The Second Article of the Creed
If Jesus was baptized into us, if at his baptism he stood in our place, taking upon himself all belonging to us, then we were baptized into him, we, at our baptisms, being made to...
A Word of Light in a Dark World
Sing aloud, 0 daughter of Zion; shout, 0 Israel! Rejoice and exult with all your heart, o daughter of Jerusalem! 15 The Lord has taken away the judgments against you; he has cleared away your...
The Second Article of the Creed
Advent 2 December 12, 2018 Readings: Philippians 2:3-18; John 1:14-18 Catechism emphasis: The Second Article of the Creed Philippians 2:3-18 3 Let nothing be done through selfish ambition or conceit, but in lowliness of mind...
On Jordan’s Bank the Baptist’s Cry
This is the partnership of the Gospel—the fellowship of those washed in Baptism, justified before God the Father by the Word of Jesus, and now given to rejoice with one another.
The Third Commandment
ln the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him...
Sustained in the Mercy of Our Lord
What God gives us to do, He always accomplishes for us. From our faith, to His love and mercy, this is all His work; therefore Jude blesses us with, “Now to him who is able...
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What Does this Christian Life Look Like
To have temptation and affliction is not a mark of not being a Christian. Doubt and travail, this does not mean someone is apart from Jesus.
Our Life at the Face of God
At the face of God, the words Jesus speaks on our behalf are not to recount our shame, nor to design ways we can change our lives, but the words of him entering the...
Unknown to the World; Known to God
We do not see this now. How could we, while we still live in our bodies of sin? But Jesus bestows it by his Word and we know it by faith.