God uses our conscience to help us see our need for grace.

As much as we hate to be judged, that is what we do all day long. Judging other people’s character, choices, clothes, personality, driving, parenting, and pretty much everything else. In this section of Romans, we are reminded that no one can stand up...

We are all desperate for good news, for something more than the temporary high of another text or last-second victory. We want the kind of good news that goes on and on. That is exactly what Paul is offering to the Romans and to us in the introduction...

Conservative Lutherans are often accused of being divisive. When other church bodies are seeking to open doors that bring us together, we refuse to walk through those doors. What kind of unity is Jesus looking for in his church? Sometimes preserving...

There is one Holy Christian Church, one Lord and Savior, one Word of Truth. Why, then, are there so many different Christian denominations and so much argument among us about what it is we believe? Who is right and who is wrong?

Jesus longs for our relationship as Christians to be a partnership characterized by unity, joy, trust, and grace. Living in this broken world, there are going to be many things that divide us as Christians. Yet we also have so much in common. Let us...

Why do you mow your lawn? Why do you prepare a meal? Why do you go to work? Why do you complete an assignment? The Journey to the Empty Tomb gives meaning to every activity.

How did we ever get around before Google maps? In our Gospel Jesus promises a guide for the journey. He will send his Holy Spirit who will teach us all things and bring us the peace that Jesus come to secure. He will be our guide to keep us on track...

Walking with Jesus through life can lead to some uncomfortable comparisons. His self-sacrificing love puts to shame our best efforts at love. But his love also changes what we are.

According to a survey done by Ooma, Inc., nine out of ten mothers prefer a simple phone call on Mother’s Day to having their children spend time and money buying them things. “A phone call, and to hear the sound of their adult children’s voice is...