Forgiveness

Love, Homosexuality, and Christianity – Do Ask, Do Tell

If you have paid attention to the news over the last several years you have noticed that there has been a lot of…

3Sometimes we struggle to forgive. When someone sins against us, we can have trouble forgiving. Especially when we have been really badly hurt,…

In today’s Holy Gospel (Mark 7:31-37), our Lord shows us how profoundly our hearing affects us. Before he’d heard God’s Word, the man…

Ash Wednesday February 10, 2016 “Father, Forgive Them” Luke 23:32-34 “There were also two others, criminals, led with Him to be put to…

Adam did battle with Satan in the Garden Paradise and lost. It was a no-contest, really. By the time round two came around,…

“For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.” Luke 2:11 Talking…

Click here for a free, downloadable Bible study of Psalm 130 from Around the Word. Out | of the depths* I cry to…

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…

Saturday morning the alarm clock went off. Translation: It was a healthy bit after 8:00 and the kids were fighting about who was…

If you ask people why they come to church, they might say, “It makes me feel good.” There’s nothing quite like gathering together around…

I recently had the privilege of attending “In the World for Good”, a conference on Urban Ministry at Concordia Theological Seminary in…

In the book Grace Upon Grace the author, Dr. John Kleinig, describes Satan’s attack on Christians and the Church. Kleinig notes that we…