Jesus teaches Greed as Idolatry: you cannot serve both God and Money. The warning is that money or possessions can quickly consume you and become your “god.” Don’t base your life on money or possessions; Greed is endless accumulation of these things. Idolatry is when your money or possessions consume you. Greed is using any […]
At the Transfiguration of Jesus, God the Father confirms that Jesus is on an Exodus as the Savior of the world. Again, using Old Testament Exodus imagery, a cloud surrounds the disciples. A cloud in the Old Testament often meant the presence and glory of God … like with the Pillar of Cloud by day […]
A Christian is completely free, subject to nothing and no one; A Christian is a dutiful servant, subject to everyone. -Martin Luther At first, it seems contradictory, that you’re completely free but at the same time a dutiful servant. But it really is a way to express what the Bible teaches about the Gospel of […]
The Son of God has set you free — you are free indeed! You are free to put love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, gentleness, faithfulness, and self-control into all of your relationships, and into all of your vocations! Put these things into your marriage! Treat your kids with these virtues. Children, this is how […]
Have you ever been surrounded by the darkness of doubt? Doubt is the kind of darkness that you can feel; it’s close and thick, and it seems like there’s no way out. The word doubt comes from the Latin and means hesitant. In the Christian faith, it means that you are hesitant to trust in […]
The Baptism of Jesus was a big deal! At first, though, it did not look like much of anything. Jesus probably had to stand in line, and wait his turn, for John the Baptist to baptize Him in the Jordan River. The Bible says that people were flocking to John to be baptized, and Jesus […]
When you think back over to this past year, did you pick up the Covid 19? Not the virus, but the 19 pounds that went with all the stress of Covid: shutdowns, quarantines, testing, video school, online meetings, non-stop news reports, and all the other craziness that we have had to endure! As we start […]
THE NAME OF JESUS PERMEATES OUR LIVES: you live and move and have your being in the Name of Jesus! Your identity is found in the Name of Jesus! It’s who you are! It is who God “re-created” you to be! Since Holy Baptism, you live and you will die in the Name of Jesus! […]
The Christmas story is the story of God’s great love and compassion for you! God intervenes in human history to do what we could not do. It’s a love story — and a salvation story! It’s a dramatic rescue story! It’s a story of God’s great love for you, personally, and individually! Don’t harden your […]
On this last Sunday of Advent, only days away from Christmas, we remember that God named His Son “Jesus” because He is our Savior. He has m o v e d you from the Kingdom of darkness and brought you into His eternal Kingdom. You belong to God: Let those who trust in God devote […]