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9 mins read|09/04/22The heart of your sermon is the promise that God, in Jesus, has sought and found each of us. He receives us sinners and invites us to eat with Him at His table.
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10 mins read|08/28/22The reason nothing can come before Jesus is because nothing endures beyond the grave except for Jesus.
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13 mins read|06/19/22Nuance and subtlety have been replaced with scorched-earth contempt. It is us versus them. Compromise is not an option. Jesus, however, would have none of it.
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12 mins read|06/12/22Jesus comes to people and changes everything. “Before” is long gone. “After” is a whole new world.
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9 mins read|06/05/22As astounding as co-eternity and co-equality with the Father in majesty and glory is, this is not the most significant answer Jesus gave in this Gospel reading, not for us at least.
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10 mins read|05/29/22Pentecost is a flashback. It drives us back to the past. It also propels us forward into the future.
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13 mins read|03/19/22The thrill of God’s grace fades and the slow march toward the cross dulls the heart. At such times, the former life beckons. Temptations to return grow strong. Which makes Lent such an important annual exercise.
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13 mins read|03/13/22The vinedresser refused to give up on his unfruitful tree. He put himself between it and the judgment it deserved, serving as mediator and caretaker.
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10 mins read|03/06/22Jesus' course led from death into life, as He had promised. And He promises to lead us on that same course from death to life, from lament to joy.
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12 mins read|02/26/22As the greater and more faithful Son of God, Jesus did what the Israelites could not do. Neither can we.
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11 mins read|12/19/21Luke does not say much else about Anna, especially in comparison to Simeon. But the fact that he mentions her suggests she has something to teach your hearers today.
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10 mins read|12/12/21The creation of this word reminds us that the Magnificat, like Christmas itself, is charged from the start with joy and praise.
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