We come [to the banquet] empty handed because we have nothing to give to the God who gave himself for us.
Read MoreThe truth is that we are all crooked. We are all bent by the weight of life’s burdens and of our own sin.
Read MoreA crucified Savior who dies for sinners may not be the Word of God that we want to hear, but he is absolutely the Word of God that we need to hear.
Read MoreWe need…in this moment and in every moment…to find our center, our sustenance, our sanity, and our sanctity in the Lord who invites us to find rest in his presence.
Read MoreWhere once we were measured by the imposing and impossible standards of the law, in Christ’s death we have received the full measure of God’s grace.
Read MoreWhat the world regards as of little value is the means through which God does not only great things but good things.
Read MoreWe’re not truly free unless we see our neighbor’s welfare as our own welfare, our neighbor’s suffering as our own suffering.
Read MoreJust as God’s wisdom appears to the world as foolishness, and God’s strength looks to the world like weakness, so God’s voice sounds to the world like silence.
Read MoreAt the crossroads…that is one place where the wisdom of God appears to us. Another would be on the cross. As much as the wisdom of God cries out from the crossroads, so too does the wisdom of God cry out from the cross.
Read MorePentecost is about the Spirit breathing life into a band of disciples that the world had assumed were as good as dead.
Read MoreSalvation is not a hard-fought goal that we strive to achieve; it’s a gift that we hold out our hands to receive.
Read MoreSometimes God will close one door—usually the door that we want to go through—only to open another door—often one that we hadn’t even considered.
Read MoreThis passage is not about what kind of food is served on the table but rather the God who makes room at the table for everyone.
Read MoreLife can be an ordeal. No one knows this more than our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, who endured the ordeal of the cross,
Read MoreGod does not call the qualified, God qualifies those whom God calls.
Read MoreThere is power in what we believe…resurrecting power.
Read MoreThe question “Why do you look for the living among the dead?” suggests that the real story is not the empty tomb but the living Christ.
Read MoreThe road that Jesus chooses truly does make all the difference…for himself, for his disciples, for us, and for everyone everywhere.
Read MoreThe gospel is about the priceless riches of God’s grace poured out for sinners like us in the death of Jesus Christ.
Read MoreGod wants to celebrate with us the joy of our salvation that Jesus accomplished for us on the cross.
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