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16 mins read|06/18/22Ethics begins not with our doing, but with the Triune God’s giving.
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14 mins read|03/26/22Treating preaching as a battle with the Devil keeps a preacher on the offense and prevents him from being caught off guard.
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11 mins read|03/25/21This is not a plea for us to be given the strength to pull ourselves up by our own bootstraps. It is our helpless cry when boots – straps and all - slip off the edge of temptation’s cliff.
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12 mins read|03/18/21The petition not to be led into temptation is found in just the right place within the seven petitions.
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12 mins read|03/11/21If we want to see evidence of our Father’s answer to the fifth petition, we need only to look at the cross and the empty tomb.
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11 mins read|03/04/21Even though the horn of plenty on our table is there as the fruit of our labor, that is also a gift of God’s grace
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11 mins read|02/25/21The place where it is most difficult for us to accept God’s will is when suffering, calamities, and finally, death itself.
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13 mins read|02/18/21The kingdom of God has a proper name, and his name is Jesus, Son of God, Son of Man.
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11 mins read|02/11/21Our prayer confesses that God’s abode is beyond us, yet ever so near for the prayer presupposes that we are being heard, even in our sighs and whispers.
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16 mins read|11/18/19Professor John T. Pless has organized an incredible Advent series on the Apostles' Creed for you! Included here are texts, themes, and an order of service for your midweek Advent services.
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22 mins read|08/12/19[Luther's] Catechism is at home in the evangelical pulpit, guiding and shaping what the preacher says so faith might be created and love given direction.
