1517 Blogcast

If Jesus shows up and you are a sinner, ‘tis more blessed to receive than to give

Hains offers a novel yet simple contention: Luther is most catholic where he is boldest.

He’s big enough for you. O weary ones, O long-time waiting and watching ones, O ones who are late to the game, he is your rest this busy season, and always.

In whatever direction the bias of men might be, from thence he might recall them, and teach them of his own true Father, as he himself says: I came to save and to find that which was lost.

By his first Advent in the flesh, through his second Advent with bread and wine and water and Word, we await his third Advent at the end.

 Listen to God’s promises. He’s coming to set us free.

The waiting of Advent isn’t just for Christmas; it’s for God’s reversal of all sin and evil and his renewal of all things.

When the church is a political actor, the gospel doesn’t have the final word.

It is terribly easy to set up our theology as a buffer against the real coming of the Lord and its consequences.

When and how did the church start this season of anticipation?