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10 mins read|04/03/22The LORD vindicates His people in the midst of their misery and despair—for this He has come.
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12 mins read|04/03/22The image on Palm Sunday is about something so primordial, so powerful and ancient, so deep, that it would shatter any kind of limits. It would break through any attempt to restrain it.
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11 mins read|04/03/22In the middle of the cosmic, creedal story, Paul places us, you and me, and all of those who belong by faith to Christ.
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9 mins read|03/26/22The Exodus always remains a continual and present reality for the people of Israel—it is always on their mind. It was and remained the big salvific event of the Old Testament, yet at the same time it points forward to what God will yet/continue to do to save His people.
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14 mins read|03/26/22Paul puts everything he has gained by his religious life and training (verses 4-7) onto the scales opposite life with Christ and finds a real bargain.
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13 mins read|03/26/22This living Word breaks and crushes. It comes down as crushing judgment on those who reject the Son. But it promises to heal and restore all those who fall on the Son broken, contrite, and in faith.
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13 mins read|03/19/22In this time of brutal war and divisive conflict, here we have an especially profound word of gospel.
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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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9 mins read|03/19/22In our preaching it is important to decide how to understand this. Are we going to preach the “now” or the “not yet”? As the people of Israel are living in their “now,” are they hearing the words of Isaiah as the “not yet” or, the “not yet of the not yet”?
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