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The Left Handed Power of Love
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | Fruits of the Gospel
Welcome back to our series on the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book! Our last session was during Thanksgiving time, after which we detoured to focus on the holidays, Advent, Christmas, etc. This week we begin the section of the book titled, ‘fruits of the gospel’ in which we consider the effect the gospel can have (but does not always necessarily have) in our lives as we grasp the good news of justification. Join us for about 30 minutes of distinguishing law from gospel in the midst of the messiness of life!
2024 Year End Wrap Up
Alright…here goes my attempt to capture everything that was grace implicit or saturated in 2024…There is so much I had to leave out due to time, but enjoy what I was able to scrape together!
Be Perfect: A New Years Greeting
Oh great…I brought myself into 2025…sigh…Haha, in any case, enjoy this New Years greeting from yours truly. Wishing you all the prosperity, wealth, health, and ‘best life now’ you can handle. Just kidding. Wishing you a heavier cross to bear…so you can be reminded your righteousness is in Christ!
December Wrap Up
Time for our December Wrap Up! Here are all the places we noticed law/gospel implications in life this month! Due to time, we could not expound on everything, but hopefully we captured the essence of December…from our perspective at least. Enjoy!
Midwest Meditations | December Edition
To close-out the year, we are featuring an interview with Joshua Retterer, who is a self described “polarizing figure no one has heard of“. In addition to writing for Mockingbird Ministry, Josh is a fellow Midwesterner and grace addict. Let’s dive in to our 90 minute conversation, which was edited down from 3 hours, lol! The unedited cut is available by request. Pull up a chair, futon, beanbag, or stool and Join us for a casual conversation about law, gospel, Mockingbird conferences, the Zahls, Kids in the Hall, Mel Brooks, politics, Art Bell and much more!
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | More Than a Feeling
In this week’s episode, we continue our read-through of the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book in which we discuss forgiveness and justification. It turns out that the free gift of justification in Christ is in fact ‘more than a feeling’ (cue Boston). It is objective righteousness that exists outside of us, rooted in real concrete space/time history…yet it is imputed to us through the very legal declaration of the forgiveness of sins through the gospel. Join us for another Saturday morning session of enjoying our forgiveness (h/t Luke Roland).
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | Enjoy Your Forgiveness!
Happy Sabbath! This morning we discuss Red Pills, Blue Pills, LSD, Fatal Attraction, Progressive Sanctification, Mercy, and Forgiveness. Get your favorite coffee mug (the one with the inspirational sayings on it) and join us as we continue reading through the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book!
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | News About a Person!
Join us this morning as we continue reading through the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book! This week, we consider the Gospel as News About a Person! We discuss the disciples on the Road to Emmaus (Luke 24), disappointed expectations, our natural lust for ‘the law’, God’s stubborn grace, and much more! Get comfortable, get your Ghostbusters cereal or Cinnamon Toast Crunch, your favorite coffee mug, and pull up a chair or an entire sofa and spend your Saturday morning with us!
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | Message in a Bottle
Happy Saturday! Join us this morning as we discuss The Gospel as News From Across the Sea. We are continuing our read-through of the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book. We discuss the apostle Peter’s martyrdom, the 1951 Biblical epic, Quo Vadis, Richard Pryor & Gene Wilder films, Martin Luther’s ‘uses’ of the Law and much more! Get your cereal, your coffee, your glazed donuts, hot apple cider, etc. and hang out with us for about 45 minutes as we celebrate the good news of the gospel!
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 