Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. What if God were to ask you to offer up one of your children as a sacrifice? Not a metaphorical sacrifice of dedication or devotion to the Lord’s service, but a bloody sacrifice on an altar with fire. Could […]
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. In last week’s Gospel reading, Jesus told us that he did not come “to abolish the Law and the Prophets… but to fulfill them” (Matt. 5:17, ESV).[1] The Old Testament is not “old hat.” The Ten Commandments are not […]
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Last week we heard Jesus pronounce blessing upon his disciples—upon us!—in the Beatitudes (Matthew 5:1-12). Whether we feel it or not, we are blessed because Jesus calls us blessed. His Word creates the reality it speaks into being. Today […]
Grace, mercy, and peace to you from God our Father and the Lord Jesus Christ! Amen. Today’s Gospel reading is the first in a series of four Sundays on which we listen to Jesus’ familiar words from the Sermon on the Mount (Matthew 5-7). Today Jesus speaks blessings upon his disciples in the passage […]
You must be logged in to post a comment.