Advent Devotional “The Seen Yahweh” released.
Our devotion for this year’s Advent series on Christ in the Old Testament is now available in a variety of formats. A podcast…
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Advent 2023 Service Plan – The Seen Yahweh
Advent is short this year but it is fast approaching. This year we are producing a series and devotional on the theme of…
Prioritize this Book: Will the Real Jesus Please Stand Up?
My to-read-soon stack of books is an embarrassment of riches. So many great Christian books already bought, paid for, and waiting to be…
The Bible: The Cradle of Christ — Advent Sermon by Pastor Rolf Preus
Romans 15:4-13 The Bible is the most revered book in the world. People who rarely read it and know little of what it…
A Requiem for Marriage
While the world was celebrating the Supreme Court’s 2015 ruling to legalize gay marriage, conservative Christian blogs everywhere were filled with obituaries. And…
The Holy Cross Cannot Be Found Wanting: Luther on Persecution and Martyrdom
Martin Luther never softened his message to make it more acceptable. He did not do this for his theological opponents, his colleagues, or…
The Freedom of the Christian
“To make the way smoother for the unlearned—for only them do I serve—I shall set down the following two propositions concerning the freedom…
Celebrating a Life
On his arrival, Jesus found that Lazarus had already been in the tomb for four days. Now Bethany was less than two miles…
Living Catechisms
Despite all of the emphasis Scripture puts on life together, it’s really common for Christians to see faith individualistically. Of course you can’t…
The Intolerance of the “Tolerant”
Christians are often accused of hypocrisy and intolerance. As sinners, we routinely fail to practice what we preach. However, hypocrisy is not synonymous with moral failure,…
When Shadows Are Better than Reality: A Devotion for Easter Tuesday on Exodus 15 & 16
“For since the law has but a shadow of the good things to come…” (Hebrews 10:1) Who would settle for looking at a…
False Christs and Wrong Answers: A Sermon for the Confession of St. Peter on St. Mark 8:27-35
From the very beginning of St. Mark’s Gospel, things hadn’t been going particularly well for our Lord. In chapter 1 He’s tempted by…
Justification and Church: Backwards Wright
What is the Church? She is a shelter from the storm for sinners who thirst for mercy in Christ. She is the collection of…