
The relationship between faith and baptism is a debate that comes up periodically. Usually, the question is, “which came first?” We know faith and …
The Nature of Faith

The relationship between faith and baptism is a debate that comes up periodically. Usually, the question is, “which came first?” We know faith and …
The Nature of Faith

The book I’m reading currently reflected a bit on the oddity of Jesus as a boy being in the temple and studying Scripture with the priests and …
Hearing His Words

During the Reformation, one of the things Luther fought against the Catholic Church’s desire to know everything. I don’t quite mean that literally, …
The Sacred Mysteries in Holy Week
“And you He made alive, who were dead in trespasses and sins,”
Ephesians 2:1
“For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God through the death of His Son, much more, having been reconciled, we shall be saved by His life.”
Romans 5:10
“among whom also we all once conducted ourselves in the lusts of our flesh, fulfilling the desires of the flesh and of the mind, and were by nature children of wrath, just as the others.”
Ephesians 2:3
“He has delivered us from the power of darkness and conveyed us into the kingdom of the Son of His love, in whom we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of sins.”
Colossians 1:13-14
“And not only that, but we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received the reconciliation.”
Romans 5:11

Some recent reflection I’ve been doing has me thinking of how we deal with the present world and how we view eternity. There are certain ways of …
Looking to the Future