.
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23 mins read|03/06/18We all look forward to Lent’s conclusion and the celebration of Resurrection Sunday. This is the Sunday of victory and joy as the Church enters into the reality that Christ has defeated death and hell, declared victory over such enemies and set history on its final course of consummation.
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12 mins read|12/15/17If the cross were to happen today, not on Golgotha, but in our own locale, would we take selfies?
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15 mins read|07/25/17You can see it far off, looming on the horizon, a thick fog menacing off the coast and swirling in the distance. You know the signs.
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26 mins read|05/18/17As a pastor I am often asked if pets go to heaven? The question may sound childish, or even sentimental, but it is extremely important for those who ask it.
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15 mins read|03/01/17One of the common things I see my congregants struggle with is the concept of forgiveness. Contrary to what I had assumed would be the case, I find congregants don’t struggle so much with giving forgiveness as they do living with forgiveness.
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15 mins read|10/10/16I once heard an old, retired Lutheran professor give in interview on a podcast. He was asked by the interviewer why people should bother going to church if they could just be saved through a personal relationship with Jesus?
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