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16 mins read|10/20/24Reconciliation with God affirms the worth of our persons, and it banishes the inhibitions and fears, as well as the resentments and desire for revenge, which create gulches between us and those around us.
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19 mins read|10/05/24This restoration to righteousness that results in our freedom for loving and supporting other people whom God places within our reach takes place, Luther believed, through Christ’s liberating victory over Satan.
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14 mins read|09/07/24We encounter the triune God in various ways and unexpected places, at countless moments of our daily lives.
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15 mins read|08/17/24What does being an undershepherd mean? Do we really want to take on the burdens of being shepherds?
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16 mins read|09/23/23God is placing us in new situations. His unchanging and utterly reliable Word provides our only anchor.
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18 mins read|08/26/23Jesus purifies His own and ends their identification as unfit to appear in His presence or in front of other people as the person we identify as our true self.
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13 mins read|08/05/23The gift of publicly serving as minister of God’s Word for the people we are called to serve brings us endless blessings, but like many blessings it brings also the sense of responsibility that takes seriously the challenge of accurate communication of what the Lord is saying to us from the pages of Scripture.
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17 mins read|01/07/23The sermon takes place in the context of a multi-facetted set of relationships experienced through the weeks and months of being together in congregation and community. Those relationships shape the credibility of the preacher in the pulpit.
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14 mins read|07/03/22Whether or not there be grand thoughts behind a text, it is guaranteed that behind each text the Holy Spirit is lying in wait, and He is trying to enter into conversation with you.
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15 mins read|04/16/22The gospel of Jesus’ coming out of death and the tomb alive so that we might be restored to our identity as God’s children establishes the most enduring reality there is.
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17 mins read|03/19/22Belonging to Christ means we have a place where we fit, a resting place where we are at peace because we know our Lord accepts us as His own.
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14 mins read|02/20/22The dream of what might have been or what could possibly become reality diverts us from the sober assessment and the joyful appreciation of what God is giving us in this hour and this place.
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