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Friday Night Gospel | March 1st
The end of the week is here…and so is your dose of good news. Enjoy! Lent, Pizza, and Passion Our Lady of Grace in Howard Beach began the Lenten season with a controversial cardboard cut-out of a bloodied, gory Christ reminiscent of Mel Gibson’s depiction in the Passion of the Christ. Positioned next to aContinue reading “Friday Night Gospel | March 1st”
Happy MLK Day!
Happy MLK Day. Here’s a classic SNL skit containing some law-in-life implications as we consider the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. As a Black man in America whose parents lived through the Civil Rights era, I have often felt the weight of the law on MLK Day wondering if I’m doing enough to honor King’s legacy. Am I truly using thatContinue reading “Happy MLK Day!”
McDonald’s Breakfast & Imputed Righteousness…
I missed breakfast the other morning. Nothing new… except this breakfast was special… it was McDonald’s breakfast to be specific! Mr. Medina had taken our orders via email because he was planning a special breakfast for the last day of our mentoring session. I and several local professionals had been participating in a mentoring projectContinue reading “McDonald’s Breakfast & Imputed Righteousness…”
Midweek Meds | Kids, Failure, & The Grace of God
For we do not have a high priest who is unable to empathize with our weaknesses, but we have one who has been tempted in every way, just as we are—yet he did not sin. Hebrews 4:15 As a parent, I always want my kids to ‘not fail’ in the places in life where I failedContinue reading “Midweek Meds | Kids, Failure, & The Grace of God”
Lockdown, Luther, Law & Gospel | Galatians 5:18
As the week winds down and we prepare for the weekend…and for Spring…let’s take refuge in the wise words of Martin Luther as we continue our weekly series, ‘Lockdown, Luther, Law & Gospel’.
Lockdown, Luther, Law & Gospel | Galatians 5:8
We made it to the end of the week! The stresses were real…the struggles unbearable….Thank God, His grace is sufficient! Let’s feast on some more Martin Luther from his classic lectures on Galatians!
Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel | Galatians 4:4-5
Could you use some relief from a long week? We continue our series ‘Luther, Lockdown, Law, & Gospel’ as we mine Martin Luther’s Commentary on Galatians. Enjoy some relief as we carefully distinguish Law from Gospel. May this series continue to refresh and nourish your soul…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 4:3
The Law may restrain evil, but it does not deliver from sin…
When the Law exercises its higher function it accuses and condemns the conscience. All these effects of the Law cannot be called divine or heavenly. These effects are elements of the world…
Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:12
Paul undertakes to explain the difference between the righteousness of the Law and the righteousness of faith. The righteousness of the Law is the fulfillment of the Law according to the passage: “The man that doeth them shall live in them.” The righteousness of faith is to believe the Gospel according to the passage: “TheContinue reading “Luther, Lockdown, Law & Gospel | Galatians 3:12”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 