1517 Blogcast

“The days are coming,” and God said it. God, who kept his promise that Christ would come at Christmas.

There is no other transitionary event in human history that warrants three full months of focused attention and persistent acknowledgment than the incarnation of the Son of God.

If Jesus is indeed the same yesterday, today, and forever, everything his enfleshment brings is already assured: life, salvation, and forgiveness.

In the Lord’s Thanksgiving Supper, we are not served turkey, green bean casserole, and cornbread. We are served Christ.

The Word of Yahweh is not a trifling thing that can be visited only when it’s convenient. It’s a book of life, for all of life, that imparts life to those who believe in it and the God of it. 

Forgiveness of sins does not come in bits and pieces. There are no levels of forgiveness.

The Reformation was yet another era of history when God’s people were faced with the question that Jesus asked his disciples: “Who do you say that I am?”

We won’t use the right words, but the Holy Spirit is interceding with and for us, as we pray.

Reading, understanding, and studying Scripture is a life-long process of contemplation in conversation with others.