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Psalm 23 and the Apostles' Creed Apr 14, 2021

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The Holy Spirit does what his name implies. He makes us holy. We believe in Jesus Christ, our Lord, and come to him only by the Holy Spirit who calls us with the gospel.

The Receiver of Wrecks Apr 12, 2021

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Jesus’s touch of this leper is the touchstone of the gospel itself. It’s a living parable of his entire ministry.

Christ's Words of Comfort: John 16:33 Apr 09, 2021

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The cross is not some mystic metaphor for the change we must undergo before our self-realization, but the earth-shattering event that changed the course of eternity.

Christ's Words of Comfort: Matthew 5:4 Apr 08, 2021

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We will always need comfort until the reign of God, his kingdom, comes in full with Christ’s return, and our suffering and the sin that causes it is no more.

Christ's Words of Comfort: Luke 12:32 Apr 07, 2021

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You have this Shepherd who knows your voice, your cry, your incessant baaing.

Christ's Words of Comfort: John 14:27 Apr 06, 2021

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Jesus offers to the anxious soul the one thing it ironically wants: certainty of the good.

Christ's Words of Comfort: John 3:16 Apr 06, 2021

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God loves you no matter what. Loves you no matter how many times you have screwed up. Loves you to death, he does.

God’s Sabbath Sleep: How Christ Filled in the Gap in the Creation Story Apr 02, 2021

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Tomorrow Jesus will laugh his way out of the tomb, spit in the face of death, and kick the devil in the throat as he dances to the clapping glee of angelic masses. But today he just rests. It is the final Sabbath of God.

How to Survive Good Friday Apr 02, 2021

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The cross offends so much that the only way for it to free you is to stop looking at it and have it preached.

Salvation in the Silence of God Mar 31, 2021

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Good Friday encompasses the silence of God, even as it focuses on our salvation in the cross of Christ.