Substitutionary Atonement: We only live because He died
About a year ago my family decided to raise a few sheep for fun and to teach our kids more about God’s creation.
Holy Week
This Is the Night
The Easter Vigil dramatically symbolizes and delivers all that we believe, teach and confess. It is the resurrection. It is Baptism.
Devotional Tools for Holy Week
We give special attention to the days of Holy Week and all that Jesus taught and did in them. A beneficial devotional practice …
Palm Sunday Reconsidered
Palm Sunday, as we know it today, is an amalgamation of two distinct lines of the church’s tradition: the palm branch custom …
Anointed for Burial
Jesus was anointed so many times, it is no wonder that He was called “the Christ,” which in Greek means “anointed.”
Jesus Christ alone
Jesus was crucified, and He hung on the cross until death — alone. He understands loneliness. He understands sadness. He understands suffering.
A Holy Week identity crisis
If we truly examine our words and actions, we are forced to admit that we have sometimes echoed Peter’s words: “I know not the man!”
My duplicate is dead
As the family sat down to open Christmas presents, their 7-year-old son began to cry: “Mommy! Mommy! My duplicate is dead!” What could it mean?
Lutheran Witness: April 2019
Christ alone. It seems so simple, so elementary. Every Lutheran knows and believes that, don’t they? And yet … how often do we forget?
The sights and sounds of Holy Week
Even though we know how the story of Christ’s passion ends, the sacred readings, hymns and services of Holy Week keep our longing for Easter fresh and real each and every year.