Made Holy by the Body and Blood
We receive this holy Body and Blood for the forgiveness of our sins, and we then embrace one another as those who are made holy by the Body and Blood.
Rejoice, O Church
He is bestowing salvation as he provides us with the body and blood that rode into Zion, that was then crucified on the cross, and that on the third day was raised up from the...
He is Our Servant
To be gathered into the Church means to look at Jesus and say, “There is the One who is my servant, serving me with his gifts.” “I came not to be served,” said Jesus, “but...
A God Who Hears
So that we don't practice idolatry the true God teaches us how to pray. In learning these words of prayer we are learning Who our God is and of who we are before him as...
God Makes Us Alive
Common bronze, common wood, common Moses—this is God working in his way of the Gospel. No force or coercion or pressure, but only the handing out of eternal gifts.
Sow in Tears, Reap in Joy
He went forth in the sorrow of our sin. He came back in the joy of having ransomed those he loves, bringing his harvest, the fruit of his cross, with him, into Heaven.
We Preach Folly
The preaching of the cross leaves me with nothing of my own to bring to the table for my own benefit. The preaching of the cross leaves me as nothing but recipient.
Christ Died for the Ungodly
Jesus came to suffer. He came in weakness. He came to be killed. That is the only Christ we are to know.
A Blessing to the Sinner
The question is whether or not your sin is counted against you. Or was it counted against Christ? If Christ took it, it his.
Rejoicing in What Jesus Does for Us
Jesus does it all for us. He’s baptized to be numbered with us and to take our sin upon himself. He is driven into the wilderness to be afflicted with our every temptation, yet without...