December 23: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Advent Devotional: December 22
December 22: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Advent Devotional: December 21
December 21: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Advent Devotional: December 20
December 20: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Advent Devotional: December 19
December 19: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Advent Devotional: December 18
December 18: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Advent Devotional: December 17
December 17: These are based on the O Antiphons, traditionally said during church services from December 17 to December 23; they are also the basis...
Equipping the Saints for Trouble
Pastors need to prepare their people for opposition to practicing their faith in the public square and to support people who are persecuted or oppressed.
Gratuitous Beauty
The picture attached to this post is of a sunset taken through a frozen waterfall in Michigan by Jake Trost (www.jaketrostphoto.com). It is as...
A Prayer for America
Lord, this is a dark and dangerous time for our country. Our politics is full of hate, and it is spilling over in how we think of and treat each...
Webinar: What Happened to Evangelicalism?
Evangelicalism began nearly 300 years ago and had roots reaching back even earlier. Today, we are living through its collapse. Class divisions among...
Blessed are the Peacemakers
Jesus tells us that peacemakers are blessed. Peace in the Bible is not a negative, the absence of hostilities, but rather a positive that includes...
Lenten Reflections
Lent is a period of 40 days preceding the celebration of Christ’s Passion. The word itself in English comes from an Old English word for Spring,...
The Reformation and the Sacraments
On this, the 500th anniversary of the start of the Reformation, a great many of the discussions focus on the “Five Solas of the Reformation,” a...
The Gospel and the Greeks
The gods of Greece and Rome were anything but benevolent. The gods were envisioned as the supreme authorities over different areas of life. Whenever...