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 doesContinue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | Fruits of the Gospel”
Category Archives: Law/Gospel
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! Click Here to Watch a SpecialContinue reading “Be Perfect: A New Years Greeting”
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! Click Here to View This Month’s Wrap Up!
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!Continue reading “Midwest Meditations | December Edition”
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 veryContinue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | More Than a Feeling”
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! Click Here to View the Latest Episode!
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 yourContinue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | News About a Person!”
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 yourContinue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | Message in a Bottle”
Law & Gospel in Pulp Fiction
Quentin Tarantino’s film, Pulp Fiction was released on October 14, 1994. Here is a 30th Anniversary reflection that teases out the unintentional law/gospel implications of this seminal film that changed the independent film industry and had a significant impact on the way we view pop culture and cinema. Enjoy! Click Here to Read About LawContinue reading “Law & Gospel in Pulp Fiction”
Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | There is No ‘Try’
Congratulations! You survived another week! This morning, we continue our read-through of the Mockingbird Law & Gospel book. Today, we conclude the ‘Law’ section by considering three common responses we tend to have when we experience ‘the law-in-life’. Join us as we discuss Beck, The Empire Strikes Back, Michael Jordan emblems, and more. Get yourContinue reading “Midwest Meditations: Saturday Morning Edition | There is No ‘Try’”
Law, Grace, & Daily Living 