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the economics of Christ (link)
justifiedandsinner has some remarkable thoughts on luxury, simplicity, and our idols to ring in the new year. They are hard words to read but ones we must nonetheless take to heart: The Gospel that...
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exceptionalism and American Christianity’s love of war
American Christianity--especially American Evangelicalism--has a love affair with war, guns, 'freedom,' and the military. Christians in America are historically very supportive of our military, our...
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on silence
After posting this quote from Bonhoeffer, I couldn’t keep it from running around in my mind: We are so afraid of silence that we chase ourselves from one event to the next in order not to have to...
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on Jesus’ baptism
This Sunday, January 12th, the church celebrates the baptism of Christ. This event is recorded in all four Gospels, which clearly points to its importance. Matthew’s account is given as the reading...
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clothed in righteousness: thoughts on moral trauma
War is messy. It is a mess of dirt, sweat, blood, gunpowder, rubble, tears, death, and destruction unparalleled by anything else that comes about by the brute force of humanity. Those affected by war...
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tangible sin, tangible forgiveness
The Spirit of the Lord God is on Me, because the Lord has anointed Me to bring good news to the poor. He has sent Me to heal the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives and freedom to the...
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the Church, a bride not a whore
The Baptist had preached repentance, but it didn’t help. The Church has done the same for two thousand years, and it still doesn’t appear to have helped. It looks like other means are necessary to get...
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a calm and quiet Lent
O Lord, my heart is not lifted up; my eyes are not raised too high; I do not occupy myself with things too great and too marvelous for me. But I have calmed and quieted my soul, like a weaned child...
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prayer for Good Friday
And they crucified him… – Mark 15.23a (ESV) Almighty and everlasting God, You willed that Your Son should bear for us the pains of the cross, that You might remove from us the power of the adversary:...
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Luther on God’s use of means
In our day, in the time of the New Testament, God has given us Baptism, the Sacrament of the Altar, and absolution to bring Christ very close to us, so that we can have Him not only in our heart but...
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